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Professor
Temerty Faculty of Medicine, Department of Psychiatry
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- ProfessorTemerty Faculty of Medicine, Department of Psychiatry
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BIO
Dr. Benjamin Goldstein is the Scientific Director of the Centre for Youth Bipolar Disorder (CYBD) and a child-adolescent psychiatrist at the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH). Dr. Goldstein additionally holds the RBC Investments Chair in Children’s Mental Health and Developmental Psychopathology at CAMH.
He is also a professor of psychiatry and pharmacology at the University of Toronto and an adjunct professor of psychiatry at the University of Pittsburgh. An active educator, Dr. Goldstein serves as the Director of the Clinician Scientist Program in the University of Toronto’s Department of Psychiatry.
Dr. Goldstein completed his medical training at the University of Calgary, followed by residency training in general and child-adolescent psychiatry at the University of Toronto. He has authored over 230 scientific articles and has received national and international awards for his research, including the Royal-Mach-Gaensslen Prize, the Dr. Samarthji Lal Award from the Graham Boeckh Foundation, and the Colvin Prize for mood disorders research from the Brain & Behavior Research Foundation.
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He is also a professor of psychiatry and pharmacology at the University of Toronto and an adjunct professor of psychiatry at the University of Pittsburgh. An active educator, Dr. Goldstein serves as the Director of the Clinician Scientist Program in the University of Toronto’s Department of Psychiatry.
Dr. Goldstein completed his medical training at the University of Calgary, followed by residency training in general and child-adolescent psychiatry at the University of Toronto. He has authored over 230 scientific articles and has received national and international awards for his research, including the Royal-Mach-Gaensslen Prize, the Dr. Samarthji Lal Award from the Graham Boeckh Foundation, and the Colvin Prize for mood disorders research from the Brain & Behavior Research Foundation.
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ACADEMIC POSITIONS
- ProfessorUniversity of Toronto, Department of Psychiatry, Toronto, CanadaJul 2017 - present
- Associate ProfessorUniversity of Toronto, Department of Psychiatry, Toronto, CanadaJul 2013 - Jun 2017
- Assistant ProfessorUniversity of Toronto, Department of Psychiatry, Toronto, CanadaJul 2009 - Jun 2013
NON-ACADEMIC POSITIONS
- Director, Centre for Youth Bipolar DisorderCentre for Addiction and Mental Health, Toronto, CanadaSep 2020 - present
- RBC Investments Chair in Children's Mental Health and Developmental PsychopathologyRBC Investments Chair in Children's Mental Health and Developmental PsychopathologyCentre for Addiction and Mental Health, Toronto, CanadaSep 2020 - present
- Director, Centre for Youth Bipolar DisorderSunnybrook Health Science Centre, Toronto, Canada2009 - Aug 2020
- Attending Psychiatrist, Child & Adolescent Bipolar ServicesUPMC Health System, Pittsburgh, United StatesJul 2006 - Jun 2009
DEGREES
- Doctor of Medicine (M.D.), MedicineUniversity of Calgary, Calgary, Canada1998 - 2001
- Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Applied PsychologyUniversity of Toronto, Toronto, Canada1996 - 2001
- Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), PsychologyUniversity of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, United States1992 - 1996
AVAILABILITY
- Media enquiries
INSTITUTIONAL STRATEGIC INITIATIVES
- TC3 (Toronto Cannabis and Cannabinoid Consortium)
- MITO2i (Mitochondrial Innovation Initiative)
- Inlight - Student Mental Health Initiative
AFFILIATED INSTITUTIONS
- Centre for Addiction and Mental Health