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Bernard Le Foll

Professor

Temerty Faculty of Medicine, Department of Family and Community Medicine

  • Professor
    Temerty Faculty of Medicine, Department of Family and Community Medicine

BIO

Dr. Le Foll is a clinician-scientist specializing in drug addiction. He is the Vice President of Research & Academics and Chief Scientific Officer at Waypoint Centre for Mental Health Care. He is the Chair of Addiction Psychiatry at the University of Toronto and is a Professor in the departments of Psychiatry, Family and Community Medicine, Pharmacology and Toxicology, as well as the Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation, Dalla Lana School of Public Health. Dr. Le Foll has practiced in the area of Addiction Medicine at the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH) in Toronto since 2006. His multi-disciplinary research approach seeks to better understand the neurobiology of addiction and develop novel therapeutic strategies.

Dr. Le Foll leads CAMH’s Translational Addiction Research Laboratory within the Campbell Family Mental Health Research Institute. He obtained his PhD in Pharmacology at University of Paris Sud in France and has performed post-doctoral training in behavioral pharmacology and brain imaging within the intra-mural program of the National Institutes of Health.

 

Expertise Activities 

  • Dr Le Foll is also acting as supervisor for Physicians that have to undergo supervision of their practices based on College Recommendation’s
  • Dr Le Foll is providing Independent Medical Examinations for various Agencies notably related to addiction and mental health issues and how those issues impact abilities to work or to fulfill other obligations
  • Dr Le Foll has been expert on various legal issues


Media availability: TV, Radio, Print/Online

  • Dr Le Foll has been invited to around 80 interviews on TV, radio or new-papers (list available on request)

ACADEMIC POSITIONS

  • Vice President Research and Academics and Chief Scientific Officer
    Waypoint Centre for Mental Health Care, Penetanguishene, Canada2022 - present
  • Chair of Addiction Psychiatry
    University of Toronto, Department of Psychiatry, Toronto, Canada2021 - present
  • Professor, Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation
    University of Toronto, Dalla Lana School of Public Health, Toronto, Canada2019 - present
  • Full Member, Institute of Medical Science
    University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada2014 - present
  • Professor, Psychiatry
    University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada2013 - present
  • Professor
    University of Toronto, Pharmacology, Pharmacology & Toxicology, Toronto, Canada2013 - present
  • Professor
    University of Toronto, Family and Community Medicine, Toronto, Canada2013 - present
  • Head, Alcohol Research and Treatment Clinic
    Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, Addiction and Mental Health, Toronto, Canada2012 - present
  • Independent Scientist
    Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, Campbell Research Institute, Toronto, Canada2012 - present
  • Full Member, Graduate Faculty
    University of Toronto, Pharmacology, Pharmacology & Toxicology, Toronto, Canada2011 - present
  • Clinician Scientist (cross-appointed)
    Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, Clinical Research, Toronto, Canada2010 - present
  • Affiliate
    Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, Ontario Tobacco Research, Social and Epidemiological Research, Toronto, Canada2008 - present
  • Associate Member
    University of Toronto, Institute of Medical Science, Toronto, Canada2007 - present
  • Physician
    Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, Addiction Program, Toronto, Canada2006 - present
  • Head
    Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, Translational Addiction Research Laboratory, Toronto, Canada2006 - present
  • Independent Research Scientist
    Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, Neuroscience Department, Toronto, Canada2006 - present
  • Associate Professor
    University of Toronto, Psychiatry, Toronto, Canada2006 - 2013
  • Associate Member
    University of Toronto, Pharmacology, Pharmacology & Toxicology, Toronto, Canada2006 - 2011
  • Associate Professor
    University of Toronto, Family and Community Medicine, Toronto, Canada2006 - 2013

NON-ACADEMIC POSITIONS

  • Staff Physician
    Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, Addiction Division, Toronto, Canada2006 - present
  • Smoking Cessation Specialist
    Hôpital Albert-Chenevier, Assistance Public Des Hopitaux de Paris, Créteil, France1999 - 2003
  • Occasional Locums of Family Medicine practices
    Family Medicine Practices, France1997 - 1999

DEGREES

  • PhD, Pharmacology
    University of Paris, Paris, France1998 - 2002
  • MSc, Pharmacology
    University of Paris, Paris, France1990 - 1995
  • MD, Family Medicine
    University of Nantes, Nantes, France1988 - 1995

CERTIFICATIONS

  • Ontario Medical Association Advanced Leadership Program
    Ontario Medical Association, Toronto, Canada2018 - 2019
  • Certification in Family Medicine
    College of Family Physicians of Canada, Mississauga, Canada2006 - present
  • Certificate of Added Competency in Addiction Medicine
    College of Family Physicians of Canada, Mississauga, Canada2019 - present
  • Continuing Education Leadership Program, Faculty of Medicine
    University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada2010 - 2011

POSTGRADUATE TRAINING

  • MD Residency Training
    University of Nantes, Nantes, France1995 - 1997
    Residency
  • Pharmaco-epidemiology Diploma
    University of Bordeaux, Bordeaux, France1996 - 1997
    Supervised by Begaud B
  • Clinical training in Addiction (Capacity)
    University Rene Descartes (Paris V), France1999 - 2001
    AddictionSupervised by Loo H
  • Behavioural and Cognitive Therapy
    University Rene Descartes (Paris V), France1999 - 2001
    Supervised by Aubin HJ
  • Fogarty Visiting Fellow
    National Institute on Drug Abuse, Bethesda, United States2003 - 2006
    Postdoctoral FellowshipSupervised by Goldberg SR

LANGUAGES

  • French
    Can read, write, speak, understand and peer review
  • English
    Can read, write, speak, understand and peer review

AVAILABILITY

  • Media enquiries

INSTITUTIONAL STRATEGIC INITIATIVES

  • TC3 (Toronto Cannabis and Cannabinoid Consortium)

AFFILIATED INSTITUTIONS

  • Centre for Addiction and Mental Health