Bernard Le FollProfile page
Professor
Temerty Faculty of Medicine, Department of Family and Community Medicine
- ProfessorTemerty 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 OfficerWaypoint Centre for Mental Health Care, Penetanguishene, Canada2022 - present
- Chair of Addiction PsychiatryUniversity of Toronto, Department of Psychiatry, Toronto, Canada2021 - present
- Professor, Institute of Health Policy, Management and EvaluationUniversity of Toronto, Dalla Lana School of Public Health, Toronto, Canada2019 - present
- Full Member, Institute of Medical ScienceUniversity of Toronto, Toronto, Canada2014 - present
- Professor, PsychiatryUniversity of Toronto, Toronto, Canada2013 - present
- ProfessorUniversity of Toronto, Pharmacology, Pharmacology & Toxicology, Toronto, Canada2013 - present
- ProfessorUniversity of Toronto, Family and Community Medicine, Toronto, Canada2013 - present
- Head, Alcohol Research and Treatment ClinicCentre for Addiction and Mental Health, Addiction and Mental Health, Toronto, Canada2012 - present
- Independent ScientistCentre for Addiction and Mental Health, Campbell Research Institute, Toronto, Canada2012 - present
- Full Member, Graduate FacultyUniversity of Toronto, Pharmacology, Pharmacology & Toxicology, Toronto, Canada2011 - present
- Clinician Scientist (cross-appointed)Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, Clinical Research, Toronto, Canada2010 - present
- AffiliateCentre for Addiction and Mental Health, Ontario Tobacco Research, Social and Epidemiological Research, Toronto, Canada2008 - present
- Associate MemberUniversity of Toronto, Institute of Medical Science, Toronto, Canada2007 - present
- PhysicianCentre for Addiction and Mental Health, Addiction Program, Toronto, Canada2006 - present
- HeadCentre for Addiction and Mental Health, Translational Addiction Research Laboratory, Toronto, Canada2006 - present
- Independent Research ScientistCentre for Addiction and Mental Health, Neuroscience Department, Toronto, Canada2006 - present
- Associate ProfessorUniversity of Toronto, Psychiatry, Toronto, Canada2006 - 2013
- Associate MemberUniversity of Toronto, Pharmacology, Pharmacology & Toxicology, Toronto, Canada2006 - 2011
- Associate ProfessorUniversity of Toronto, Family and Community Medicine, Toronto, Canada2006 - 2013
NON-ACADEMIC POSITIONS
- Staff PhysicianCentre for Addiction and Mental Health, Addiction Division, Toronto, Canada2006 - present
- Smoking Cessation SpecialistHôpital Albert-Chenevier, Assistance Public Des Hopitaux de Paris, Créteil, France1999 - 2003
- Occasional Locums of Family Medicine practicesFamily Medicine Practices, France1997 - 1999
DEGREES
- PhD, PharmacologyUniversity of Paris, Paris, France1998 - 2002
- MSc, PharmacologyUniversity of Paris, Paris, France1990 - 1995
- MD, Family MedicineUniversity of Nantes, Nantes, France1988 - 1995
CERTIFICATIONS
- Ontario Medical Association Advanced Leadership ProgramOntario Medical Association, Toronto, Canada2018 - 2019
- Certification in Family MedicineCollege of Family Physicians of Canada, Mississauga, Canada2006 - present
- Certificate of Added Competency in Addiction MedicineCollege of Family Physicians of Canada, Mississauga, Canada2019 - present
- Continuing Education Leadership Program, Faculty of MedicineUniversity of Toronto, Toronto, Canada2010 - 2011
POSTGRADUATE TRAINING
- MD Residency TrainingUniversity of Nantes, Nantes, France1995 - 1997Residency
- Pharmaco-epidemiology DiplomaUniversity of Bordeaux, Bordeaux, France1996 - 1997Supervised by Begaud B
- Clinical training in Addiction (Capacity)University Rene Descartes (Paris V), France1999 - 2001AddictionSupervised by Loo H
- Behavioural and Cognitive TherapyUniversity Rene Descartes (Paris V), France1999 - 2001Supervised by Aubin HJ
- Fogarty Visiting FellowNational Institute on Drug Abuse, Bethesda, United States2003 - 2006Postdoctoral FellowshipSupervised by Goldberg SR
LANGUAGES
- FrenchCan read, write, speak, understand and peer review
- EnglishCan 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