Kenneth I.
Shulman, MD, SM
(Canada), Board of Directors
Dr. Shulman graduated from the Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto in 1973 and did postgraduate training in Psychiatry at the University of Toronto. He then went on to do specialty training in Geriatric Psychiatry in London, England where he was fortunate to be mentored by pioneers in the field including Tom Arie (service delivery) and Felix Post (clinical research). Since 1978, he has been based at Sunnybrook & Women’s in Toronto where he has been involved in the development of a comprehensive geriatric psychiatry service and academic program. In 1990, he completed a Master of Science in Health Policy and Management at the Harvard School of Public Health.
Dr. Shulman was formerly the Director of the Division of Geriatric Psychiatry at the University of Toronto and Foundation Director of the Interdepartmental Division of Geriatrics for the Faculty of Medicine. For ten years he served as Psychiatrist-in-Chief at Sunnybrook & Women’s and Vice-Chair, Clinical Affairs of the University of Toronto, Department of Psychiatry. His eclectic academic interests include mania and bipolarity in old age; the clock drawing test and brief cognitive screening (now something of a cottage industry); mental health policy; testamentary capacity; and diet and
MAOIs.
Dr. Shulman was recognized by the IPA in 1999 at the Vancouver Congress for contributions to the field of psychogeriatrics and joined the Board of Directors of IPA in September 2001. He hopes to encourage a multidisciplinary approach to the neuropsychiatric disorders of old age and facilitate the integration of complementary disciplines such as Neurology, Geriatric Medicine and Neuropsychology. He is currently the inaugural Richard Lewar Chair in Geriatric Psychiatry at Sunnybrook & Women’s, University of Toronto.
He has served on IPA’s Board of Directors since 2001.
