Assistant Professor
University of Toronto, Canada
Dr. Kathleen Sheehan is an Assistant Professor in the University of Toronto Department of Psychiatry and Clinician-Investigator with the medical and inpatient psychiatry programs at the University Health Network Centre for Mental Health. She is also Director of the Department of Psychiatry's Clinician Scholar Program. Dr. Sheehan’s clinical and research activities focus on improving quality of care for individuals with co-occurring mental and physical health issues. Dr. Sheehan advocates for system-wide improvement in the integration of physical and mental health care through medical and public education. She is Vice President and Continuing Professional Development Lead for the Canadian Academy of Psychosomatic Medicine, co-lead of the Extension of Community Health Outcomes (ECHO) Integrated Mental and Physical Health Care program funded by the Ministry of Health, and member of Ontario Health’s Delirium Quality Standard Committee.
