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Karen Saperson

Dr. Karen Saperson is a psychiatrist in Hamilton, Ontario.

Affiliations

College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario

Saperson is a University Academic Representative with the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario for McMaster University.

McMaster University

She is employed as a Professor in Psychiatry and Behavioural Neurosciences at McMaster University, and is head of that department.1) She is also the Program Director for Geriatric Psychiatry, and the Academic Head for the Division of Geriatric Psychiatry.2)

Psychiatric Practice

Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada

Saperson was a recipient of the 2017 Royal College’s AMS/Donald R. Wilson Award from the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada. “Dr. Saperson is unquestionably a pioneer in the field of mentorship.”4) She was selected for the reward “for inspiring and developing novel teaching methodologies that have raised the quality and quantity of research and scholarship emanating from her department at McMaster University.”

World Psychiatric Association

Saperson’s publication history includes studies funded by the World Psychiatric Association (WPA), associated with the World Health Organization (WHO)5) 6) and the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH).7)

COVID-19

Saperson retweeted a Globe and Mail article blaming the “roughly 1.5 million eligible Ontarians [who are aged 12 or older] without a single jab” as being “the people responsible for keeping the pandemic alive.”8) The article cites data from the Ontario COVID-19 Science Advisory Table claiming that “being unvaccinated makes you more than five times more likely to catch COVID-19, and 26 times more likely to wind up in intensive care.” Further, the article insists that mandatory masking, vaccine passports, improved ventilation, capacity limits and complete vaccination are required.9)

1)
Saperson, K. [@karensaperson]. Professor, McMaster University Department of Psychiatry & Behavioural Neurosciences physician, mom, grandma, medical educator. she/her. Tweets my own [Profile]. Accessed December 3, 2021. Twitter. https://archive.ph/bfecv
2) , 4)
Nisbett, M. (2017). Dr. Karen Saperson — 2017 AMS/Donald Wilson award recipient. Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada. https://archive.ph/PKMmP
3)
College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario. Karen Saperson - Doctor Details. Retrieved December 3, 2021, from https://archive.ph/0d7nU
5)
Bogie, B. J. M., Colbourne, A., Menezes, N., Saperson, K., & McConnell, M. M. (2017). The Doctor Is In: Media Portrayals of Psychiatrists and Their Influence on Canadian Medical Students’ Recruitment into Psychiatry. Academic Psychiatry, 42(3), 386–393. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40596-017-0798-x
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World Health Organization & World Psychiatric Organization. (2005). Atlas Psychiatric Education and Training Across the World 2005. World Health Organization. Retrieved December 3, 2021, from https://www.who.int/mental_health/evidence/Atlas_training_final.pdf
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Dham, P., Colman, S., Saperson, K., McAiney, C., Lourenco, L., Kates, N., & Rajji, T. K. (2017). Collaborative Care for Psychiatric Disorders in Older Adults: A Systematic Review. The Canadian Journal of Psychiatry, 62(11), 761–771. https://doi.org/10.1177/0706743717720869
8)
Picard, A. [@picardonhealth]. (2021, November 10). Every Canadian wants the #COVID19 pandemic to be over. The way to achieve that is not by acting like it… [Tweet]. Twitter. https://archive.ph/4QqMR
9)
The Editorial Board. (2021, November 10). Globe editorial: For Ontario, a few small steps today can prevent a big fourth pandemic wave tomorrow. The Globe and Mail. https://archive.ph/yweG2
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