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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
Saperson practices psychiatry through St. Joseph’s Healthcare Hamilton. and has hospital privileges at McMaster Children’s Hospital, St. Peter’s Hospital (Hamilton Health Sciences), Juravinski Hospital and Cancer Centre, and St. Joseph's Centre for Mountain Health Services.3)
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)
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
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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
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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