Allan D. Peterkin, Professor of Psychiatry and Family Medicine, University of Toronto, and Anna Skorzewska, Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, Director of Psychiatric Intensive Care Unit, University of Toronto

Allan Peterkin is a Professor of Psychiatry and Family Medicine at the University of Toronto, where he heads the Program in Health, Arts and Humanities and serves as Humanities Faculty Lead for undergraduate medical education and post-MD studies. He is the author of 14 books for adults and children, including Staying Human During Residency Training-How To Survive and Thrive After Medical School.

Anna Skorzewska is a psychiatrist and an assistant professor at the University of Toronto Faculty of Medicine. She runs a Psychiatric Intensive Care Unit and teaches extensively in both postgraduate and continuing professional development. She has an interest in the use of the arts and humanities in clinical practice and in medical education. She started a film program for psychiatric inpatients in collaboration with the Toronto International Film Festival. She has been the executive producer of a documentary film portrait of a psychiatric inpatient ward that was part of the official selection of The Big Sky Documentary Film Festival.

Shannon Arntfield, MSc, MD, FRSCS
Assistant Professor
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Western University
London Health Sciences Center
London, Ontario, Canada

Susan Bélanger
History of Medicine Program
Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto
Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Carrie Bernard, MD, MPH, CCFP, FCPC
Associate Program Director, Curriculum and Remediation
Department of Family and Community Medicine
University of Toronto
Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Amanda Chen, BSc (Hons)
Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto
Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Paul Robert D'Alessandro, MD, MSc
Pediatrics Resident
University of British Columbia
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Zac Feilchenfeld, MD, MHPE
Clinical Associate, Division of General Internal Medicine, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre
Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto
Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Farah Friesen, MI
Education Knowledge Broker and Program Coordinator
Centre for Faculty Development
Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto at Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute
St. Michael's Hospital
Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Lu Gao, MD
Resident in Psychiatry
University of Toronto
Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Neda Ghiam MD MHSc
Pediatrician
Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Karen Gold, BEd, MSW, PhD, RSW
Interprofessional Education Lead
Women's College Hospital
Affiliated Scientist
Centre for Ambulatory Care Education
Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Mona Gupta, MD, CM, FRCPC, PhD, CRCHUM
Centre l'Hospitalier de l'Université Montréal
Associate Professor
Department of Psychiatry
Université of Montréal
Montréal, Québec, Canada

Peggy Hamilton, BSc
Second-year Medical Student
University of Winnipeg Winnipeg, Minnesota

Philip C. Hébert, MD, PhD, FCFPC
Professor Emeritus
Department of Family and Community Medicine
Joint Centre for Bioethics
University of Toronto
Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Kathryn Hynes, MD (2019 Candidate)
Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry
Western University
London, Ontario, Canada

Craig Irvine, PhD
Director of the Masters Program in Narrative Medicine
Director of Education of the Program in Narrative Medicine
Columbia University
New York, New York

Martina Kelly, MA, MbBCh, MICGP, FRCGP, CCFP
Associate Professor, Director Undergraduate Family Medicine
Department of Undergraduate Family Medicine
University of Calgary
Calgary, Alberta, Canada

Arno K. Kumagai
Professor and Vice Chair for Education
Department of Medicine
F.M. Hill Chair in Humanism Education
Women's College Hospital
University of Toronto

Ayelet Kuper, MD, DPhil
Scientist and Associate Director
Wilson Centre for Research in Education
University Health Network
Staff Physician, Division of General Internal Medicine
Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre
Associate Professor and Co-Lead for Person-Centred Care Education
Department of Medicine
Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto
Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Sylvia Langlois MSc, OT Reg (ON)
Faculty Lead IPE Curriculum and Scholarship
Centre for Interprofessional Education
Assistant Professor
Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy
University of Toronto
Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Suvendrini Lena, MD, MPH, FRCPC, CSCN (EEG)
Staff Neurologist, Geriatric Mental Health
Centre for Addiction and Mental Health
Clinical Association Centre for Headache Women's College Hospital
Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Elysse Leonard, BSc, MA
Film Educator in Residence
Health, Arts, & Humanities Program
University of Toronto
Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Chryssa McAlister, MD, MHSc, FRCSC
Department of Ophthalmology and Vision Sciences
University of Toronto
McMaster University
Kitchener, Ontario, Canada

L. J. Nelles, MFA, PhD (c)
Educator, Geriatric Psychiatry
Reitman Centre, Mt. Sinai Hospital, Toronto
Voice and Text teacher, Randolph Academy of Performing Arts
York University Department of Theatre
Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Allan D. Peterkin, MD, FCFP, FRCP
Professor of Psychiatry and Family Medicine
Director, Health, Arts and Humanities Program
and UGME/ Post- MD Studies Humanities Lead, University of Toronto
Psychiatrist, Mount Sinai Hospital
Senior Fellow, Massey College Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Jeremy Rezmovitz, MD
Family Medicine Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre
Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Edward Shorter, PhD
History of Medicine Program,
Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto
Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Anna Skorzewska, MA, MD, FRCPC
Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry
Humanism and Professionalism Lead Post-MD Education University of Toronto Director, Psychiatric Intensive Care Unit
University Health Network
Senior Fellow, Massey College
Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Eva-Marie Stern, MA, RP
Art Psychotherapist, Trauma Therapy Program
Women's College Hospital
Assistant Professor, University of Toronto
Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Michael Tau
Centre for Addiction and Mental Health
Department of Psychiatry
Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Robert Pierre Tomas, CFRE, MInstF (Adv. Dip.)
Principal, Ethical Fundraising
Fundraising Counsel, Canadian Association of Health Humanities
Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Shelley Wall, AOCAD, MScBMC, PhD, CMI
Assistant Professor, Biomedical Communications Program
Institute of Medical Science, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto;
Department of Biology, University of Toronto Mississauga
Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Cynthia Whitehead, MD, PhD
Scientist and Director, Wilson Centre for Research in Education
University Health Network
Vice-President Education and Practicing Family Physician
Women's College Hospital
Associate Professor, Department of Family and Community Medicine
Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto
Toronto, Ontario, Canada

"I found this book very thoughtfully compiled and I recommend it for health professions' educators with an interest in the medical humanities. They will certainly benefit from the collated wisdom contained within its pages." - Dr Upreet Dhaliwal, RHiME