Tuesday
February 27, 2024
7:00 pm - 8:00 pm EST
FACULTY
Jennifer BeeckerMD, FRCPC, CCFP(EM), FAAD, DABD
Immediate Past President, Canadian Dermatology Association
Assistant Professor, University of Ottawa
Research Director, Division of Dermatology, The Ottawa Hospital
Chair Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons Dermatology Examination Board
Ottawa, ON Show/Hide Bio
Dr. Beecker is a Staff Dermatologist at The Ottawa Hospital, Assistant Professor at The University of Ottawa, with full certification in Dermatology, Emergency Medicine and Family Medicine.
Dr. Beecker is the Research Director for the Division of Dermatology at The Ottawa Hospital. Her research interests include inflammatory skin disease and skin cancer, and she serves as an investigator in multicentre clinical trials. She trains medical residents and students and was awarded the Canadian Dermatology Association Residents and Fellows Society Clinical Teaching Award. She is the Immediate Past-President of the Canadian Dermatology Association's Board of Directors.
Martin KatzmanBSc, MD, FRCPC
Clinic Director, START Clinic for the Mood and Anxiety Disorders
Professor, Adler Graduate Professional School
Adjunct Professor, Department of Psychiatry, Northern Ontario School of Medicine
Adjunct Professor, Department of Psychology, Lakehead University
Adjunct Professor, Edward S. Rogers Sr., Department of Electric and Computer Engineering, University of Toronto
Board Member, American Professional Society ADHD and Related Disorders APSARD)
Toronto, ON Show/Hide Bio
Dr. Katzman is the Clinic Director and Staff Psychiatrist at the S.T.A.R.T. Clinic (Stress, Trauma, Anxiety, Rehabilitation and Treatment) for Mood and Anxiety Disorders. He is a faculty member at the Northern Ontario School of Medicine (Laurentian University and Lakehead University). He is the past Acting Research Director (at the level of Dean) and a full professor at Adler School of Professional Studies. Dr. Katzman's research primarily involves examining the psychological manifestations associated with the prefrontal cortex and related associated tracts and organ systems in mood, anxiety, ADHD and traumatic disorders. The focus of this research has been specifically directed at the study of Hypo-prefrontality, Executive Dysfunction, Intolerance of Uncertainty and Reward Procesing, including Hedonic Tone and Hedonic Capacity as the drivers of Motivation and Energy in relation to the development of a variety of comorbidities and treatment resistance.
In the past he has used a variety of tools such as positron emission tomography, the respiratory physiological challenge, and doppler imaging, in association with a diverse anxiogenic challenges. He is also interested in developing technologies to further help in the diagnosis and treatment of psychiatric disorders. Dr. Katzman is the former Treasurer for The American Professional Society of ADHD and Related Disorders (APSARD) and was also a founding member of the Board of Directors as well as the founding Chair of the Scientific Advisory Board of the Anxiety Disorders Association of Canada/Association Canadienne des Troubles Anxieux (ADAC/ACTA), now known as Anxiety Canada.
He is the chair of a variety of scientific advisory boards, on the editorial board for a number of journals, and has published numerous papers in the areas of Anxiety, Mood, Pain and Attention Disorders and Complementary and Alternative Medicine.
Perla LansangMD, FRCPC
Staff Physician, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre
Staff Physician, The Hospital for Sick Children
Associate Professor, Division of Dermatology, University of Toronto
Toronto, ON Show/Hide Bio
Dr. Perla Lansang is a full-time staff dermatologist and associate professor in the Division of Dermatology, University of Toronto. She is based at Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre where she served as Division Director for 3 years. Prior to that, she was the Director of Undergraduate Education for the Division of Dermatology for over 10 years.
She is cross-appointed at the Section of Paediatric Dermatology at the Hospital for Sick Children where she runs a paediatric psoriasis clinic, and the Division of Obstetric Medicine at Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre.
Dr. Lansang completed her medical school and dermatology residency at the University of the Philippines-Philippine General Hospital. Having done fellowships in paediatric dermatology at The Hospital for Sick Children and in advanced medical dermatology at Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Dr. Lansang’s practice is a mixture of pediatric, adolescent, and adult dermatology, with a special focus on psoriasis, atopic dermatitis, pregnancy dermatoses, autoimmune bullous diseases, and general medical dermatology. She has a special interest in immune-mediated skin diseases and has extensive clinical and research experience in many areas of immunodermatology.