Pier Bryden MPhil MD FRCPC
Senior Advisor, Clinical Affairs and Professional Values
Associate Professor in the Department of Psychiatry
Staff Psychiatrist at Sick Kids
Sarita Verma Award for Advocacy and Mentorship in Postgraduate Medicine
Postgraduate Medical Education Awards
Biography
Dr. Pier Bryden has been a staff psychiatrist at Sick Kids since 2001. She is an Associate Professor and Senior Advisor, Clinical Affairs and Professional Values, for the Temerty Faculty of Medicine at the University of Toronto.
Dr. Bryden is a graduate of the University of Toronto, the University of Oxford, and McMaster University. She has subspecialty certification in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry with the Royal College of Physicians & Surgeons of Canada.
Her academic publications include papers on medical education, medical professionalism, and ethical and legal aspects of child psychiatry. She is the co-author, with Dr. David Goldbloom, of a popular book on psychiatry, “How Can I Help: A Week in my Life as a Psychiatrist”, and with Dr. Peter Szatmari of “Start Here: A Parent’s Guide to Helping Children and Teens Through Mental Health Challenges”.
Dr. Bryden was the 2018 Recipient of the University’s prestigious President’s Teaching Award and the 2020 Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons Region 3 Mentor of the Year Award.
Quote from the Winner
Doubt is not a pleasant position. But certainty is an absurd one. (Voltaire 1694-1778)
About the Award
The Sarita Verma Award for Advocacy and Mentorship in Postgraduate Medicine was established in 2010 and named after the former Vice Dean, Postgraduate Medical Education (PGME). The award recognizes staff or faculty members who exhibit an exemplary level of leadership and commitment to social responsibility, mentorship, advocacy, and resident wellbeing.