Sanjeev Sockalingam MD MHPE FRCPC

Professor and Vice-Chair, Education, Department of Psychiatry
University of Toronto
Vice-President, Education and Clinician Scientist
Centre for Addiction and Mental Health

Charles Mickle Fellowship

Continuing Professional Development Awards

Sanjeev Sockalingam

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Biography

Dr. Sanjeev Sockalingam is Professor and Vice-Chair, Education in the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Toronto. He is also Vice President, Education and Clinician-Scientist at the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health. He is currently the Co-Chair for the Extension for Community Healthcare Outcomes (ECHO) Ontario Mental Health at the Centre for Addiction and Mental and Health and the University of Toronto, which is a provincial hub-and-spoke virtual knowledge-sharing network model building mental health and addiction capacity in rural Ontario.

Dr. Sockalingam has nearly 190 peer-reviewed publications and is a lead investigator on several peer-reviewed clinical and medical education grants. His education research interest focuses implementation of mental health capacity building using technology and data-informed lifelong learning. He has been the recipient of several national and international education awards including the 2018 Academy of Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry (ACLP) Alan Stoudemire Award for Innovation and Excellence in C-L Psychiatry Education, the Society for Academic Continuing Medical Education David Davis Research Award, and the Association of Chairs of Psychiatry of Canada Award for Excellence in Education.

Quote from the Winner

“Your work is going to fill a large part of your life, and the only way to be truly satisfied is to do what you believe is great work. And the only way to do great work is to love what you do.” – Steve Jobs

I am deeply grateful to the many mentors, students, colleagues and patients who have inspired my work in health professions education and scholarship over my career.

About the Award

The Charles Mickle Fellowship was established in 1921 and is awarded annually to a member of the medical profession anywhere in the world who has “done the most within the preceding 10 years to advance and promote sound knowledge of a practical kind in the medical art or science by careful and thorough work.