The Team

Griffith Edwards CentreWe are a multi-disciplinary team of healthcare professionals. Our staff are qualified members in the addictions field with a range of professional backgrounds such as psychology, psychiatry, nursing, social work, occupational therapy, and psychoeducation.

 

The Addictions Unit Team

 

Medical Director:  Jorge Palacios-Boix, MD, FRCP(C)
Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry, McGill University

 

Clinical Director: Gail Gauthier, PhD

 

Research Director: Kathryn Gill, PhD
Associate Professor Department of Psychiatry, McGill University

 

Inpatient Services:

Ron Fraser, MD, FRCP(C)
        Head, Inpatient Detoxification Service
        Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry, McGill University

 

Outpatient Services:

Dara Charney, MD, FRCP(C)
        Director, McGill RUIS Addiction Program
        Associate Chair (Education), Department of Psychiatry, McGill University
        & Associate Professor, Department of Psychiatry, McGill University

Juan Carlos Negrete, MD, FRCP(C)
        Senior Consultant Addictions Unit
        Professor Emeritus, Department of Psychiatry, McGill University

 

Team Therapists

Chris Beaulieu RN, BSW

Roberta Osler-Payette BSc OT 

Antonis Paraherakis MSc

Helen Pentney, OT, ICADC

Paula Randolph BSc OT, ICADC

 

Administrative staff:

Lyne Marchand

Patty Vlahos 

Research staff

Isabelle Dingemans
Clinical Research Coordinator

Sarah Coupland
Research Assistance

 

Volunteer

Susan Britton
Certified Yoga Therapist