Catherine Zahn
Name: Catherine
Surname: Zahn
Section: Dr. Zahn was appointed President and CEO of the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH) in 2009.
Qualification: She received her MD (honours) from the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Toronto (U of T), where she completed her residency training in neurology. She holds an MSc in health administration from U of T and has completed the Directors Education Program at the U of T Rotman School of Management. Dr. Zahn is a Professor in the U of T Faculty of Medicine and a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada. She is a Fellow and former board member of the American Academy of Neurology, and has made numerous contributions to health care in Ontario through her leadership in hospital integration, technology assessment, chronic disease management, stroke care coordination and mental health care system improvement.
Education and career
Dr. Zahn serves on the Board of Governors of Upper Canada College and has been Chair of the Health Care/Health Sciences Division of the United Way Campaign Cabinet. She has been appointed to the International Scientific Advisory Committee for the University of Calgary School of Medicine.
Research focus
1，Engel J, Wiebe S, French J, et al. Practice parameter: temporal lobe and localized neocortical resections for epilepsy: report of the Quality Standards Subcommittee of the American Academy of Neurology, in association with the American Epilepsy Society and the American Association of Neurological Surgeons[J]. Neurology, 2003, 60(4): 538-547. 2，Zahn C A, Morrell M J, Collins S D, et al. Management issues for women with epilepsy: a review of the literature[J]. Neurology, 1998, 51(4): 949-956. 3，Soklaridis S, Zahn C, Kuper A, et al. Men’s fear of mentoring in the# MeToo era—What’s at stake for academic medicine[J]. N Engl J Med, 2018, 379(23): 2270-4. 4，Levin L, Goeree R, Sikich N, et al. Establishing a comprehensive continuum from an evidentiary base to policy development for health technologies: the Ontario experience[J]. International Journal of Technology Assessment in Health Care, 2007, 23(3): 299. 5，Zahn C. Neurologic care of pregnant women with epilepsy[J]. Epilepsia, 1998, 39: S26-S31. 6，Doran D M I, Baker G R, Murray M, et al. Achieving clinical improvement: an interdisciplinary intervention[J]. Health Care Management Review, 2002, 27(4): 42-56. 7，Wilson J J, Zahn C A, Newman H. Fibrinolytic therapy for idiopathic subclavian-axillary vein thrombosis[J]. The American Journal of Surgery, 1990, 159(2): 208-210. 8，Soklaridis S, Kuper A, Whitehead C R, et al. Gender bias in hospital leadership: a qualitative study on the experiences of women CEOs[J]. Journal of Health Organization and Management, 2017.