City-Wide Psychiatry Rounds May 2025
Join us at the May 2025 City-Wide Psychiatry Rounds.
Dr. Gili Adler Nevo presents Understanding the Essence of Childhood Trauma: A Compassionate Approach to Pediatric PTSD in Today's World.
Register now and join us online on Zoom.
This event is hosted by University of Toronto and Micheal Garron Hospital.
Our Speaker
Dr. Gili Adler Nevo trained as a child psychiatrist in Israel before immigrating to Canada in 2003, where she completed a fellowship in Child and Adolescent Anxiety at the Hospital for Sick Children under the supervision of Katharina Manassis. She apprenticed in trauma therapy at the University of Pennsylvania under the mentorship of Dr. Edna Foa, adapting Prolonged Exposure Therapy for pediatric populations. Currently, she leads the Michael Garron Hospital Child and Adolescent Anxiety Clinic and serves as an assistant professor at the University of Toronto.
Learning Objectives
- Appreciate the relationship between developmental stages and the emergence of trauma reactions and PTSD in children.
- Understand the core aspects of trauma and its connection to childhood PTSD.
- Explore the impact of current events on children and adolescents in relation to trauma, including strategies for prevention and intervention.