Dallas Seitz

Dr. Seitz is Professor in the Department of Psychiatry at the Temerty Faculty of Medicine at the University of Toronto and Director of the Division of Geriatric Psychiatry. He is the Chief of the Division of Geriatric Psychiatry at the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health where he also holds the Peter and Shelagh Godsoe Chair in in Late-Life Mental Health Research. He currently serves as Co-Chair of the Canadian Coalition for Seniors’ Mental Health and past president of Canadian Academy of Geriatric Psychiatry.  

He completed his undergraduate medical degree at the University of Saskatchewan (2003) and my postgraduate residency training in Psychiatry at the Queen’s University (2008). He completed a research and clinical fellowship at the University of Toronto in at Baycrest Centre and Women’s College Hospital. Dr. Seitz completed his PhD in Clinical Epidemiology and Health Services Research from the Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation at the University of Toronto in 2014. 

His research examines health service and knowledge translation in geriatric mental health. Dr. Seitz is actively involved in the development health system strategies, guidelines and policies related to seniors and mental health at both the provincial and national level. His research has been supported by the Alzheimer Society of Canada, Alzheimer’s Association, Brain Canada, Canadian Institutes of Health Research and the Public Health Agency of Canada. He is actively involved in provincial and national committees related to seniors’ mental health.