Professor, Psychiatry
Dr. Verinder Sharma is a Professor of Psychiatry and has a cross-appointment to the Department Obstetrics and Gynecology at Western University, London, Ontario, Canada. He is a psychiatrist at the Adult Ambulatory Services, Parkwood Institute, and runs a busy perinatal clinic at the London Health Science Centre.
Dr. Sharma graduated from Government Medical College, Patiala, India, and completed his postgraduate training in psychiatry at the University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Canada. Dr. Sharma’s research focuses on the diagnosis and treatment of refractory mood disorders and peripartum psychiatric illnesses. Lately, he has devoted his research efforts to exploring the relationship between postpartum psychiatric disorders and bipolar disorder. He is widely published and well-funded by peer-reviewed granting agencies.
He is a member of the Canadian Network for Mood and Anxiety Treatments (CANMAT) as well as the International Society for Bipolar Disorders (ISBD) Women’s Health task force, which has recently focused on pregnant, peripartum and postpartum women. He has been involved in the teaching of numerous medical students, psychiatry residents, family medicine residents and trainees from obstetrics & gynecology.
Dr. Verinder Sharma is a Professor of Psychiatry and has a cross appointment to the department of Obstetrics & Gynecology at the University of Western Ontario.
Dr. Sharma’s research focuses on the diagnosis and treatment of refractory mood disorders and peripartum psychiatric illnesses. Lately he has devoted his research efforts to exploring the relationship between postpartum psychiatric disorders and bipolar disorder. He is widely published and well-funded by peer reviewed granting agencies.
For three decades he has been involved in teaching of medical students, psychiatry residents, family medicine residents and trainees from obstetrics & gynecology.
Research Group: Mental Health; Parkwood Institute Research
Research Interest Area: Mental health and behavioural disorders
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About Verinder Sharma
Dr. Verinder Sharma is a Professor of Psychiatry and has a cross-appointment to the Department Obstetrics and Gynecology at Western University, London, Ontario, Canada. He is a psychiatrist at the Adult Ambulatory Services, Parkwood Institute, and runs a busy perinatal clinic at the London Health Science Centre.
Dr. Sharma graduated from Government Medical College, Patiala, India, and completed his postgraduate training in psychiatry at the University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Canada. Dr. Sharma’s research focuses on the diagnosis and treatment of refractory mood disorders and peripartum psychiatric illnesses. Lately, he has devoted his research efforts to exploring the relationship between postpartum psychiatric disorders and bipolar disorder. He is widely published and well-funded by peer-reviewed granting agencies.
He is a member of the Canadian Network for Mood and Anxiety Treatments (CANMAT) as well as the International Society for Bipolar Disorders (ISBD) Women’s Health task force, which has recently focused on pregnant, peripartum and postpartum women. He has been involved in the teaching of numerous medical students, psychiatry residents, family medicine residents and trainees from obstetrics & gynecology.
Dr. Verinder Sharma is a Professor of Psychiatry and has a cross appointment to the department of Obstetrics & Gynecology at the University of Western Ontario.
Dr. Sharma’s research focuses on the diagnosis and treatment of refractory mood disorders and peripartum psychiatric illnesses. Lately he has devoted his research efforts to exploring the relationship between postpartum psychiatric disorders and bipolar disorder. He is widely published and well-funded by peer reviewed granting agencies.
For three decades he has been involved in teaching of medical students, psychiatry residents, family medicine residents and trainees from obstetrics & gynecology.
Research Group: Mental Health; Parkwood Institute Research
Research Interest Area: Mental health and behavioural disorders
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