Sagar V. Parikh, M.D.

Biography

Sagar V. Parikh, M.D., FRCPC is the John F. Greden Professor of Depression and Clinical Neuroscience at Michigan Medicine and also a Professor of Health Management and Policy in the School of Public Health at the University of Michigan. Previous, he was a full-time professor at the University of Toronto from 1994-2015, director of CME and head of the Bipolar Clinic at CAMH, and Deputy Psychiatrist in Chief at the University Health Network in Toronto. He is the Medical Director of the National Network of Depression Centers (USA) and Education Chair of the Canadian Network of Mood and Anxiety Treatments. Dr. Parikh is the author / editor of three books and over 200 peer-reviewed articles and book chapters. He is also co-author of all 13 editions of treatment guidelines produced by CANMAT since 1997. His research includes clinical trials of medication and psychotherapy in bipolar disorder and major depression, biomarkers of response, ketamine, and pharmacogenomics. As well, he is active in the development and testing of new service delivery models like Group Medical Visits and Digital Mental Health tools. Furthermore, he has conducted extensive research and novel program development in medical education. He has won multiple awards for education and for research in psychiatry, including the Dave Davis CEPD Research Award in 2008, the R.O. Jones Award for Best Research Paper in 2011, and Paula Goering Collaborative Research and Knowledge Translation Award in 2018. The Michigan Depression Toolkit, a website tool that he leads, won the 2018 Bronze Digital Health Award. He was awarded the 2019 Academic Gold Award for the Psychiatric Services Achievement, from the American Psychiatric Association, (with Dr. John Greden and Ms. Stephanie Salazar) for the Michigan Peer-to-Peer Depression Awareness Program and the 2020 Mogens Schou Award for Education and Teaching by the International Society for Bipolar Disorders. His teaching has won him three local, three national, and two international awards, including the Paul Patterson Education Innovation Award from the CPA in 2018.