Announcement: Dr. Patricia Hall as interim Chair, Department of Psychiatry - Extension
Dr. Patricia Hall
I am pleased to announce that Dr. Patricia Hall’s appointment as interim Chair, Department of Psychiatry at the Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry, Western University, has been extended. The extended term will be effective January 1, 2025, to December 31, 2025, or until a permanent Chair is appointed.
Dr. Hall is an Associate Professor in the Department of Psychiatry at Schulich Medicine & Dentistry. She holds FRCPC certification in Psychiatry, and Child and Adolescent Psychiatry. In 2020, she was appointed as the Chair of the Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and the Chief of the Child and Adolescent Mental Health Program at the Children’s Hospital, London Health Sciences Centre.
Dr. Hall is passionate about faculty and learner wellness, and participates in multiple mentorship committees for the Department of Psychiatry faculty. In 2023, she was awarded the Schulich Award of Excellence for Faculty Mentorship.
Dr. Hall created and implemented the first Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (CAP) Subspecialty Program at Western and held the role of Program Director from 2010 to 2020. Under Dr. Hall's leadership, the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons recognized a leading practice and innovation within the CAP subspecialty program in wellness.
Dr. Hall has participated in multiple national education committees and was a member of the Royal College Child and Adolescent Psychiatry CBME Working Group. She is recognized nationally for her contributions and was awarded the Postgraduate Education Award by the Canadian Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry 2020. Dr. Hall has also received Schulich Awards of Excellence in Postgraduate Education in 2014 and 2020, and multiple teaching awards in the Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry.
During this period of interim leadership, Dr. Hall looks forward to working collaboratively to best support departmental operations.
Please join me in congratulating Dr. Hall on her extension as interim Chair, Department of Psychiatry.
John Yoo, MD, FRCS(C), FACS
Dean, Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry
Western University
