Hooman Ganjavi MD, PhD, FRCP(C)
Associate Professor
Psychiatrist
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Med School: | University of Toronto |
| Residency: | McGill University | |
| PhD: | Institute of Medical Science, University of Toronto | |
| Clinical area of expertise: | Psychotic Disorders | |
| Contact Information: | hooman.ganjavi@sjhc.london.on.ca 519 455 5110 x47687 |
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| Administrative Partner: |
Carol Wettlaufer carol.wettlaufer@sjhc.london.on.ca 519 455 5110 x47687 |
Profile
Dr. Hooman Ganjavi is an Associate Professor of Psychiatry at the University of Western Ontario. He works as a psychiatrist in the Treatment and Rehabilitation Program at Parkwood Institute. He completed his undergraduate training at Laurentian University in Sudbury, ON and went on to attend medical school and graduate school at the University of Toronto. He did his psychiatry training at McGill University in Montreal, QC. When he is not looking after patients, he plays guitar in rock and roll bands.
Other areas of interest include:
- Neuropsychiatry of movement disorders
- Neuroimaging
Publications
Oxidative-stress induced pulmonary toxicity in a 46-year-old male with G6PD deficiency on chemotherapy. Strum S, Mitchell M, Ganjavi H, Vincent M. Curr Probl Cancer Case Rep. 2023 Mar; 9:100215.
Striatum-Mediated Deficits in Stimulus-Response Learning and Decision-Making in OCD. Hiebert NM, Lawrence MR, Ganjavi H, Watling M, Owen AM, Seergobin KN, MacDonald PA. Front Psychiatry. 2020 Feb 5;11:13.
Relationship between Freezing of Gait and Anxiety in Parkinson's Disease Patients: A Systemic Literature Review. Witt I, Ganjavi H, MacDonald P. Parkinsons Dis. 2019 Jul 24;2019:6836082.
Dorsal striatum does not mediate feedback-based, stimulus-response learning: An event-related fMRI study in patients with Parkinson's disease tested on and off dopaminergic therapy. Hiebert NM, Owen AM, Ganjavi H, Mendonça D, Jenkins ME, Seergobin KN, MacDonald PA. Neuroimage. 2019 Jan 15;185:455-470.
Assessing trauma in a transcultural context: challenges in mental health care with immigrants and refugees. Wylie L, Van Meyel R, Harder H, Sukhera J, Luc C, Ganjavi H, Elfakhani M, Wardrop N. Public Health Rev. 2018 Aug 22;39:22.
Levodopa has mood-enhancing effects in healthy elderly adults. Vo A, Ganjavi H, MacDonald PA. Int J Geriatr Psychiatry. 2018 Apr;33(4):674-675.
