Jatinder Takhar MD,FRCP(c)

Professor

Clinical Lead Collaborative Care Parkwood

Med School: University of Jammu and Kashmir India
Residency: Wester, SSMD, London
Additional Training: Fellowship in ACT
Clinical area of expertise: General Adult Psychiatry, Collaborative Care Model providing transition into community services and Primary Care from Hospital based services.
E-mail: jatinder.takhar@sjhc.london.on.ca
Phone: 519.455.5110 x47193
Administrative Partner: Nicole Muise
nicole.muise@sjhc.london.on.ca
519.455.5110 x47032

Profile

After doing a one year fellowship in ACT I joined the department in 1997 as an Assistant Professor, then was the CME director for a number of years. During this time my clinical work was primarily in the PEPP Program where the model of early intervention was developed and implemented along with other collaborators, the focus was teaching at UGE/PGE level and active participation in research projects/clinical drug trails within the context of clinical care which resulted in a number of publications as co-author. I led the creation of Preceptors hip Programs for community family doctors in psychiatry for a number of years as the CME director. Then, this was followed by my appointment as Associate Dean CPD for over 12 years which provided me with an opportunity to provide leadership and organizational structure to a unit which was newly implemented. During this tenure I served as Royal College Examiner for 7 years, as mentor to many medical students over the years. As the CPD office was structured in a financially self sustaining manner, the maintenance and operation of the unit relied on grants from external sources such as Royal College, AMOSO, GAC, Ministry, in addition to creating innovative programs for CPD for the learners in SWO. The unit under my leadership went through two successful accreditation processes and led to CME bias studies which were at a national level and results were presented internationally. The latter resulted in a national update and revision of conflict of interest policies in a standardized manner. I was CPD surveyor for units in two other provinces. Another significant study under my leadership tenure with CPD was the academic detailing study at a national level on Polypharmacy with Antipsychotic agents along with other collaborators .

During my career trajectory I have won several awards along with national and international recognition. In the last decade my interest and focus has been on Collaborative Care whereby the initial phases involved participating and co-leading the development of the Model in Ontario, followed by implementation of the model locally in collaboration with the Northern Ontario medical school faculty lead via research and scholarly work. Once locally implemented, teaching others in Ontario about the workings of the model. The work in CPD and Collaborative Care has resulted in multiple publications over the years with several citations in high impact journals. I have contributed to 2 book chapters; one on serious mental illness and the second Transition into Primary Care from Hospital Based Care more recently. As well, I contributed to UGE/PGE over the years with clinical teaching during rotations, creating the first Collaborative Care lecture series as well as the lectures on Interacting with the Pharmaceutical Industry for those medical students and residents at the end of their training.

Publications

  1. Kamini Vasudev, Joel Lamoure, Michael Beyaert, Varinder Dua, David Dixon, Jason Eadie, Larissa Husarewych, Ragu Dhir, Jatinder Takhar. Academic Detailing Among Psychiatrists - Feasibility and Acceptability. International Journal of Health Care Quality Assurance, 2016 Nov 13; 30 (1): 1-11, Coauthor

  2. Nadiya Sunderji, Andrea Waddell, Mona Gupta, Sophie Soklaridis, Rosalie Steinberg. An Expert Consensus on Core Competencies in Integrated Care for Psychiatrists. General Hospital Psychiatry 41 (2016) 45-52, 2015 Jul 1; 41 (41), Expert in Delphi Study

  3. Vasudev K, Lamoure J, Beyaert M, Dua V, Dixon D, Eadie J, Husarewych L, Dhir R, Takhar J. Academic Detailing as a Focused, Engaging and Feasible Method of Quality Improvement Among Psychiatrists: A pilot Ontario study. Research Insights, 2014 Dec; 11 (2): 1-14, Senior Responsible Author

  4. Beyaert MGR, Takhar J, Dixon D, Steele M, Isserlin L, Garcia C, et al. A Review of Canadian Medical School Conflict of Interest Policies. Canadian Medical Education Journal, 2013, Vol 4, No. 3, 217-222, Corresponding author

  5. Dixon D, Takhar J, Macnab J, Eadie J, Lockyer J, Stenerson H, François J, Bell M, Monette C, Campbell C, Marlow B. “Controlling Quality in CME/CPD by Measuring and Illuminating Bias.”. The Journal of Continuing Education in the Health Professions, 31(2): 109-116, 2011. Co-Principal Author

  6. Takhar J, Haslam D, McAuley L, Hobbs A. “Enriching Relationships Through Assessment of the Continuing Medical Education (CME) Needs of Family Physicians Working Within a Collaborative Care Model.”. Current Psychiatry Reviews (CPSR), 2010, Vol 6, No. 3, Principal Author

  7. Takhar J, Campbell C, Eadie J. “Redefining the Self-Assessment Program”. JCEHP, 2009; 29 (3): 190-1, Principal Author

  8. Takhar J, Tipping J. “Using focus groups for strategic planning in a CME unit”. JCEHP, 2008; 28 (2): pp, Principal Author

  9. Takhar J, Dixon D, Marlow B, Campbell C, Silver I, et al. ”Developing an Instrument to Measure Bias in CME”. Journal of Continuing Education in the Health Professions, 27 (2):118-123, 2007 June. Principal Author

  10. Takhar J. Dixon D, Eadie J. “Are the Continuing Medical Educational Needs Of Physicians Dynamic Over Time? Going Beyond the Quick Fix.” AFMC Forum, Volume 40 #2, Pg 16, June 2007. Principal Author

  11. Norman RMG, Malla AK, Manchanda R, Windell D, Harricharan R, Takhar J & Northcott S. “Does treatment delay predict occupational functioning in psychosis?”. Schizophrenia Research 91 (2007) 259-262. (in press). Coauthor

  12. O’Reilly R, Bishop J, Maddox K, Hutchinson L, Fisman M & Takhar J. Is Telepsychiatry Equivalent to Face-to-Face Psychiatry? Results from a Randomized Controlled Equivalence Trial. Psychiatric Services, June 2007 Vol. 58 No. 6 836-843. Coauthor

  13. Tahir L, Tsang N, Heisel M, Takhar J. CME Evaluation 2002-2005 at Department of Psychiatry, University of Western Ontario: An Update. Submission to Research Insight of the Regional Mental Health Care, London/St.Thomas. Coauthor

  14. Malla A, Norman R, Schmitz N, Manchanda R, Béchard-Evans L, Takhar J, Harricharan R. “Predictors of rate and time to remission in first-episode psychosis: a two year outcome study”. Psychological Medicine 2006, 36, 649-658. First published on-line 6 March 2006. Coauthor

  15. Haslam D, Haggarty J, McAuley L, Lehto J, Takhar J. “Maintaining and enhancing shared care relationships through the TIPP clinical model”. Families, Systems & Health 2006, 24 (4):481-486. Coauthor

  16. Kabene S, Takhar J, Leduc R, Burjaw R. “Medical Education in the 21st Century”. Encyclopedia of Developing Regional Communities with Information and Communication Technology – Idea Group Reference 2005 pg 488-493. Co-Principal Author

  17. Manchanda R, Norman R, Malla A, Harricharan R, Takhar J, Northcott S. “EEG Abnormalities and Two Year Outcome in First Episode Psychosis”. Published Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica 2005: 111:208-213. Coauthor

  18. Davis D, Ciurea I, Rogers J, Drazin Y, Perrier L, Tomalty L, Takhar J – on behalf of the Guidelines Advisory Committee, MOHLTC (Ontario) and the OMA. “The GAC and Ontario’s Medical Schools: Guideline Adoption and Collaboration.”. Published in the Canadian Journal of CME, April 2005. Coauthor

  19. Norman R, Malla A, Manchanda R, Harricharan R, Takhar J, Northcott S. “Social support and three-year symptom and admission outcomes for first episode psychosis.”. Schizophrenia Research, volume 80, issue 2-3, year 2005, pp 227-234. Coauthor

  20. Boksman K, Théberge J, Neufeld RWJ, Williamson P, Drost D, Malla A, Densmore M, Takhar J, Pavlosky W, Menon R. “A 4,0 Tesla fMRI Study of Brain Connectivity During Word Fluency in First Episode Schizophrenia.”. Schizophrenia Research, 2005; 75 (2-3): 247-63, Coauthor

  21. Cortese L, Caligiuri MP, Malla AK, Manchanda R, Takhar J, Harricharan R. “Relationship of neuromotor disturbances to psychosis symptoms in first-episode neuroleptic-naïve schizophrenia patients.”. Schizophrenia Research, 2005; 75 (1): 65-75, Coauthor

  22. Manchanda R, Norman R, Malla AK, Harricharan R, Takhar J, Northcott S. “EEG abnormalities and two year outcome in first episode psychosis”. Acta Psychiatr Scand. 2005; 111 (3): 208-13, Collaborator

  23. Malla A, Norman R, Scholten D, Townsend L, Manchanda R, Takhar J, Harricharan R. “A comparison of two novel antipsychotics in first episode non-affective psychosis: one-year outcome on symptoms, motor side effects and cognition”. Psychiatry Research -129 (2004) 159-169. Collaborator

  24. Davis D, Ciurea I, Flanagan T, et al (Takhar J) on behalf of the Ontario Guidelines Advisory Committee. “Information Overload? Read On.”. The Canadian Journal of CME, Jan. 2004. Collaborator

  25. Malla A, Norman R, Takhar J, Manchanda R, Townsend L, Scholten D, Harricharan R. “Can Patients at Risk for Persistent Negative Symptoms be Identified During Their First Episode of Psychosis (FEP)?”. Journal of Nervous & Mental Disease-Vol.192, #7:455-63, July 2004. Coauthor

  26. Takhar J, Visser K. “Capitalizing on learning opportunities: design a PLP for MOC credits.”. Royal College Outlook, Volume 1, Issue 3 Fall 2004. Principal Author

  27. Takhar J, Scholten D, “CME Evaluation 2001-2002 at Department of Psychiatry, UWO”. CPA Bulletin, April 2003. Principal Author

  28. Manchanda R, Malla AK, Cortese L, Harricharan R, Takhar J. “EEG Abnormalities and Outcome in First Episode Psychosis.”. The Canadian Journal of Psychiatry Dec 2003, Vol 48,No11:722 -725. Collaborator

  29. Malla AK, Takhar J, Norman RMG, Manchanda R, Cortese L, Harricharan R, Verdi M, Ahmed MR. “Negative Symptoms in First Episode Psychosis”. Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica 2002: 105:431-439. (June). Co-Principal Author

  30. Belle Brown J, Lent B, Stirling A, Takhar J, Bishop J. “Caring for Seriously Mentally Ill Patients: Qualitative Study of Family Physicians’ Experience”. Canadian Family Physician. Vol. 48:915-920, May 2002. Collaborator

  31. Malla AK, Norman RMG, Manchanda R, Ahmed MR, Scholten D, Harricharan R, Cortese L, Takhar J. “One Year Outcome in First Episode Psychosis: Influence of DUP and Other Predictors”. Schizophrenia Research. Vol. 54:231-242, 2002. Collaborator

  32. Théberge J, Bartha R, Drost D, Menon RS, Malla AK, Takhar J, Neufeld RW, Rogers J, Pavlosky W, Schaefer B, Densmore M, Al-Semaan Y, Williamson P. “Glutamate and Glutamine Measured With 4. 0 T Proton MRS in Never-Treated Patients with Schizophrenia and Healthy Volunteers”. American Journal of Psychiatry 2002; 1598:1944-1946. (July). Collaborator

  33. Takhar, J. “Brief CME Report from the University of Western Ontario”. CPA Bulletin. April 2002. Principal Author

  34. Takhar J, Malla AK, Siu V, MacPherson C, Fan YS, Townsend L. “An Interstitial Deletion of Long Arm of Chromosome 21 in a Case of a First Episode of Psychosis”. Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica 2002. 106: 71-75. (July). Principal Author

  35. Takhar J. “The Evolution of a Personal Learning Project”. CPA Bulletin. October 2002. Principal Author

  36. Takhar J, Steele M. “The Current Status of Formalized Standard Training Objectives within Psychiatry Fellowship Programmes Across Canada”. Annals, RCPSC. Vol. 34, No. 5, pp.302-305, August 2001. Principal Author

  37. Jiwa A, Takhar J. “Seborrheic Dermatitis Associated With Psychosis: Two Case Reports.”. The Canadian Journal of CME. Volume 13, No. 9, pp.79-83, September 2001. Co-Principal Author

  38. Takhar J, Bishop J. “Influence of Chronic Barbiturate Administration on Sleep Apnea after Hypersomnia Presentation”. Journal of Psychiatry & Neuroscience. Vol. 25, No. 4, Sept. 2000. (Brief Report). Principal Author

  39. Takhar J, Williamson P. “Hypoglycemia Associated with High Doses of Sertraline and Sulphonylurea Compound in a Non-insulin Dependent Diabetes Mellitus Patient. ” Canadian Journal of Clinical Pharmacology. Vol. 6, No. 1, pp. 12-14, April 1999 (Case Report). Principal Author

  40. Malla A, Takhar J, Ross MG, Norman LA. “Computed Tomographic Findings in Schizophrenia: relation with symptom dimensions and gender differences”. Journal of Psychiatry and Neuroscience, Vol. 24, No. 2, pp. 131-138, March 1999. Co-Principal Author

  41. Takhar J, Malla AK. ”Clozapine Therapy for Psychosis and Parkinsonism in a Phenotypical Case of Prader-Willi Syndrome”. Canadian Journal of Clinical Pharmacology, Vol. 4, No. 2, Summer 1997. (Case Report). Principal Author