Department Chair

Dr Katharine Gillis was appointed Chair of the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Ottawa in 2009. She graduated from Memorial University of Newfoundland Medical School in 1982 and is a former family physician. During her medical career she has worked in Canada, the United States and New Zealand. She has been a national leader in psychiatry education, from 2004-2008 she was national Chair of the Psychiatry English Exam Board at the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada (RCPSC) and a member of the Working Group on a National Strategy for enhancing Postgraduate Education in Psychiatry, of the Canadian Psychiatric Association. Dr Gillis has served on the RCPSC Evaluation Committee since 2009 and Faculty Council since Spring 2011. She was the Psychiatry Residency Training Director for the University of Ottawa from 1999-2009.

She is Clinical Director of the Shared Care Mental Health Program at the Ottawa Hospital which provides clinical services combined with education and research opportunities in the teaching units of the Department of Family Medicine, University of Ottawa. She has a cross appointment to the Faculty of Family Medicine and is a member of their Behavioral Medicine teaching program for residents.

Dr. Gillis is supported in her function as Chair by the

Assistant to the Chair
- Kim Suatac (613-722-6521 ext. 6937), who is responsible for scheduling appointments.
Departmental Coordinator for appointment and promotions
- Brigitte Gratton (613-722-6521 ext. 6382), who is responsible to help navigate the appointments and promotions process.
Departmental Manager
- Carmen Lefebvre (613-722-6521 ext. 6811), who is responsible for departmental finances, manages the administration for the departmental CME/CPD Office, manages the administration for departmental research, and special projects.

Past Department Chairs include: