Giuseppe Guaiana MD, MSc, PhD, FRCPC
Associate Professor
Chief of Psychiatry, St. Thomas Elgin General Hospital
Med School | University of Milan, Italy | |
Residency | University of Eastern Piedmont, Italy | |
Masters Degree: | Affective Neuroscience, 2007 (University of Maastricht) | |
Doctorate: | Psychiatric Epidemiology, 2012 (University of Maastricht) | |
Additional Traiing: | Cognitive Therapy Training (Member of the Academy of Cognitive Therapy) | |
Clinical Area of expertise: | General Psychiatry, Cognitive Therapy, Rural Psychiatry | |
Contact Information |
gguaiana@stegh.on.ca, 519.631.2020 x2792 |
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Administrative Partner: | 519-631-2020 ext. 2792 |
Profile
Dr. Giuseppe Guaiana graduated in Medicine from the University of Milan, Italy in 1998. He then started his Residency in Psychiatry at the Eastern Piedmont University in Novara, Italy. He moved to the United Kingdom in 2001 to complete his Residency Training in Psychiatry. He was Board Certified in Psychiatry in 2002, from Italy and United Kingdom. After certification, Dr. Guaiana took up an Assistant Professor (Clinical Lecturer) position at the University of Hull, United Kingdom, in 2003. He then moved to Switzerland, in 2005, where he worked as Attending Physician in Psychiatry at a State Psychiatric hospital in Mendrisio, Ticino Canton, where he remained until June 2009. He obtained a Master (MSc) in Affective Neuroscience in 2007, and Doctorate Degree (PhD) in 2012, both from Maastricht University (Netherlands).
Since July 1 2009, he has been Associate Professor of Psychiatry at Western University. Her worked in the Psychosis and Assessment Program (Saint Thomas) and in Mood and Anxiety (GAAMHS, London) from July 1 2009 to January 13 2014. He has been appointed as Clinical Director of the North of Superior Program of Western University in April 2012. Since November 12 2012, he has also been appointed as Chief of Psychiatry at Saint Thomas Elgin General Hospital, where he currently works. He is also the Director of the Extended Campus Program, of Western University since January 2018. He has been the Mental Health Clinical Lead for the Southwest Local Health Integration Network of the Ministry of Health of Ontario, since March 2019.He has obtained Academic Certification and Fellowship status from the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada (Academic Route) since June 2014. He passed the Royal College of Physicians of Surgeons of Canada specialty examination in Psychiatry in May 2018, obtaining permanent fellow status of the Royal College of Physicians of Surgeons of Canada.
His research and clinical interests are in Psychiatric Epidemiology, Psychosis, Mood and anxiety, Cognitive Therapy and Psychopharmacology. He taught and is teaching to Undergraduate Students in Psychology, to Medical Students and to Residents in Psychiatry.
Director of the North of Superior Program of the Department of Psychiatry at Western University since 2012
Director of the Extended Campus Program of the Department of Psychiatry at Western University since 2018