Associate Professor McGill Psychiatry.Head of child psychiatry and director of childhood disorders day hospital program at jewish general hospital , mcgill division of child psychiatry. founding director of cultural consultation service at mcgill with active clinical and teaching involvement in the division of social and cultural psychiatry. associate of mcgill school of social work.active in global health projects currently in india and grand challenges project in jamaica,with continuing affiliation with Nepal, turkey and sri lanka. active in child research, teaching and training in areas related to trauma, risk and intervention.