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Sunnybrook Research Institute

Mark Rapoport MD, FRCPC

Associate Scientist

Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre
2075 Bayview Ave., Room FG 37
Toronto, ON
M4N 3M5


Phone: 416-480-4085
Fax: 416-480-5318

Administrative Assistant: Carol Gordon
Phone: 416-480-4085
Email: carol.gordon@sunnybrook.ca

Education:

  • BA, 1992, Psychology, York University, Canada
  • MD, 1995, Medicine, McMaster University, Canada
  • FRCPC, 2000, Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada, Canada

Appointments and Affiliations:

  • Associate scientist, clinical integrative biology - brain sciences program, Sunnybrook Research Institute
  • Staff psychiatrist, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre
  • Associate professor, department of psychiatry, geriatric division, University of Toronto

Research Foci:

  • Traumatic brain injury
  • Geriatric neuropsychiatry
  • Motor vehicle collisions

Research Summary:

My research focuses on neuropsychiatric sequelae of traumatic brain injury in the elderly, pharmacoepidemiology, and predictors of motor vehicle collisions in the elderly.

Selected Publications:

See current publications list at PubMed.

  1. Rapoport, M.J., Chan, F., Lanctot, K., Herrmann, N., McCullagh, S., Feinstein, A. (2008). An Open-Label Study of Citalopram for Major Depression following Traumatic Brain Injury. Journal of Psychopharmacology 22(8):860-864.
  2. Rapoport, M.J., Herrmann, N, Molnar, F., Rochon, P., Juurlink, D., Zagorski, B., Seitz, D., Morris, J., & Redelmeier, D. (2008). Psychotropic medications and motor vehicle collisions in patients with dementia. Journal of the American Geriatric Society 56(10):1968-1970.
  3. Herrmann, N., Rapoport, M.J., Rajaram, R.D., Chan, F., Kiss, A., Ma, A.K., Feinstein, A., McCullagh, S., & Lanctôt, K.L. (In Press) Factor Analysis of the Rivermead Post Concussive Symptoms Questionnaire in Mild-to-Moderate Traumatic Brain Injury Patients. Journal of Neuropsychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences. (Accepted April 22, 2008)
  4. Rapoport, M.J., Lanctot, K., Streiner, D., Bedard, M., Vingilis, E. Murray, B., Schaffer, A., Shulman, K., Herrmann, N. (2009). Benzodiazepines and Driving: A Meta-Analysis. Journal of Clinical Psychiatry, 70(5):663-673.
  5. Rapoport, M.J., Mitchell, R.A., McCullagh, S., Herrmann, N., Chan, F., Kiss, A., Feinstein, A., Lanctot, K.L. (In Press) A randomized controlled trial of antidepressant continuation for major depression following traumatic brain injury Journal of Clinical Psychiatry (Accepted April 21, 2009).

Related News and Stories:

  • Use of Common Sedatives Dramatically Increases Risk for Collisions: Drugs increase vehicle collision risk by 60% (May 21, 2009)
  • Depression Related to TBI Shows Medication Alone Insufficient: Antidepressant medication has been shown to lead to remission of symptoms in a minority of patients (October 30, 2008)
  • Dementia Patients on Psychotropic Medications at High Risk For Collisions: Symptoms or prescription of meds should prompt physicians to evaluate effect on road safety (October 8, 2008)

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