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Islam Hassan

Clinical Associate Professor
VCH Clinical Title(s)
Clinical Associate Professor and Consultant Psychiatrist
Research Focus
Mental Health
Degrees / Designations

MBChB, MMedSc, MPsych, 

FRCP(UK) (Internal Medicine),

FRCPsych, FRANZCP, FRCP(C) (Psychiatry),

DipCSCN (EEG),

DipUCNS (Neuropsychiatry)

Contact Info
islam.hassan@ubc.ca

Biography

Dr. Islam Hassan is a Consultant Psychiatrist and Clinical Associate Professor with qualifications spanning internal medicine (FRCP [London]) and psychiatry (FRCPsych, FRANZCP, FRCPC), as well as subspecialty qualifications in electroencephalography (CSCN), consultation-liaison psychiatry (RANZCP), and neuropsychiatry (UCNS).

He is a Clinical Associate Professor of Psychiatry at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver, Canada, and at Adelaide University in Australia.

He is the developer of PsychiatryDiagnosis.org. It is an online interactive educational resource based on an organized clinical approach to exploring biologic etiologies underlying psychiatric presentations. PsychiatryDiagnosis.org is an independent project of Dr. Hassan and is not affiliated with or endorsed by VCHRI or other academic institutions.

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