Researcher profile

Joseph Sadek

Dr. Sadek is a Professor of Psychiatry at Dalhousie University and the clinical and academic leader, Nova Scotia Hospital, Acute Care. He is also an Associate Scientist with the Maritime SPOR Support Unit (MSSU). He is the Chair of the Education Committee of The Canadian Psychiatric Association and he also chaired the provincial Suicide Prevention Task Force and vice president of the Canadian ADHD Resource Alliance. Dr. Sadek served as the head of the neuroscience’s professional competency unit component at Dalhousie University. Dr. Sadek is a Diplomate of the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology (DABPN) and fellow of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada (FRCPC) (2005). In addition to his medical degree, Dr. Sadek also holds a pharmacy degree (B.Sc. Pharm) and an MBA from St. Mary's University in Halifax and completed the one year Global Clinical Scholars research Training program (GCSRT) at Harvard University. Dr. Sadek completed his psychiatry residency program (Dalhousie University) and psychopharmacology research training, (Harvard University) in 2004. Dr. Sadek published 5 books including Clinician’s guide to ADHD (2013), Clinician’s guide to adult ADHD comorbidities (2016), Clinician’s guide to Children and Adolescents, ADHD comorbidities (2018), and The Clinician’s Guide to suicide risk assessment and management (2018). Clinician’s guide to psychopharmacology (2020) Dr. Sadek has several peer reviewed publications and served as principal investigator for several clinical trials. He wrote a book chapter: Stimulant Medications, The SAGE Encyclopedia of Abnormal and Clinical Psychology in 2017 and developed the patient assessment and education site www.mentalhealthinnovation.com He is an external reviewer of many Journals including: Attention Disorders, The Canadian Journal of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Journal of Inherited Metabolic Disease, Frontiers Psychiatry Dr. Sadek received several awards and grants. Latest in 2017,” the MBA Alumni Impact Award” from St. Mary’s University and The Harvard Medical School Award for the Capstone Research Project.