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Dr. Woodside’s specialty in psychiatry is the treatment of eating disorders in adults, and family therapy of adolescent anorexia nervosa. He is a past Medical Director of the Program for Eating Disorders at the Toronto General Hospital, where he led the inpatient service for 25 years, and Professor in the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Toronto. A distinguished Fellow of both the Canadian and American Psychiatric Associations, he is also a clinical member and Approved Supervisor for the American Association of Marriage and Family Therapy, and a certified therapist and faculty member for the Behavioural Family Therapy Institute.
Dr. Woodside has an active academic career with a long history of grant support from many agencies and private foundations. His research activity presently focuses on novel treatments in eating disorders, including Deep Brain Stimulation, Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation, and Family-Based Therapy. He has many other research interests including family issues, genetics, treatment outcome, human resource/economic issues and males with eating disorders. He has also been recognized locally and by the American Psychiatric Association for his contributions to undergraduate medical education. He has over 160 publications.
Dr. Woodside earned his medical degree from Queen’s University in 1982, his psychiatry degree from the University of Western Ontario in 1986, and his Masters of Science in 1990 from the Institute of Medical Science, University of Toronto.
Dr. Woodside currently practices in the Community in partnership with Dr. Leora Pinhas, an expert in Child Eating Disorders.
Dr. Woodside lives with his wife and three surviving children in Toronto.
