The Department of Psychiatry consists of approximately 100 full- and part-time staff from a wide range of disciplinary backgrounds, and includes clinicians, researchers, nurses, occupational therapists, social workers and administrators.

Key Leadership Staff

Molyn Leszcz, M.D., F.R.C.P.C.
Molyn is the Psychiatrist-in-Chief and is also a Professor in the Department of Psychiatry, University of Toronto, and Head Group Psychotherapy Department of Psychiatry, University of Toronto

Phone: 416-586-4800 ext 4555
Fax: 416-586-8654
E-mail: mleszcz@mtsinai.on.ca

Jon Hunter, M.D., F.R.C.P.C.
Dr. Jon Hunter is Head of the University of Toronto Department of Psychiatry, Health, and Disease Program and Deputy Chief of The Department of Psychiatry, MSH. His clinical practice centers on the psychiatric care of cancer patients, with particular emphasis placed on psychotherapeutic interventions. He has a longstanding interest in the way people’s personalities interact with the world around them, such as when dealing with illness.

Research interests include psychological management of chemotherapy side-effects, group psychotherapy in women at high risk for breast cancer, and the role of early life experience in adaptation to disease.

Phone: 416-586-5557
Fax: 416-586-8654
E-mail: jhunter@mtsinai.on.ca

Marci Rose, OT Reg, (Ont), OTR
Marci is the Administrative Director of the Department of Psychiatry at Mount Sinai Hospital.

Phone: 416-586-4800 ext 5906
Fax: 416-586-4629
E-mail: mrose@mtsinai.on.ca