Dr. Steinberg is currently the Deputy Chief of Psychiatry and Co-Director of Quality Improvement in the
Department of Psychiatry at Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre (SHSC) in Toronto. She also supports
Ontario Health as a Toronto Region Clinical Lead for Mental Health and Addictions by guiding the planning and implementation of regional initiatives and service priorities.
She is engaged in several quality improvement initiatives focused on health system redesign, measurement based care, suicide prevention and hospital-community collaboration. She specializes in the treatment of mood disorders as well as medical psychiatry where she is developing novel psychosocial interventions for patients with physical disabilities.
Dr. Steinberg lectures in the areas of health care management, leadership, quality and patient safety, and integrated mental health care. Prior to her residency training, she held several senior administrative leadership positions in the US and Canada. Her research is grounded within an implementation science framework to inform and promote uptake of research findings into clinical practice. These include evaluation and implementation of 1) community-based suicide prevention initiatives, 2) innovative service delivery models to enhance mental health access for underserved populations and to optimize service utilization, 3) psychosocial interventions for rehab inpatients, including patients with lower limb loss, physical trauma and Long-COVID and 4) staff wellness programs to address the mental health needs of healthcare workers and first responders.
Education
- BA,1991, American Studies, Barnard College, Columbia University, New York, New York, USA.
- MSc,1995, Health Policy and Management, Harvard University, School of Public Health, Boston,
- Massachusetts, USA.
- MD, 2012, McMaster University, Michael G. Degroote School of Medicine, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
- FRCPC, 2017, Psychiatry Residency Program, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Appointments and Affiliations
- Affiliate scientist, Evaluative Clinical Sciences, Hurvitz Brain Sciences Research Program, Sunnybrook Research Institute
- Chief of Psychiatry, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre
- Assistant Professor, Clinician Quality Improvement University of Toronto
- Toronto Regional Clinical Lead, Mental Health and Addictions–Ontario Health
Research Foci
- AI Applications in Mental Health
- Health System Redesign
- Implementation Science
- Psychosocial Interventions for Patients with Disabilities
- Quality improvement and patient safety
- Suicide prevention