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Michael Mak
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Michael Mak is a sleep medicine specialist and staff psychiatrist at the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health. He also provides cultural mental health care for the Hong Fook Mental Health Association. Dr. Mak is an Associate Professor in the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Toronto, and an Adjunct Research Professor at Western University. His academic interests include medical education, simulation as a teaching modality in Psychiatry, management of insomnia and the study of sleep disorders in psychiatric patients. He is currently the Site Director for Undergraduate Medical Education at CAMH and the PGY5/Transition to Practice coordinator for the postgraduate Psychiatry training program at the University of Toronto. He serves on the Education Committee of the Canadian Psychiatric Association and the Emerging Technologies Committee of the American Academy of Sleep Medicine. He was inducted as a Fellow of the Canadian Psychiatric Association in 2022. Dr. Mak was elected Vice President, Clinical of the Canadian Sleep Society in 2023. He was inducted as a Fellow of the American Academy of Sleep Medicine in 2024 and a Fellow of the American Psychiatric Association in 2026. He is a standing member of the Royal College AFC Committee in Sleep Disorder Medicine. He is the President-Elect for the Canadian College of Neuropsychopharmacology.
Research areas are derived from OpenAlex topics of their publications.
54 publications.
The prevalence of obstructive sleep apnea in adults with versus without cognitive impairment: A systematic review and meta-analysis
Chu C, Gupta K, Saripella A, Tsang J, Campbell S, Yan E, Islam S, Khan M, Englesakis M, Mak M
The 2024 Canadian Recommendations for Chronic Insomnia Management: A Practical, Evidence-Based Consensus
Khullar A, Robillard R, Desautels A, Mak MSB, Dang-Vu TT, Chow W, Habert J, Lessard S, Alima L, Ayas NT
Using Rapid Design Thinking to Develop Virtual Reality Simulations for Managing Psychiatric Emergencies
Hargreaves F, Antinucci R, Mak MSB, Sliekers S, Hassan AN, Sockalingam S, Abdool PS
Evaluating the role of inpatient sleep studies in hospitalized adults in relation to 1-year mortality and healthcare utilization: a population-based cohort study
Kendzerska T, Pendharkar SR, Talarico R, Luks V, Chandy G, Mulpuru S, Thavorn K, Boulos MI, Mak MSB, Porhownik N
1312 Onset of Mania After Starting CPAP
Albawardi I, Malkin M, Sieffien W, Costa-Dookhan K, Robinson L, Rivera L, Choi C, Sarmiento T, Mulsant B, Mak M
Sleep and Pharmacotherapy in Treatment-Resistant Late-life Depression: Findings from the OPTIMUM Clinical Trial
Mak MS, Gebara MA, Lenze EJ, Blumberger DM, Brown PJ, Flint AJ, Karp JF, Lavretsky H, Miller JP, Reynolds CF
Psychiatric Training During Clerkship, Part 2: Specific Recommendations for Reform—Assessment and Evaluation
Sadek J, Bazaid K, Harrington M, Choy A, Hamer D, Fung K, Jayas R, Varapravan S, Mak MSB, Raedler TJ
Wearable-Based Assessment for Relapse Prediction Following Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation for Depression: Protocol for a Feasibility Study (WARN-D Study) (Preprint)
Wanderley Espinola C, Dine C, Rekkas Z, Frey BN, Krishnan S, Duarte D, Gomes FA, Mak MSB
Umbrella Review of Pharmacological and Behavioural Sleep Interventions in ADHD Across the Lifespan
Dey A, Lee A, Xie H, Mak M, Almagor D, Katzman M, Do TL, Khullar A
Treatment Considerations in Co-morbid Schizophrenia and Narcolepsy: A Case Report
Mak MS, Gazzellone MJ, Adirim ZL, Murray BJ
Frequent collaborators
53Jennifer Susan Brasch
Psychiatry & Behavioural Neurosciences
2 shared papers, latest 2024
Ruth Chen
Nursing
2 shared papers, latest 2022
Benicio Frey
Psychiatry & Behavioural Neurosciences
2 shared papers, latest 2026
Dante Duarte
Psychiatry & Behavioural Neurosciences
2 shared papers, latest 2026
Varun Chaudhary
Surgery
2 shared papers, latest 2016
Daniel Brandt Vegas
Medicine
2 shared papers, latest 2022
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