Dr. Andrea Waddell
MEd, MD, FRCPC
Medical Director, Clinical Informatics & Quality Standards
Research Interests
Dr. Waddell is the Medical Director for Clinical Informatics & Quality Standards and the Regional Programs at Waypoint Centre for Mental Health Care and the Associate Director of Adult Psychiatry and Health Systems at the Department of Psychiatry, University of Toronto. She completed her medical training in 2003 and specialty training in Psychiatry both at the University of Toronto. She completed a Master’s degree at OISE in Theory & Policy Studies with a focus on Health Professions Education. After almost a decade leading the inpatient unit at the University Health Network, she completed advanced training in Quality Improvement and moved to CAMH to practice, teach and support quality improvement and patient safety work in mental health before moving to Waypoint in 2022.
Dr. Waddell’s work focuses on supporting capacity building in quality improvement through the teaching and mentorship of residents, fellows and faculty members as well as funded research examining patient safety in acute mental health services. She sits on a number of regional and national advisory panels related to health service delivery and clinical informatics.
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Student / Volunteer Opportunities
Dr. Waddell is currently accepting students for research projects.