James Karagianis MD FRCPC
MD from Memorial University of Newfoundland, 1985
Specialty training in psychiatry at Memorial University of Newfoundland completed in 1989. Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada since 1990. I was born in British Columbia, and lived in Toronto and Halifax before my family settled in St. I practiced general adult psychiatry in St.John's from 1989 until 2004. This included academic teaching positions at Memorial University, Clinical Director at the Waterford Hospital, inpatient and outpatient work at the Healthcare Corporation of St. John's (now Eastern Health), research, and independent private clinic work. In 2004 I moved to Toronto to work with Eli Lilly Canada as a Clinical Research Physician. Most of my work was with olanzapine (Zyprexa), and a little with atomoxetine (Strattera). I want to disclose this in case anyone thinks I am biased in my choices of medications to use. Eventually my responsibilities became global except for the US and Europe. In addition to designing and running clinical trials I was responsible for ensuring that results got published and presented. I gave over 350 talks in over 35 countries. I maintained a small clinical practice in cognitive therapy during this time, at the Toronto Centre for Cognitive Therapy. In 2010 I moved to Lilly's head office in Indianapolis, to work on Zyprexa and Zyprexa Relprevv. I ended my time with Lilly at the end of December 2011 and I opened my practice in Port Severn, Ontario, on January 9, 2012. In July 2012 I became Psychiatrist-in-Chief, Waypoint Centre for Mental Health Care, in Penetanguishene, Ontario. 4 years later I resumed working in full time private practice.
