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Ethical Business with a Global View |
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Dr. Sam Sussman, Ph. D.
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Sam Sussman, President
Physicians Canada, has more than twenty-five years of senior level experience in healthcare
administration, working within Canada as well as internationally. 
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Between 1972 and 1997, Dr. Sussman served as Director of Social Services /
Social Work for three major psychiatric hospitals in Ontario (Whitby, London and St.
Thomas).
Dr. Sussman has also been affiliated with the University of Western Ontario since 1983 as
an Assistant Professor of Psychiatry in the Faculty of Medicine. He is the author of four
books related to mental health and numerous scholarly publications. A popular public
speaker, Dr. Sussman has made presentations at meetings of numerous professional
associations including the International Association of Psycho-Social Rehabilitation
Services, the Ontario Association of Social Workers, the Royal College of Psychiatrists,
the Canadian Mental Health Association, the Canadian Psychiatric Association and the
Ontario Psychiatric Association.
Dr. Sussman is an active volunteer, serving both locally and globally. He has been on the
Board of Directors for many organizations including the Richmond Fellowship International,
the Alumni Association of the University of Loughborough. the University of Western
Ontario Alumni Association, the Schizophrenia Society of Ontario, the Schizophrenia
Association of Canada, Homes Unlimited, the United Way of London, and the London
Intercommunity Health Center.
In 1995 Dr. Sussman founded the S. Sussman , J. Deadman Archival Centre at London
Psychiatric Hospital. The archive, serving as a source of information for scholars and
offering public lectures to community groups, provides an international perspective on the
history of psychiatry.
Dr. Sussman holds a BA degree from Concordia University, an MSW from the University of
Manitoba, a Diploma in Public Administration from the University of Western Ontario, and a
Ph.D. in social sciences from Loughborough University (U.K.). Dr. Sussman was made a
Fellow of the Royal Academy of Medicine in Ireland in 2000.
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NEWS:
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Lieutenant Governor holds reception for
schizophrenia
Oct.4,1999.
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London psychiatric pioneer gets
recognition at
long last
By Paula Schuck
The London Free Press, April 20, 1999
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