Lakshmi N. Yatham, MBBS, FRCPC, MRCPsych, MBA (Exec) The University of British Columbia, Canada

Lakshmi N. Yatham is a Professor and Head of Department of Psychiatry at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver, Canada. He is also the Regional Head of Psychiatry and Regional Program Medical Director for Mental Health and Addictions at Vancouver Coastal Health and Providence Healthcare. He has an executive MBA in health care from the Sauder School of Business. Dr. Yatham has held leadership positions for national and international professional organizations including the President of the International Society for Bipolar Disorders, the Secretary for the World Federation of Societies of Biological Psychiatry (WFSBP), and he is now the President-Elect of the WFSBP. He has published close to 300 peer reviewed papers, has a google scholar index of 73, and is one of the few highly cited reseachers in psychiatry/psychology in the world.