Hurvitz Brain Sciences Program

Phone: 416-480-5031
Fax: 416-480-5070
Administrative Assistant: Lina Icaro
Email: Lina.Icaro@sunnybrook.ca

Education:

• BA, 1992, psychology, York University, Canada
• MD, 1995, medicine, McMaster University, Canada
• FRCPC, 2000, Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada

Appointments and Affiliations:

• Associate scientist, Evaluative Clinical Sciences, Hurvitz Brain Sciences Research Program, Sunnybrook Research Institute
• Staff psychiatrist, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre
• Professor, department of psychiatry, geriatric division, University of Toronto
• Past-president, Canadian Academy of Geriatric Psychiatry

Research Foci:

• Traumatic brain injury
• Geriatric neuropsychiatry
• Motor vehicle collisions
• Dementia
• Knowledge translation

Research Summary:

Dr. Rapoport’s research focuses on motor vehicle collisions in the elderly with neuropsychiatric illnesses.

Selected Publications:

See current publications list at PubMed.

1. Stasiulis, E., Naglie, G., Sanford, S., Belchior, P., Crizzle, A., Gélinas, I., Mazer, B., Moorhouse, P., Myers, A., Porter, M.M., Vrkljan, B., and Rapoport, M.J. and on behalf of the Canadian Consortium on Neurodegeneration in Aging Driving and Dementia Team. Developing the Driving and Dementia Roadmap (DDR): A Knowledge-to-Action Process. International Psychogeriatrics 2023 (online)
2. Rapoport, M.J., Chee, J.N., Prabha, T., Dow, J., Gillespie, I., Koppel, S., Charlton, J.L., O’Neill, D., Donaghy, P.C., Ho, A.O., Taylor, J-P., Tant, M. Systematic review of the risks of motor vehicle crashes associated with psychiatric disorders. Canadian Journal of Psychiatry 2022, 68(4), 221-40.
3. Stasiulis, E., Rapoport, M., Sivajohan, B., Naglie, G. The paradox of dementia and driving cessation: “It’s a hot topic”, “Always on the back burner", The Gerontologist 2020, 60 (7): 1261-72.
4. Rapoport MJ, Naglie G, Herrmann N, Zucchero Sarracini C, Mulsant BH, Frank C, Kiss A, Seitz D, Vrkljan B, Masellis M, Tang-Wai D, Pimlott N, Molnar F. Developing physician consensus on the reporting of patients with mild cognitive impairment and mild dementia to transportation authorities in a region with mandatory reporting legislation. Am J Geriatr Psychiatry. 2014;22(12):1530-43.
5. Rapoport MJ, Weegar K, Kadulina Y, Bédard M, Carr D, Charlton J, Dow J, Gillespie I, Hawley C. Koppel S, Molnar F, Murie-Fernandez M, Naglie G, O’Neill D, McCullagh S, Shortt S, Simpson C, Tuokko H, Vrkljan B, Marshall S. An international study of the quality of national-level guidelines on driving with medical illness. QJM. doi:10.1093/qjmed/hcv038. Epub 2015 Feb 5.

Related News and Stories:

• Competition spurs high scores: scientists secure funding with federal agency (July 25, 2013)
• Use of common sedatives dramatically increases risk for collisions: drugs increase vehicle collision risk by 60% (May 21, 2009)
• Depression related to TBI shows medication alone insufficient: antidepressant medication has been shown to lead to remission of symptoms in a minority of patients (Oct. 30, 2008)
• Dementia patients on psychotropic medications at high risk for collisions: symptoms or prescription of meds should prompt physicians to evaluate effect on road safety (Oct. 8, 2008)

Related Links:

• Canadian Academy of Geriatric Psychiatry
• CanDRIVE
• Geriatric neuropsychiatry: driving and brain injury group