Scientist profiles M-R

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 neuropsychiatric sequelae of traumatic brain injury in the elderly, predictors and sequelae of motor vehicle collisions in the elderly, and knowledge translation.

Selected Publications:

See current publications list at PubMed.

1. Rapoport MJ, Wolf U, Herrmann N, Kiss A, Shammi P, Reis M, Phillips A, Feinstein, A. Traumatic brain injury, apolipoprotein E-ɛ4 and cognition in older adults: A two-year longitudinal study. J Neuropsychiatry Clin Neurosci. 2008;20(1):68-73.
2. Rapoport MJ, Lanctot K, Streiner D, Bedard M, Vingilis E, Murray B, Schaffer A, Shulman K, Herrmann N. Benzodiazepines and driving: a meta-analysis. J Clin Psychiatry. 2009;70(5):663–73.
3. Rapoport MJ, Zagorski B, Seitz D, Herrmann N, Molnar F, Redelmeier D. At-fault motor vehicle crash risk in elderly patients treated with antidepressants. Am J Geriatr Psychiatry. 2011;19(12):998–1006.
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