Overview of the Workplace Safety and Insurance Board (WSIB)

Session details

Date:

Time:

12:00pm - 1:30pm (Toronto time)

Location:

Zoom videoconferencing

Didactic presentation by:

Vivian Sapirman

Session objectives

At the end of the session, participants will be able to:

  1. Understand the context for mental health claims at the WSIB
  2. Describe health care programs provided by the WSIB for public safety personnel (PSP)
  3. Explain the role of return to work services at WSIB

About presenter

Dr. Vivian Sapirman is a Psychiatrist in Toronto. She is the Mental Health Physician Lead at the Workplace Safety and Insurance Board (WSIB) and a Medical Advisor at the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario (CPSO). She is also a physician in the Department of Psychiatry at Women’s College Hospital, where she has a focus on medical psychiatry.

Prior to joining the CPSO, Sapirman held a number of leadership roles in the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Toronto (U of T), including Postgraduate Site Director for Women’s College Hospital and Resident Remediation Coordinator. Sapirman completed her undergraduate medical training at McMaster University and her residency in psychiatry at U of T.

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