Dr. Iliana Ortega
Positions
Academic Lead
~ Other ~
Affiliations
Assoc Professor - Medicine
Cumming School of Medicine
Full Member
Hotchkiss Brain Institute, Mathison Centre for Mental Health Research and Education
Full Member
Mathison Centre for Mental Health Research and Education
Contact information
Background
Biography
Dr. Ortega completed her training as a General Psychiatrist at the National Institute of Neurology and Neurosurgery in Mexico City; she then pursued a fellowship in International Psychiatry at Dalhousie University in Nova Scotia. In June 2017, she completed her Child and Adolescent Psychiatry training at the University of Calgary and right after that she joined as a staff member with the Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry.
Research
Areas of Research
Dr. Ortega is an Associate Professor with the Department of Psychiatry. She is the Academic Lead for the division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry at the University of Calgary, and Curriculum Chair for the Subspecialty in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry.
Dr. Ortega is the lead, community outreach and education for the Mathison Centre for Mental Health Research & Education, and chief co-editor for the Journal of the Canadian Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry.
As a clinician, Dr. Ortega consults with the Mood Disorder—Early Intervention Clinic at Foothills Medical Centre, the OCD clinic at Richmond Road Diagnostic and Treatment Centre, and the Youth Community Support Program with Woods Homes.
Her research interest is on the use of novel interventions for severe dysregulation and suicidal behaviours.
Participation in university strategic initiatives
Awards
- PARA Wellbeing Award, University of Calgary. 2024
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