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University of Manitoba
Winnipeg, Manitoba Canada, R3T 2N2
Max Rady College of Medicine
Department of Psychiatry
University of Manitoba
Room PZ420 PsycHealth Centre
771 Bannatyne Avenue
Health Sciences Centre
Winnipeg, Manitoba R3E 3N4
Phone: 204-787-7098
Fax: 204-787-4879
wfleisher@hsc.mb.ca
Dr. Fleisher has many ongoing professional, scholarly and research interests, which include child and adolescent psychiatry, medical education, the psychotherapies, medical leadership and mentorship, and the development of critical, systemic thinking in clinical and academic work. He values being in collaborative relationships with both colleagues and learners.
Dr. Wil Fleisher is a professor of psychiatry in the Max Rady College of Medicine at the University of Manitoba.
He is also a member and fellow of both the American and Canadian Psychiatric Associations, and a member of both the Canadian Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and the Canadian Association for Medical Education. Dr. Fleisher has served as an examiner and a member of the psychiatry test committee for the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada (RCPSC).
A native Winnipegger, he entered the University of Manitoba Faculty of Medicine in 1970, and proceeded to do a mixed internship at the Winnipeg General Hospital in 1974- 1975. His first professional calling was to general medicine, which included professional work in rural and indigenous settings. He worked at the Health Sciences primary health care unit, Klinic and Mount Carmel Clinic, as well as having a community-based general medicine private practice in Winnipeg.
In 1986, he returned to the faculty to complete postgraduate training in psychiatry.
He was the program director for postgraduate education in psychiatry, and subsequently completed two five-year terms as the associate dean for Postgraduate Medical Education (PGME) (2000-2005) and associate dean, medical education (2005-2010). He is currently the director, academic affairs for psychiatry.
Doctor of Medicine (MD), Faculty of Medicine, University of Manitoba (1970-1974)
Mixed Internship, Division of Postgraduate Medical Education, Faculty of Medicine, University of Manitoba (1974-1975)
Postgraduate Residency Training, Department of Psychiatry and Division of Postgraduate Medical Education, Faculty of Medicine, University of Manitoba (1986-1990)
Educator of the Year, for Health Sciences Centre, Department of Psychiatry, Presented by the Psychiatric Residents Association of Manitoba (PRAM), June 5, 2013. (2012-13)
Fellow, Canadian Psychiatric Association (FCPA) (September, 2014)
Mentor of the Year Award, Region 2, Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada (RCPSC) (2015)
Certificate of Merit Award, for U of M, Canadian Association for Medical Education (CAME), presented at Montreal, PQ (April 16, 2016)
Life Fellow, American Psychiatric Association (May, 2017)
Psychiatrist of the Year, Manitoba Psychiatric Association (MPA) (June 07, 2021)
Psychiatry
PZ433-771 Bannatyne Avenue
University of Manitoba, Bannatyne campus
Winnipeg, MB R3E 3N4 Canada
