Suzanne Zinck

Education

• M.D. (Dalhousie University)
• Residency in Psychiatry (McGill-MUHC)
• Fellowship in child & adolescent psychiatry (MUHC-Montreal Children's Hospital)
• R.C.P.S.C. certification in Psychiatry (2004) & inaugural year in Child & Adolescent Psychiatry (2013)
• W.P.A.T.H. Global Education Institute Certified Health Provider (2018)

Teaching

• Teaches and supervises medical students, pediatric residents, psychiatry residents and fellows in child & adolescent psychiatry.
• Develops and delivers curriculum to medical students from the Faculty of Medicine Student Affairs Office on cultivating and maintaining wellness, career planning, and financial health
• Dr. Zinck teaches psychiatry residents core CBT skills

Service and Activity

• Assistant Dean, Student Affairs at the Faculty of Medicine, Dalhousie University 
• Chair, Planning Committee, Annual Trans Health Symposium 
• Physician host of the IWK Trans Health Maritime Peer Supervision Group
  

Awards

• C.A. Roberts Award for Clinical Leadership, Canadian Psychiatric Association (2021): this award is presented annually to a psychiatrist-clinician who has made a significant contribution to the improvement of patient care
• Dr. William Grigor Award,  Doctors NS (2019): given to a physician under the age of 50 who has made an outstanding contribution benefitting the health of Nova Scotians,
• Excellence in Education for Diversity, Dalhousie University (2019): one of 6 major teaching awards at the University