About Dr Sukhera

Dr. Javeed Sukhera is the Chair of Psychiatry at the Institute of Living (IOL), and Chief of Psychiatry at Hartford Hospital under the Hartford Healthcare Behavioral Health Network. He is also the Founding Director of Hartford Hospital's Center for Research on Racial Trauma and Community Healing, His academic appointments include Professor of Psychiatry at the Frank H Netter MD School of Medicine at Quinnipiac University, Associate Clinical Professor at Yale School of Medicine, and Associate Professor in the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Connecticut School of Medicine.

Founded in 1822, the IOL was one of the first mental health treatment facilities in the United States, and the first hospital of any kind in Connecticut. The IOL has a storied history of service and advocacy including longstanding affiliations with the University of Connecticut and Yale University. In his role as Chair/Chief, Dr. Sukhera is responsible for advancing the IOL's clinical, research, and educational mission including training programs in psychiatry, psychology, social work, and nursing, as well as several endowed research centers. 

He joins Hartford Healthcare from London, Ontario, Canada, where he served as Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Paediatrics at the Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry at Western University and provided clinical consultation to the Child and Adolescent Mental Healthcare Program and Paediatric Chronic Pain Program at London Health Sciences Centre (LHSC). He was also a Scientist at the Centre for Education Research and Innovation, and an Associate Scientist at Children's Health Research Institute/Lawson Health Research Institute and served on the Executive Committee of Western's Centre for Research on Health Equity and Social Inclusion. He has held various leadership roles throughout his career including as Senior Designate Physician Lead for Child and Adolescent Psychiatry at London Health Sciences Centre and Academic Director for Global Health Curriculum at the Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry.

He completed his honours bachelor of science degree at Trinity College at the University of Toronto and his medical degree at the Medical School for International Health (MSIH), an innovative collaboration between Columbia University and Ben-Gurion University in Israel that provides a four-year MD program with an emphasis on global health. He completed his residency in psychiatry and fellowship in child and adolescent psychiatry at the University of Rochester in New York. He also holds a PhD in Health Professions Education from Maastricht University's School of Health Professions Education in the Netherlands. He holds certification from the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada in both Psychiatry and Child and Adolescent Psychiatry. He is also double-board certified in Psychiatry and Child and Adolescent Psychiatry from the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology.

Dr. Sukhera has participated on several committees and councils at local, national, and international levels. He is a Past President of the Ontario Psychiatric Association and has served on the London Police Services Board from 2018-21, including serving as Board Chair from 2020-21. He has also served on the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC)'s  Board of Directors and is currently Co-Chair of the AAMC's Research in Medical Education Committee and a member of the Group on Educational Affairs.

His work has been recognized through numerous awards and Honours. He is the recipient of the Ontario Medal for Good Citizenship, which is the second highest civilian honour in the Canadian Province of Ontario in 2022. He has also been recognized by the Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry's 2018 Award of Excellence, Western University Department of Psychiatry Clinical Innovation Award, Arnold Gold Foundation, and the Associated Medical Services- Phoenix Fellowship. He was named in the 2018 class of London Ontario's Top 20 Under 40, and won the award for Best Research in Medical Education Paper at the Association of American Medical Colleges in 2018. Since 2012, he has secured over $2 million in grant funding including several peer-reviewed research grants as principal investigator. His research program focuses on bias, equity, and stigma in health professions education.