Dr. Kevin Kjernisted MD FRCPC

Psychiatrist

Dr. Kevin Kjernisted is a psychiatrist at the Copeman Healthcare Centre. Prior to joining the Centre, he was the Medical Director of the Anxiety Disorders Clinic and Director of Research at St. Boniface General Hospital (Winnipeg) in the Department of Psychiatry from 1994 to 2005. He was also an Associate Professor of Psychiatry in the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Manitoba since 2000. He currently is a Clinical Associate Professor at University of British Columbia. Dr. Kjernisted received his Medical Degree from the University of Manitoba in 1983.

Dr. Kjernisted conducts research at the Copeman Healthcare Neuroscience Centre on early disease detection and is presently involved in research into mood and anxiety disorders. He has acted as principle investigator in 33 clinical trials investigating compounds for mood and anxiety disorders and has a number of publications in this area. He has also investigated the causes and treatment of social phobia and obsessive-compulsive disorder.

Dr. Kjernisted is an internationally-active speaker on the topics of mood and anxiety disorders, the mind-body connection, neurobiology, psychopharmacology, and directions in psychiatry. He enjoys providing continuing medical education about psychiatric disorders and their treatment to psychiatrists, family physicians, and the public.