Dr. Tim Ayas - Psychiatrist

Dr. Tim Ayas is a Clinical Associate Professor with the University of Calgary Department of Psychiatry. He has a number of educational and administrative roles as well as a busy clinical practice; but his passion is teaching students, residents, psychiatrists, family physicians, and multidisciplinary teams across Canada and internationally. Dr. Ayas serves on the executive board for the Department of Psychiatry as the Section Chief responsible for Addictions, Rural Psychiatry, and the Claresholm Centre for Mental Health and Addictions. He recently stepped down as Clerkship Director of Psychiatry at the University of Calgary Cumming School of Medicine. He primarily works at the Claresholm Centre and Edgewood Health Networks as a psychiatrist with a focus on addictions and concurrent disorders. He has provided expert consultation for a number of organizations including Calgary City Hall, Global Television, CTV, CBC National Radio, and the House of Commons. He is the proud recipient of the 2021 Canadian Organization of Undergraduate Psychiatric Educators COUPE national teaching award recognized at the annual Canadian Psychiatric Association Scientific Conference.