Dr. Daniel Blumberger is the Scientific Director of the Temerty Centre for Therapeutic Brain Intervention and Chief of General Adult Psychiatry and Health Systems at the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH). He additionally holds the Temerty Chair in Therapeutic Brain Intervention at CAMH.
Dr. Blumberger is also a subspecialist in geriatric psychiatry and a professor in the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Toronto.
Areas of Research
Dr. Blumberger’s research focuses on the use of brain stimulation therapies for refractory psychiatric disorders. His main research focuses on clinical intervention trials of novel treatments and understanding the neurophysiology of treatment-resistant depression across the lifespan. His research has been funded by the Canadian Institutes of Health Research, National Institute of Health, Brain Canada, Weston Brain Institute, Brain and Behavior Research Foundation, and Patient- Centered Outcomes Research Institute. He is the principal investigator or co-investigator on multiple clinical trials using different brain stimulation modalities including: magnetic seizure therapy (MST), repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS), deep rTMS and transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS).
Publications
View Dr. Blumberger’s publications on PubMed.