Nitin Chopra

Dr. Nitin Chopra is an addiction psychiatrist at the Centre of Addiction and Mental Health and is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Toronto.

He has an interest in concurrent disorders and is a staff psychiatrist on the Concurrent Addictions Inpatient Treatment Service and Concurrent Outpatient Medical and Psychosocial Addiction Support Service. Through his work on the Psychiatry Addictions Capacity Building and Consultation Service (PACCS) at CAMH and the Addiction Medicine and Psychosocial Addictions ECHO program, he is evolving into a leader in capacity building and education for addictions treatment.

He returned to Toronto two years ago for his addiction psychiatry fellowship, after completing medical school at the International American University in St. Lucia and residency at the University of Kentucky, where he was chief resident in his final year. He has served on several administrative, educational, and leadership committees. He has presented at various conferences and has published in peer-reviewed journals. He has received a regional travel award from the American Academy of Addiction Psychiatry (AAAP) and the Ruth Fox Scholarship from the American Society of Addiction Medicine (ASAM).

Recent Publications

Chopra N, Ruan C, McCollum B, Ognibene J, Shelton C, de Leon J.  High doses of drugs extensively metabolized by CYP3A4 were needed to get therapeutic concentrations in two patients. Revista Colombiana de Psiquiatria. September 2018.

Chopra N, Masasa L. The opioid epidemic: Challenges of sustained remission. International Journal of Psychiatry in Medicine. 2017: 52(2):196-201.

Yadav P, Stigall K, Johnson H, Rayapati A, Chopra N. Functional foods: How functional are they? A case report of supplement-induced psychosis. International Journal of Psychiatry in Medicine. 2016: 51(6):479-485.

Chopra N, Hays L. Are we growing psychotropics in our backyards ? A Case Report and Literature Review of Coleus blumei. Journal of Addiction Medicine. Feb 2016; 10(1):68-69.

Chopra N, de Leon J. Clozapine-induced myocarditis may be associated with rapid titration: A case report verified with autopsy. International Journal of Psychiatry in Medicine. 2016: 51(1):104-15.

Appointments

Lecturer, Department of Psychiatry at the University of Toronto

Honours and Awards

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Ruth Fox Scholarship, American Society of Addiction Medicine                                            2018

Arnold Ludwig Award for Outstanding Resident Scholar

Department of Psychiatry, University of Kentucky                                                                       2016

W.R. Martin Research Award

Department of Psychiatry, University of Kentucky                                                                       2016

PGY-IV Outstanding Psychiatry Resident

Department of Psychiatry, University of Kentucky                                                                       2016

Tagalie Heister Senior Scholarship Award

Department of Psychiatry, University of Kentucky                                                                       2015

Regional Travel Scholarship, American Academy of Addiction Psychiatry                           2014