Dr. Trish Tulloch is an Adolescent Medicine Specialist in the Division of Adolescent Medicine and Assistant Professor in the Department of Paediatrics at the University of Toronto. Dr. Tulloch completed her Paediatric residency training at Nationwide Children's Hospital/Ohio State University and fellowship training in Adolescent Medicine at the Hospital for Sick Children/University of Toronto. She completed a clinical fellowship in Addiction Medicine at the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH) where she currently provides consultation within the Nicotine Dependence Clinic. She is actively involved in teaching and serves as vice-chair for the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada, Area of Focused Competence in Addiction Medicine.
Dr. Tulloch focuses on enhancing the quality of care for young people who have concurrent substance use, mental health disorders, and chronic illnesses, further complicated by psychosocial complexity. Within her clinical practice and academic pursuits she remains deeply committed to addressing the systemic barriers that hinder access to care for marginalized youth and their families.
Dr. Natasha Johnson is a pediatrician and an Adolescent Medicine Specialist and has been a member of our Division of Adolescent Medicine for the past 17 years. She is the inaugural Associate Chair, Equity, Diversity and Inclusion, and an Associate Professor within the Department of Pediatrics. Recently she took on the role of Co-Chair of Diversity and Inclusion for our Undergraduate Medical Education Program. A passionate advocate for children, youth, and families affected by racism and other types of oppression, she works with pediatric leadership and community partners to guide a strategic vision to promote anti-oppression and anti-racism. Natasha’s parents immigrated to Canada from Jamaica. She was born and raised in Montreal where she did her medical training and where her parents still live.
Both Dr. Tulloch and Dr. Johnson have adolescent sons currently navigating the education systems they will be discussing today.
In this week's core session of Grand Rounds, Dr. Tulloch and Dr. Johnson outline the experiences of racialized youth in Canada who navigate our education system, describes the impact of allostatic load on adolescent development and the rationale for setting the stage well for adolescent history-taking and introduces elements of SSHADESS (EDI+): an antiracist approach to a comprehensive adolescent interview.