Dr. Robert Tanguay

Disclosure

Dr. Tanguay is a psychiatrist who completed two fellowships, one in Addiction Medicine and Pain Medicine. He is a clinical assistant professor with the departments of Psychiatry and Surgery at the Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary where he is compensated through an Academic Medicine and Health Services Program (AMHSP).

Dr. Tanguay has been heavily involved in health policy including helping to lead the Alberta Psychedelic Legislative Committee and the Alberta Safe Supply Legislative Committee. He was a member of the Alberta Recovery Expert Advisory Panel directly advising the Alberta Minister of Addiction and Mental Health. He was a member of the Public Health Emergencies Governance Review Panel for the Government of Alberta and was a member of the Supervised Consumption Review Committee.

Dr. Tanguay is member of the Calgary Police Commission, legislated to manage the annual budget (~$600 million) as well as to establish policies providing for efficient and effective policing. He is a member of the Alberta Criminal Code Review Board. He is the Co-Chair of the Western Canadian Addiction Forum and Chair of the Canadian Addiction Counsel. He is a founder and director of the Canadian Academy of Addiction Psychiatry where he co-chairs the scientific committee. He is the co-chair of the internationally recognized Alberta Pain Strategy and helps lead the Alberta Virtual Pain Program implementation. He is also the co-founder and co-developer of the Alberta Rapid Access Addiction Medicine (RAAM) programs where he works clinically.

Dr. Tanguay has been recognized for his work and is the 2021 Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada recipient of the Early Career Leadership Award, was inducted into the University of Lethbridge Alumni Honour Society, and is a recipient of the Queen Elizabeth II Platinum Jubilee Medal.

Dr. Tanguay has presented over 120 invited, plenary, and keynote lectures on three continents speaking on policy, addiction, pain, and mental health. He has received $9,327,494 in operational and research grants. Academically, he is involved in research in trauma, addiction, chronic pain, opioids, cannabis, and psychedelics and is a member of the Hotchkiss Brain Institute and the Mathison Centre for Mental Health Research & Education at the University of Calgary.