Dr. Ariel Dalfen is a psychiatrist with over 20 years of experience experience treating women across reproductive life stages. She will share her perspective in her talk, Emotional and Mental Health, Global Perspectives: Weight of the World on Women at 2025 Women, Health, Innovation Conference: The Future of Healthcare for Women, May 8, 2025, in Burlington, Ontario. Tickets are still available.


Psychiatrist and Co-founder

  • Psychiatrist (MD) with over 20 years of experience treating women of all ages
  • CEO and Co-Founder of BRIA, a virtual care platform for women with mental health issues
  • Lectures for medical and public audiences on topics related to women’s health and is a medical contributor for television

Experience

  • Ran the largest perinatal mental health program in Ontario at Mount Sinai Hospital for 12 years
  • Started the first of its kind province-wide women’s mental health telemedicine program at Mount Sinai (2014)
  • Author of research papers and the highly regarded book, When Baby Brings the Blues: Solutions for postpartum depression

Background

  • Residency in Psychiatry, Temerty Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto
  • McMaster University Medical School
  • BSc., Princeton University

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