Joel Paris

Joel Paris was born in New York City, but has spent most of his life in Canada. He obtained an MD from McGill University, where he also trained in psychiatry. Dr. Paris has been a member of the McGill psychiatry department since 1972. Since 1994, he has been a full Professor, and served as Department Chair from 1997 to 2007. Dr. Paris is currently a Research Associate at the Jewish General Hospital, and heads personality clinics at both the MUHC and JGH. He is a former Editor-in-Chief of the Canadian Journal of Psychiatry.

Dr. Paris' research interest is in borderline personality disorder. Over the last 20 years, Dr. Paris has been conducting research on the causes and the long-term outcome of BPD. Dr. Paris has published over 200 peer-reviewed articles, and is the author of 23 books and 50 book chapters.

Dr. Paris is an educator who has supervised psychiatric evaluation with residents for over 40 years, and who has won awards for his teaching. He is an active clinician, in charge of specialized clinics for BPD at two hospitals.