Baycrest

Dr. William E. Reichman is President and Chief Executive Officer of Baycrest Seniors Care among the world’s premier organizations serving the health and residential care needs of older persons and, research and training in aging brain function and dementia. He was the inaugural leader of the Centre for Aging and Brain Health Innovation (CABHI), the most comprehensive solution accelerator in the seniors care industry. Dr. Reichman has an appointment as Professor of Psychiatry on the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Toronto and is a recipient of an honorary degree of laws from OCAD University. He is a noted global authority on the delivery of innovative medical, mental health and dementia services in geriatric care settings. His career has spanned clinical research in Alzheimer\'s disease drug development and academic healthcare leadership, with particular emphasis on developing and evaluating next generation services and supporting technologies to meet the needs of a rapidly aging population. Dr. Reichman also serves as CEO of Baycrest Global Solutions, a healthcare and senior living consultancy and operating firm entering into new international markets including SE Asia, China, India and the Middle East. Dr. Reichman is Past President of the International Psychogeriatric Association and is a former President of the American Association for Geriatric Psychiatry and the Geriatric Mental Health Foundation. He has been a special consultant to the Civil Rights Division of the United States Department of Justice on dementia and mental health-care delivery within nursing homes and has advised the WHO and the governments of Canada and China on health policy related to population aging. He served as the weekly Senior Health columnist for the Star Ledger, New Jersey’s highest circulation newspaper and has been widely interviewed and quoted by all of the major media outlets in the United States and Canada. Dr. Reichman was the founding Chair of the North American Seniors Quality Leap Initiative (SQLI), a collaborative of prominent seniors’ healthcare organizations across Canada and the United States seeking to improve the well-being of older persons living in congregate care residential settings.