Dr. Verkeen Gorguy is a practicing psychiatrist, with over 20 years of inpatient, outpatient, and ECT experience. She practices adult outpatient psychiatry and specializes in women’s & maternal mental health. Psychiatry is her second specialization, as prior to her move to Canada, she was a practicing OB/GYN physician. Dr. Gorguy received her OB/GYN certification, including a master’s degree from Ain Shams University in 1987, and practiced until her move to Canada in 1990. She completed her psychiatric residency in 1997, at the State University of New York, Stony Brook campus. She finished a one-year fellowship in 1998 in ECT and consultation liaison. She then moved to Halifax, NS, and worked as a staff psychiatrist at the Nova Scotia Hospital, and was also appointed to a faculty position at Dalhousie University. In 2002, Dr. Gorguy moved to Toronto, ON to take up a position as staff psychiatrist at Rouge Valley Health System, at the Centenary site, now Scarborough Health Network. Over the course of her career, Dr. Gorguy worked with medical students and psychiatry residents. She finally retired from hospital practice in 2020 but eventually came out of retirement as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic and the escalating mental health needs of the community. She is currently the medical director of Emerald Park Medical, supporting family doctors in the community as they care for the mental health care epidemic that has resulted from the COVID-19 pandemic. She currently offers outpatient psychiatric consultant services, as well as Balint group to community family physicians.

Dr. Nermine Gorguy

M.D., C.C.F.P. - FAMILY PHYSICIAN PRACTICING PSYCHOTHERAPY

Dr. Nermine Gorguy is a family physician by training, currently with a focused practice in eclectic psychotherapy (combining aspects of supportive therapy, CBT, ACT, and mindfulness in the care of the patient) and currently getting certified in EMDR therapy. Dr. N. Gorguy graduated from Dalhousie University with her MSc. degree in genetics in 2004, before starting medical school in the fall of 2005. Dr. N. Gorguy completed her Doctor of Medicine at Dalhousie in 2009, and went on to family medicine residency at the University of Western Ontario, in London, ON, although she spent most of her rotations in a rural stream, practicing full scope family & emergency medicine. In the summer of 2007, Dr. Gorguy was 1 of 2 Canadian students selected to participate in the CISEPO international pediatric emergency medicine elective provided by the Hospital for Sick Children and Mount Sinai Hospital. Since then, Dr. N. Gorguy has gone on to pursue advanced training in psychotherapy, through the University of Toronto, Harvard University, and EMDRIA. Dr. Gorguy is trained to moderate interpersonal, CBT, and Balint groups.  In response to the COVID-19 pandemic and the increasing burnout of family doctors during this time, and with support from the OMA PHP, Dr. Gorguy initiated a Balint group for community family physicians, to support their mental health and well-being. Dr. Gorguy also currently offers CBT groups for patients struggling with anxiety and depression disorders.