Laurie Potter

Dr. Laurie Potter is the Clinical Academic Head of the Department of Psychiatry, which supports all inpatient and community-based Addiction and Mental Health Services in the Saint John area.

She is originally from Newfoundland and relocated to New Brunswick in 2007.

Dr. Potter has also worked at Homewood Health in Ontario as the Chief of Regional Services and Clinical Education. She is passionate about exceptional patient care, evidence-based medicine, physician leadership, medical education, healthy workplaces, and continuous quality improvement using Lean Six Sigma principles.

Academic/Teaching Positions

• Clinical Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, Dalhousie University
• Clinical Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, Memorial University
• Assistant Clinical Professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioural Neurosciences, McMaster University

Training, Certification/Degree

• Bachelor of Science, Joint Honours (Biology/Psychology), Memorial University, 1998
• Doctor of Medicine, Memorial University, 2002
• Psychiatry Residency, Memorial University, 2002-07
• Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada (Psychiatry), 2007
• Masters of Adult Education, University of New Brunswick, 2013-16
• Masters Certificate in Physician Leadership, Schulich School of Business (York University), 2015-16
• Masters Certificate in Lean Six Sigma Black Belt, Schulich School of Business (York University), 2016-17
• Masters of Business Administration in Healthcare Management, Athabascan University (transferred to University of Fredericton, 2020), 2019-23

Clinical Interests

• Mood Disorders
• Psychotic Disorders