Sumantra Monty Ghosh MD, MBT, MSc, MPH, FRCPC, ISAM

Monty Ghosh is an Internist, Disaster Medicine, and Addiction Specialist who works at the University of Alberta Hospital in Edmonton as an Internist as well as the Foothills and Rockyview Hospitals doing Addiction Medicine in Calgary. He works with multiple community-based not-for-profit organizations to provide support for marginalized populations such as those experiencing homelessness, substance use, and mental health concerns, as well as those who are in corrections. He does community internal medicine at both The Alex Community Health Centre and The Calgary Drop-In Centre, a shelter for those experiencing homelessness. He also helps foster and creates unique programs to support these populations.

He has addiction certification through the International Society of Addiction Medicine and a master's in Public Health from Harvard University. He is an assistant professor at both The University of Alberta and the University of Calgary, and is heavily involved with provincial policy building in Alberta, as well as with research and is the nominated principal recipient of grants from Health Canada, Alberta Innovates, Alberta Health, and the Canadian Institute of Health Research. He is the current president of the Section of Addiction Medicine of the Alberta Medical Association. He also co-chairs the Canadian Network of Health and Housing of Individuals Experiencing Homelessness and is a board member of the Canadian Society of Addiction Medicine.

He currently also is the co-medical lead of Alberta Health Services' Rapid Access Addiction Medicine program in Calgary, specializing in providing support to those individuals who use substances such as alcohol, opioids, methamphetamines, and cannabis, as well as behavioral addictions such as gambling, sex, and video-gaming. Lastly, he is a member of the University of Alberta's Neuroscience and Mental Health Institute, the University of Calgary's Hotchkiss Brain Institute, and the O'Brien Institute of Public Health.