2016-17 PGME Awards & Grants

Adjudication Committees

CSCI/CIHR Award

  • Dr. Anne Matlow
  • Dr. Melinda Musgrave
  • Dr. Ben Steinberg

PG Excellence Award

  • Dr. Scott Berry
  • Dr. Christopher Hicks
  • Dr. Nicholas Pimlott

Leadership Award

  • Caroline Abrahams
  • Dr. Tara Baxter
  • Dr. Susan Glover Takahashi
  • Dr. Anne Matlow
  • Maureen Morris
  • Loreta Muharuma
  • Dr. Linda Probyn

PARO Award

  • Dr. Adriana Carvalhal
  • Dr. Arno Kumagai
  • Dr. Melinda Musgrave
  • Dr. Robert Stewart

Research Award

  • Dr. Adriana Carvalhal
  • Dr. Milena Gosk
  • Dr. Ariel Graff
  • Dr. Debra Katzman
  • Dr. Anne Matlow
  • Dr. David Mazer
  • Dr. Melinda Musgrave
  • Dr. Linda Probyn
  • Dr. Petra Wildgoose

Sarita Verma Award

  • Caroline Abrahams
  • Dr. Susan Glover Takahashi
  • Dr. Anne Matlow
  • Maureen Morris
  • Loreta Muharuma
  • Dr. Linda Probyn

Social Responsibility Award

  • Dr. Julie Johnstone
  • Dr. Tumushabe Mutungi
  • Dr. Barry Pakes
  • Dr. Vanessa Redditt

Robert Sheppard Award

  • Dr. Isaac Bogoch
  • Dr. Lee Errett
  • Dr. Kinshuk Kumar
  • Dr. Laurel Laakso
  • Dr. Barry Pakes

PGME Research Awards

Summary of PGME Research Awards – Applicants and Funding

  • Total number of applicants: 114
  • Total funds available: $236,299.19
  • Total awarded: $210,019.90
  • Awards per trainee: $1,408.12 to $9,285.16
  • 39 out of 114 applicants successful: 34%

PGME Research Awards – Funding Sources and Amounts

  • Joseph M. West Family Memorial Fund – $116,150.08
  • Edward Christie Stevens Fellowship – $53,709.46
  • Chisholm Memorial Fellowship – $26,706.87
  • William S. Fenwick Research Fellowship – $12,998.17
  • Miriam Neveren Memorial Award – $4,989.78
  • Edie Steinberg Scholarship Fund – $4,097.74
  • William Cron & Jean Harris Memorial Fund – $1,122.45
  • Javenthey Soobiah Scholarship – $1,408.12
  • Heidi Sternbach Scholarship – $985.16
  • Nellie L. Farthing Fellowship – $145.85
  • Timeposters Fellowship – $223.47
  • Starr Medals – Gold Medals Only

2016 PGME Research Award Winners

NameDepartmentAward
Tariq EsmailAnesthesiaJoseph M. West Family Memorial Fund
Niall FilewodCritical CareChisholm Memorial Fellowship
Alexander BilbilyDiagnostic RadiologyMiriam Neveren Memorial Award
Chisholm Memorial Fellowship
William S. Fenwick Fellowship
Starr Medal
Alexandre Boutet
Diagnostic Radiology
Edward Christie Stevens Fellowships in Medicine
Nellie L. Farthing Fellowship
Mark CiceroDiagnostic RadiologyJoseph M. West Family Memorial Fund
Danny CostantiniDiagnostic RadiologyJoseph M. West Family Memorial Fund
Starr Medal
Adam DmytriwDiagnostic RadiologyJoseph M. West Family Memorial Fund
Neil DattaniFamily MedicineEdie Steinberg Scholarship Fund
Miriam Neveren Memorial Award
Starr Medal
Elena DiaconescuLaboratory MedicineWilliam S. Fenwick Research Fellowship
Patrick FlemingMedicineJoseph M. West Family Memorial Fund
Raed JoundiMedicineChisholm Memorial Fellowship
Cynthia LukMedicineEdward Christie Stevens Fellowships in Medicine
Jacques RaphaelMedicineEdward Christie Stevens Fellowships in Medicine
Crystal CheungOphthalmologyChisholm Memorial Fellowship
Nicholas ChadiPaediatricsElizabeth Arbuthnot Dyson Fellowship
Yuliya LytvynPharmacology & ToxicologyJaventhey Soobiah Scholarship
Suze BerkhoutPsychiatryChisholm Memorial Fellowship
Joshua RosenblatPsychiatryJoseph M. West Family Memorial Fund
Timeposters Fellowship
Rachel GlicksmanRadiation OncologyJoseph M. West Family Memorial Fund
Ezra HahnRadiation OncologyEllen Epstein Rykov Memorial Prize
Sylvia NgRadiation OncologyJoseph M. West Family Memorial Fund
Heidi Sternbach Scholarship
Hamid-Reza RazieeRadiation OncologyJoseph M. West Family Memorial Fund
Sergio AcunaSurgeryWilliam S. Fenwick Fellowship
Christopher AhujaSurgeryEdward Christie Stevens Fellowships in Medicine
Fernando AngaritaSurgeryJoseph M. West Family Memorial Fund
Vivek BodaniSurgeryEdward Christie Stevens Fellowships in Medicine
James ByrneSurgeryEdward Christie Stevens Fellowships in Medicine
Andras FecsoSurgeryEdward Christie Stevens Fellowships in Medicine
Kosuke FujinoSurgeryJoseph M. West Family Memorial Fund
Alaina GarbensSurgeryEdward Christie Stevens Fellowships in Medicine
Lauren GordonSurgeryJoseph M. West Family Memorial Fund
Daipayan GuhaSurgeryEdward Christie Stevens Fellowships in Medicine
Mohamad HussainSurgeryJoseph M. West Family Memorial Fund
Edward Christie Stevens Fellowships in Medicine
Helene RetrouveySurgeryEllen Epstein Rykov Memorial Prize
Trisha RoySurgeryJoseph M. West Family Memorial Fund
Hideki UjiieSurgeryJoseph M. West Family Memorial Fund
Christopher WallisSurgeryJoseph M. West Family Memorial Fund
Christopher WitiwSurgeryChisholm Memorial Fellowship
Natalia ZiolkowskiSurgeryEdward Christie Stevens Fellowships in Medicine

Other PGME Awards

CSCI/CIHR Resident Research Award (awarded August 2016)

  • Value of award: $1,000
  • Winner: Mark Cicero, PGY5, Diagnostic Radiology

 

PARO Resident Teaching Awards (awarded February 2017)

  • Value of award: $1,000
  • Winners: Mathew Leonardi, PGY5, Obstetrics and Gynaecology; Karen Wang, PGY5, Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

 

Sarita Verma Award (awarded March 2017)

  • Value of award: $500
  • Winners: Charlie Guiang, Department of Family and Community Medicine; Umberin Najeeb, Internal Medicine

 

PG Excellence Awards (awarded March 2017)
Development and Innovation:

  • Value of Award: $ 1,000
  • Winners: Paolo Campisi, Otolaryngology; Teodor Grantcharov, General Surgery

Teaching Performance/Mentorship/Advocacy:

  • Value of Award: $ 1,000
  • Winners: Jonathan Hunter, Psychiatry; Najma Ahmed, General Surgery

 

Trainee Leadership Awards (awarded May 2017)

  • Value of award: $500
  • Winners: Ahmed Al Mazrou’i, Clinical Fellow, Adult Gastroenterology; Nicole Cohen, PGY7, Maternal Fetal Medicine; Alia Dharamsi, PGY3, Emergency Medicine; Naveed Syed, PGY2, Department of Family and Community Medicine; Karen Wang, PGY6, Child and Adolescent Psychiatry; Fabio Ynoe de Moraes, Clinical Fellow, Radiation Oncology

 

Charles Mickle Award (awarded March 2017)

  • Awarded to a member of the profession anywhere in the world who has contributed greatly to
    medicine during the past 10 years
  • Value of award: $8,500
  • Winner: Catherine Whiteside

 

PGME Social Responsibility Award (awarded March 2017)

  • Value of award: $500
  • Winner Faculty Award: Andrew Pinto, Department of Family and Community Medicine
  • Winner Resident Award: Laura Erdman, PGY3, Pediatrics

 

Robert Sheppard Award (awarded February 2017)

  • Value of award: $500
  • Winner Faculty Award: Elizabeth Ford-Jones, Pediatrics
  • Winner Resident Award (shared): Horia Vulpe, PGY5, Radiation Oncology; Nanky Rai, PGY2, Department of Family and Community Medicine

Medical Humanities Grant Recipients

The inaugural grant winners for the May 2017 component are:

  • Dr. Caitlin Gillan and Dr. Meredith Giuliani, Department of Radiation Oncology
  • Dr. Sophie Soklaridis, Department of Psychiatry
  • Dr. Catherine Yu, Department of Medicine
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