Adjudication Committees

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 (by department)

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