University of TorontoTemerty Faculty
of Medicine
Awards 2024

External Education and Teaching Award Recipients

Temerty Faculty of Medicine Awards 2024

Heather MacNeill

Canadian Association for Medical Education (CAME) Certificate of Merit

External Education and Teaching Award Recipients

Dr. Heather MacNeill is an Associate Professor in the Department of Medicine, Division of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation. She is an exceptional teacher, educator and a leading expert in technology-enhanced…

Heather MacNeill

Melissa Nutik

Canadian Association for Medical Education (CAME) Certificate of Merit

External Education and Teaching Award Recipients

Dr. Melissa Nutik is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Family and Community Medicine. Through her commitment to all categories of teaching, leadership, educational innovation, and scholarship, she has…

Melissa Nutik

David Rojas

Canadian Association for Medical Education (CAME) Certificate of Merit

External Education and Teaching Award Recipients

Dr. David Rojas is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Scientist with the Wilson Centre. His leadership, commitment to excellence and innovation in program evaluation…

David Rojas

Ayelet Kuper

The Association of Faculties of Medicine of Canada (AFMC) May Cohen Equity, Diversity and Gender Award

External Education and Teaching Award Recipients

Dr Ayelet Kuper MD DPhil FRCPC is an Associate Professor in the Department of Medicine, Temerty Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto and an Internist at Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre.…

Ayelet Kuper

Treena Wilkie

The Association of Faculties of Medicine of Canada (AFMC) Wellness Award

External Education and Teaching Award Recipients

Dr. Treena Wilkie is an Associate Professor in the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Toronto, and the Associate Chief Medical Officer at the Centre for Addiction and Mental…

Treena Wilkie

MD Program Awards

Temerty Faculty of Medicine Awards 2024

Jerome Leis

Excellence in Resource Stewardship Teaching Award

MD Program Awards

Dr. Leis is an Infectious Diseases physician at Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre where he is the Medical Director of Infection Prevention and Control. As Associate Professor in the Temerty…

Jerome Leis

Geetha Mukerji

Excellence in Resource Stewardship Teaching Award

MD Program Awards

Geetha Mukerji is a Clinician in Quality and Innovation and Associate Professor at the University of Toronto and Women’s College Hospital Institute of Health Systems and Virtual Care (WIHV). Her…

Geetha Mukerji

Ashwin Sankar

Health Science Research (HSR) Teaching Excellence Award

MD Program Awards

Dr. Sankar is a clinician-investigator in anesthesiology and perioperative medicine who practices at St. Michael's Hospital. He completed his undergraduate degree in Health Sciences at McMaster University and his medical…

Ashwin Sankar

Chase McMurren

Miriam Rossi Award for Health Equity in Undergraduate Medical Education

MD Program Awards

Dr. Chase Everett McMurren lives and works in Tkarón:to | GichiKiiwenging | Toronto, though comes from sikóóhkotoki | Lethbridge, Alberta, which is on traditional Siksikaitsitapi | Blackfoot Confederacy Territory…

Chase McMurren

Luke Devine

W. T. Aikins Award for Excellence in Course/Program Development and Coordination

MD Program Awards

Dr. Luke Devine completed his MD degree and Internal Medicine training, including a year as Chief Medical Resident, at the University of Toronto. He completed a Masters in Health Professions…

Luke Devine

James Owen

W. T. Aikins Award for Excellence in Course/Program Development and Coordination

MD Program Awards

Dr. James Owen is a family physician at Unity Health Toronto and an Assistant Professor in the Department of Family and Community Medicine. His family practice is located at the…

James Owen

Nicholas Blanchette

W. T. Aikins Award for Excellence in Individual Teaching Performance: Clerkship

MD Program Awards

Dr. Nicholas Blanchette is a Pediatrician and Pediatric Rheumatologist at Trillium Health Partners. He is a Lecturer in the Department of Pediatrics at the University of Toronto. Nick…

Nicholas Blanchette

Helena Dhamko

W. T. Aikins Award for Excellence in Individual Teaching Performance: Clerkship

MD Program Awards

Dr. Helena Dhamko is an Assistant Professor and clinician teacher in the Department of Medicine, practicing outpatient general hematology and thrombosis at the Toronto General Hospital. Dr. Dhamko received her…

Helena Dhamko

Shelly Dev

W. T. Aikins Award for Excellence in Individual Teaching Performance: Foundations

MD Program Awards

Dr. Dev has been a Staff Intensivist at Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre in Toronto since 2006, after completing her Internal Medicine residency and Critical Care Fellowship at The University of…

Shelly Dev

Medical Education Awards

Temerty Faculty of Medicine Awards 2024

Brian M. Wong

Charles Mickle Fellowship

Medical Education Awards

Brian Wong is a staff general internist at Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Associate Professor of Medicine and Director, Centre for Quality Improvement and Patient Safety at the University of Toronto.…

Brian M. Wong

Daphna Grossman

Excellence in Community-Based Teaching (Community Hospital)

Medical Education Awards

Daphna Grossman

Kimberly Lazare

Excellence in Community-Based Teaching (Office/Clinic)

Medical Education Awards

Dr. Kim Lazare is a family physician at NYGH where she is also the Postgraduate Site Director. She has held numerous other leadership positions locally including Postgraduate Curriculum Lead at…

Kimberly Lazare

Janet Campbell

Excellence in Community-Based Teaching (Rehabilitation Sciences)

Medical Education Awards

Janet has over 30 years of clinical experience in rehabilitation. She has a passion for working with the limb loss population and has spent the majority of her career in…

Janet Campbell

David Stewart Wheler

Sustained Excellence in Community‐Based Teaching

Medical Education Awards

I was born and raised in Agincourt and attended University at Scarborough College which has since been renamed. I attended University of Toronto Medical School which has also been…

David Stewart Wheler

Undergraduate Teaching Awards in Life Sciences

Temerty Faculty of Medicine Awards 2024

Graduate and Life Sciences Education (GLSE), in partnership with the Basic Sciences Departments and Institutes within the Faculty of Medicine, honour outstanding and sustained contributions by faculty members to undergraduate Arts and Science teaching, and the undergraduate experience in Life Sciences.

Brian Cox

Excellence in Linking Undergraduate Teaching to Research in Life Sciences

Undergraduate Teaching Awards in Life Sciences

Dr. Cox completed his MSc in Biochemistry at the University of Guelph and his PhD in Molecular Genetics at the University of Toronto. He is currently Associate Professor in the…

Brian Cox

Nohjin Kee

Sustained Excellence and Innovation in Life Sciences Education

Undergraduate Teaching Awards in Life Sciences

Dr. Kee earned his BSc and MSc degrees from McGill University and his PhD degree from the University of Toronto. He is currently the course Director for human physiology courses…

Nohjin Kee

Graduate Faculty Teaching Awards

Temerty Faculty of Medicine Awards 2024

The purpose of the Graduate Faculty Teaching Awards is to honour and celebrate outstanding contributions to graduate education by faculty in the Temerty Faculty of Medicine who teach in doctoral stream or professional graduate programs. There are three categories: Early Career Excellence in Graduate Teaching and Mentorship, Mid- Career Excellence in Graduate Teaching and Mentorship, and Sustained Excellence in Graduate Teaching and Mentorship.

Helen Miliotis

Early Career Excellence in Graduate Teaching and Mentorship

Graduate Faculty Teaching Awards

Dr. Helen Miliotis completed her doctorate at the Institute of Medical Science at the University of Toronto. Her interest in combining her scientific training with education led her to study…

Helen Miliotis

Jastaran Singh

Early Career Excellence in Graduate Teaching and Mentorship

Graduate Faculty Teaching Awards

Jasty completed her PhD in Immunology at the University of Toronto. She went on to pursue a postdoctoral fellowship in the Institute of Biomedical Engineering at the University of Toronto…

Jastaran Singh

Martina Steiner

Early Career Excellence in Graduate Teaching and Mentorship

Graduate Faculty Teaching Awards

Dr. Steiner received her MSc in Biochemistry from ETH Zurich in Switzerland and her PhD in the Department of Chemistry and Applied Biosciences at ETH Zurich. She also holds an…

Martina Steiner

Cindy Woodland

Sustained Excellence in Teaching and Mentorship in Graduate Education Award

Graduate Faculty Teaching Awards

Dr. Cindy Woodland completed her PhD in Pharmacology at the University of Toronto and followed her career goal of enhancing pharmacology and toxicology education by joining the Department of Pharmacology…

Cindy Woodland

Postgraduate Medical Education Awards

Temerty Faculty of Medicine Awards 2024

Postgraduate Medical Education Awards recognize outstanding contributions of faculty members who teach medical residents and fellows; develop, organize and administer training programs; develop innovative approaches to teaching, research, and evaluation; or serve as mentors and advocates to postgraduate medical trainees.

Andrea Doria

Excellence in Postgraduate Medical Education Award: Development and Innovation

Postgraduate Medical Education Awards

Dr. Andrea Doria received her medical degree from the Universidade Federal do Parana, Brazil, and did her training in Pediatrics and Radiology at the Universidade de Sao Paulo, Brazil. She…

Andrea Doria

Gemini Tanna

Excellence in Postgraduate Medical Education Award: Development and Innovation

Postgraduate Medical Education Awards

Dr. Gemini Tanna is an Associate Professor and Clinician Teacher in the Department of Medicine at Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre. She is a proud “U of T lifer” and completed…

Gemini Tanna

Monica Farcas

Excellence in Postgraduate Medical Education Award: Teaching Performance, Mentorship and Advocacy

Postgraduate Medical Education Awards

Dr. Monica Farcas is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Surgery, Division of Urology. She is a surgeon at St. Michael’s Hospital, subspecializing in laparoscopic and robotic surgery, endourology,…

Monica Farcas

Laura Walker

Excellence in Postgraduate Medical Education Award: Teaching Performance, Mentorship and Advocacy

Postgraduate Medical Education Awards

Dr. Laura Walker obtained her medical degree at the University of Toronto. She then completed her residency in Internal Medicine and her fellowship in General Internal Medicine at the University…

Laura Walker

Jillian Alston

Robert Sheppard Award in Postgraduate Medical Education

Postgraduate Medical Education Awards

Dr. Jillian Alston is a geriatrician and clinician teacher practicing at St. Michael’s Hospital. Dr. Alston is passionate about improving care for older adults experiencing housing insecurity. She has…

Jillian Alston

Nisha Andany

Sarita Verma Award for Advocacy and Mentorship in Postgraduate Medicine

Postgraduate Medical Education Awards

Dr. Andany completed medical school at the University of Toronto, followed by residency training in Internal Medicine and Infectious Diseases, also at the University of Toronto. She then completed a…

Nisha Andany

Sacha Agrawal

Social Responsibility Award in Postgraduate Medical Education

Postgraduate Medical Education Awards

Sacha Agrawal is Associate Professor in the Department of Psychiatry and a staff psychiatrist and clinician educator at the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health. He is passionate about his…

Sacha Agrawal

Continuing Professional Development Awards

Temerty Faculty of Medicine Awards 2024

The Continuing Professional Development (CPD) Awards recognize and celebrate the excellence, innovation and impact of the CPD community members through 8 different awards.

Yvonne Chan

Colin Woolf Award for Longterm Contributions to Continuing Education

Continuing Professional Development Awards

Dr. Yvonne Chan is an Associate Professor and the Continuing Professional Development Director in the Department of Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery at the University of Toronto. She finished her Otolaryngology…

Yvonne Chan

Barbara-Ann Millar

Colin Woolf Award for Longterm Contributions to Continuing Education

Continuing Professional Development Awards

Dr. Barbara-Ann Millar is a radiation oncologist and the CNS site lead for the Radiation Medicine Program at the Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, Toronto. Medical education and faculty development has…

Barbara-Ann Millar

The Centre for Faculty Development (CFD) Workshops for Psychiatry Teachers and Educators

Colin Woolf Excellence in Program Development and Coordination Award

Continuing Professional Development Awards

Dr. Latika Nirula is the Director of the Centre for Faculty Development and assistant professor at the University of Toronto in the Department of Psychiatry. She previously held the role…

The Centre for Faculty Development (CFD) Workshops for Psychiatry Teachers and Educators

Practice Changes Following a Psychiatry Continuing Medical Education Event

Dave Davis Research Award

Continuing Professional Development Awards

Rajeevan Rasasingham is the Director of Continuing Professional and Practice Development for the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Toronto. He is the National Chair of CPD Directors in…

Practice Changes Following a Psychiatry Continuing Medical Education Event

Physician Assistant Program Awards

Temerty Faculty of Medicine Awards 2024

Anne Wormsbecker

Excellence in Teaching Award (Faculty Award)

Physician Assistant Program Awards

Dr. Anne Wormsbecker (MD, FRCPC, MPH) is a consultant paediatrician at St. Joseph’s Health Centre and St. Michael’s Hospital, Unity Health Toronto. She is the Chief of Paediatrics at St.…

Anne Wormsbecker

Chan Nguyen

PA Role Model Award (Outstanding Physician Assistant Involved in the BScPA Program)

Physician Assistant Program Awards

Chan is a PA Consortium, class of 2016, graduate and is currently working in North Bay, ON, with the department of Internal Medicine. She previously worked as an Occupational Therapist…

Chan Nguyen

Nasir Iftikhar

Rising Star Award

Physician Assistant Program Awards

Nasir Iftikhar has been an Emergency Medicine Physician Assistant for more than 6 years. He has a special interest in procedural work, and efficient, quality healthcare. He has been involved…

Nasir Iftikhar