University of TorontoTemerty Faculty
of Medicine
Awards 2022

Dr. Glendon Tait is an Associate Professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Director of Student Assessment for the Temerty Faculty of Medicine MD Program. Dr. Tait practices Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry…

Dr. Sarah Wright is an Education Scientist at Michael Garron Hospital and the Wilson Centre and an Assistant Professor in the Department of Family and Community Medicine. Her research program…

I am a staff physician in the Division of General Internal Medicine at Women’s College Hospital and Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, University of Toronto. I am grateful to the…

Dr. Paula Ravitz is an Associate Professor of Psychiatry whose academic scholarship is focused on improving access and clinical outcomes of mental healthcare through capacity-building and implementation of evidence-supported psychotherapy…

Dr. Floh is a staff physician in the Cardiac Intensive Care unit at The Hospital for Sick Children and an Assistant Professor in Pediatrics at the University of Toronto. He…

Dr. Edsel Ing completed his medical school and ophthalmology residency at the University of Toronto followed by fellowships at the Mayo Clinic, Wills Eye and Allegheny General Hospital.
He has…

William Silverstein, MD completed his medical school and Internal Medicine training at the University of Toronto, where he also served as Chief Medical Resident at Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre. He…

Adina Weinerman is a staff General Internist and the Medical Director of Quality and Patient Safety at Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre (SHSC). Her research and quality improvement efforts focus on…

Dr. Ashlie Nadler is an Assistant Professor and Acute Care Surgeon at Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre and the University of Toronto. Ashlie completed the General Surgery Residency Program at the…

Dr. Mireille Norris is an Internist and Geriatrician at Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre in Toronto. She is an Assistant Professor of Medicine at the University of Toronto and Education Director…

Sunit Das is a neurosurgeon and scientist at St. Michael’s Hospital and the Hospital for Sick Kids, and Associate Professor in the Department of Surgery. Dr. Das was recruited to…

Dr. Nirit Bernhard is a general paediatrician and Assistant Professor with the Department of Paediatrics in the Temerty Faculty of Medicine at the University of Toronto. She holds a Hon…

Dr. Moussa attended McGill University where he obtained a BSc in Anatomy, MSc in Cell Biology and my MD. Following this he went to The University of Miami/Jackson Memorial…

Dr. Hani Amad is an invasive Cardiologist at the University Health Network and is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Medicine, University of Toronto. He graduated from the University…

Dr Hosanna Au is Paediatrician at the Hospital for Sick Children and Clinician Educator in the Department of Paediatrics. She is a true-blue "University of Torontonian" having completed her…

Dr. Behl graduated with an MD/PhD from the University of Toronto and thereafter joined Trillium Health Partners (THP) in 2015. She is an Assistant Professor with the Department of General…

Jana is a Speech Language Pathologist with the Toronto District School Board. She works directly with students completing language and literacy assessments and running intervention groups. Part of…

Dr Nancy Down is a general surgeon at North York General Hospital where she is the current Division Head of General Surgery, as well as the Medical Director of the…

David Jenkins has taught in the department of nutritional sciences in the faculty of medicine at the U of T for over 40 years since coming from Oxford in 1980.…

Leonardo (Lenny) Salmena is a cancer biologist investigating the role of phosphoinositide signalling perturbations, deregulated microRNAs and other non-coding RNAs in the etiology and treatment of cancers, with a focus…

Trevor Moraes grew up in the small town of Flin Flon in northern Manitoba. He completed an undergraduate and MSc at Queen’s University in Biochemistry. Moving westward to the University…

Danielle Bentley joined the Division of Anatomy as an Assistant Professor, teaching stream in 2017. She primarily teaches topics of Embryology and Gross Anatomy to a wide array of…

Dr. Styles pursued her undergraduate education in Biology and English Literature at the Universities of Guelph, and Sydney, Australia, and her PhD in Molecular Genetics at the University of Toronto.…

Dr. Zimmermann obtained her BSc and MDCM degrees at McGill University, followed by an MSc in Public Health, and a PhD at the Institute of Medical Science, University of Toronto.…

Stephanie Nixon, PhD, is a Professor in the Department of Physical Therapy, cross-appointed at the Rehabilitation Sciences Institute and the Dalla Lana School of Public Health, at the University of…

Warren Rubenstein is a family physician and associate professor in the Department of Family and Community Medicine, University of Toronto. He is senior author of Medical Teaching in Ambulatory Care,…

Sacha Agrawal MD MSc FRCPC is Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychiatry and a clinician educator at CAMH, where he is Education Lead for the Division of Schizophrenia. …

Dr. Robert Madan attended medical school at the University of Western Ontario and completed his psychiatry residency in psychiatry at the University of Toronto. Dr. Madan has the Royal College…

Dr. David Chan is a University of Toronto alumnus who received his MD degree in 1998 and finished his Adult Neurology residency training in 2005. He also completed the Department…

Bobby Yanagawa is the Division Head for Cardiac Surgery, St Michael's Hospital and Program Director for Cardiac Surgery at the University of Toronto. Dr. Yanagawa obtained his BSc and PhD…

Dr. Michaela Beder is a psychiatrist at St. Michael's Hospital. Her work is focused on improving the system for, and providing care to, people who experience severe mental illness, homelessness,…

Dr. Kucy Pon is an Assistant Professor in the Division of Dermatology, Department of Medicine at the University of Toronto. Her training includes medical school at the University of…

Dr. Modupe Tunde-Byass is a Fellow of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists of the UK and The Royal College of Surgeons of Canada. She has been an active…

Ewa Szumacher MD MEd FRCPC is a radiation oncologist at the Odette Sunnybrook Cancer in Toronto, and Full Professor, Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Toronto. She specializes in radiation…

Marianne Koritzinsky PhD is a Scientist at the Princess Margaret Cancer Centre in Toronto. She is Associate Professor and Director of Research at the Department of Radiation Oncology, and full…

Certina Ho RPh BScPhm MISt MEd PhD is a graduate of the Leslie Dan Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Toronto. She obtained her graduate degrees in Library and Information Science…

The mental health ECHO for adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities Hub team is made up of clinicians working in health and social services, family caregivers and people with developmental…

The Medical Psychiatry Collaborative Care Certificate (MP3C), a continuing education program encompassing foundational, clinical & skill building and team & project based modules to support learning in integrated mental and…

Shaheen Darani MD completed her medical degree at McMaster University, her psychiatry residency training at the University of Toronto, and a fellowship in forensic psychiatry at Yale University. She is…

Kiran Patel BSc (Hons) MBBS DipFMH DipAB (Dist) MAcadMEd FRCPsych MCPsychI FRCPC completed Medical School and post-graduate Residency training in the United Kingdom and practiced as a Forensic Psychiatrist in…

This six-module virtual learning series covers key best practices and core competencies for interprofessional education (IPE) and virtual facilitation. The newest technologies and virtual active learning strategies are co-facilitated and…

Dr. Susanna Talarico is a Pediatrician at the Hospital for Sick Children, Assistant Professor in the Faculty of Medicine, and Faculty Lead, Faculty Development for the MD Program at the…

Kevin Zhang is a medical student at the University of Toronto. Prior to his studies in the MD Program, he completed a Bachelor of Health Sciences degree at McMaster University.…

Dee has been a Physician Assistant in General Surgery at Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre since her graduation from McMaster's Physician Assistant Education Program in 2013. She recently transitioned to the…

Sara Pytka-Jones is a Physician Assistant practicing in Hamilton, Ontario. She is a 2017 graduate of the U of T BScPA Program. Prior to her PA education, she completed a…