Modupe Tunde-Byass MB;BS, FRCOG(UK), FRCSC

Biography

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 staff at North York General Hospital.

Dr. Tunde-Byass is the President of the Black Physicians of Canada (BPC). A national, not-for-profit organization established in July 2020. As the President of the Black Physicians of Canada, Her work focuses on advocacy, mentorship, community building, leadership, and collaboration with key stakeholders.

She is involved with research around COVID -19 hesitancy and COVID-19 online mis/disinformation in Black communities.

She is a member of Equity, Diversity, and Inclusivity (EDI) committees at the North York General Hospital and at the Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University of Toronto.

Dr. Tunde-Byass is involved in key quality initiatives in the province. She is co-founder of Women’s Health Education Made Simple (WHEMS).

About the Award

The Social Responsibility Award was established in 2015. This award recognizes the outstanding contributions of faculty members and residents in the development and/or implementation of socially responsible initiatives, programs or research related to postgraduate medical education. The purpose of the award is to emphasize the importance of social responsibility to postgraduate training and to acknowledge the leadership of specific individuals in helping Postgraduate Medical Education meet its social accountability mandate.