2016-2017 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
PG 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 Winner
| Name | Department | Award |
|---|---|---|
| Tariq Esmail | Anesthesia | Joseph M. West Family Memorial Fund |
| Niall Filewod | Critical Care | Chisholm Memorial Fellowship |
| Alexander Bilbily | Diagnostic Radiology | Miriam 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 Cicero | Diagnostic Radiology | Joseph M. West Family Memorial Fund |
| Danny Costantini | Diagnostic Radiology | Joseph M. West Family Memorial Fund Starr Medal |
| Adam Dmytriw | Diagnostic Radiology | Joseph M. West Family Memorial Fund |
| Neil Dattani | Family Medicine | Edie Steinberg Scholarship Fund Miriam Neveren Memorial Award Starr Medal |
| Elena Diaconescu | Laboratory Medicine | William S. Fenwick Research Fellowship |
| Patrick Fleming | Medicine | Joseph M. West Family Memorial Fund |
| Raed Joundi | Medicine | Chisholm Memorial Fellowship |
| Cynthia Luk | Medicine | Edward Christie Stevens Fellowships in Medicine |
| Jacques Raphael | Medicine | Edward Christie Stevens Fellowships in Medicine |
| Crystal Cheung | Ophthalmology | Chisholm Memorial Fellowship |
| Nicholas Chadi | Paediatrics | Elizabeth Arbuthnot Dyson Fellowship |
| Yuliya Lytvyn | Pharmacology & Toxicology | Javenthey Soobiah Scholarship |
| Suze Berkhout | Psychiatry | Chisholm Memorial Fellowship |
| Joshua Rosenblat | Psychiatry | Joseph M. West Family Memorial Fund Timeposters Fellowship |
| Rachel Glicksman | Radiation Oncology | Joseph M. West Family Memorial Fund |
| Ezra Hahn | Radiation Oncology | Ellen Epstein Rykov Memorial Prize |
Other PGME Awards
CSCI/CIHR Resident Research Award (awarded October 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