2015-16 PGME Awards & Grants
Adjudication Committees
CSCI/CIHR Award
- Dr. Ariel Graff
- Dr. Nir Lipsman
- Dr. David Mazer
- Dr. Melinda Musgrave
- Dr. Scott Walsh
- Dr. Petra Wildgoose
PG Excellence Award
- Dr. Jordan Chenkin
- Dr. Michael Pollanen
- Dr. Lesley Wiesenfeld
- Dr. Eric Yu
Leadership Award
- Caroline Abrahams
- Dr. Susan Edwards
- Dr. Susan Glover Takahashi
- Dr. Milena Gosk
- Dr. Anne Matlow
- Maureen Morris
- Loreta Muharuma
- Dr. Linda Probyn
PARO Award
- Dr. Adriana Carvalhal
- Dr. Milena Gosk
- Dr. Ariel Graff
- Dr. Debra Katzman
- Dr. David Mazer
- Dr. Melinda Musgrave
Research Award
- Dr. Blaise Clarke
- Dr. Adriana Carvalhal
- Dr. Ariel Graff
- Dr. Debra Katzman
- Dr. Melinda Musgrave
- Dr. Scott Walsh
- Dr. Petra Wildgoose
Sarita Verma Award
- Caroline Abrahams
- Dr. Sue Edwards
- Dr. Susan Glover Takahashi
- Dr. Anne Matlow
- Maureen Morris
- Loreta Muharuma
- Dr. Linda Probyn
PGME Research Awards
Summary of PGME Research Awards – Applicants and Funding
- Total number of applicants: 66
- Total funds available: $222,811.30
- Total awarded: $201,326.14
- Awards per trainee: $1,408.12 to $27,238.88
- 25 out of 66 applicants successful: 38%
PGME Research Awards – Funding Sources and Amounts
- Joseph M. West Family Memorial Fund – $107,937.87
- Edward Christie Stevens Fellowship – $47,838.88
- Chisholm Memorial Fellowship – $29,945.86
- William S. Fenwick Research Fellowship – $13,724.88
- Miriam Neveren Memorial Award – $4,989.90
- Edie Steinberg Scholarship Fund – $4,161.86
- William Cron & Jean Harris Memorial Fund – $3,478.32
- Javenthey Soobiah Scholarship – $1,408.12
- Heidi Sternbach Scholarship – $992.07
- Nellie L. Farthing Fellowship – $252.25
- Timeposters Fellowship – $223.75
- Starr Medals – Gold Medals Only
2015 PGME Research Award Winners
| Department | Name | Award |
| Surgery | Christopher Ahuja | Edward Christie Stevens Fellowships in Medicine
Nellie L. Farthing Fellowship
Chisholm Memorial Fellowship |
| Psychiatry | Danielle Baribeau | Chisholm Memorial Fellowship
Miriam Neveren Memorial Award
|
| Anesthesia | Joshua Bell | Joseph M. West Family Memorial Fund
William Cron & Jean Harris Memorial Fellowship
Starr Medal
|
| Surgery | Joseph Catapano | Edward Christie Stevens Fellowships in Medicine |
| Surgery | Ashton Connor | Joseph M. West Family Memorial Fund
Edward Christie Stevens Fellowships in Medicine
|
| Medicine | Lawson Eng | Joseph M. West Family Memorial Fund |
| Radiation Oncology | Alireza Fotouhi Ghiam | Joseph M. West Family Memorial Fund
Heidi Sternbach Scholarship
Timeposters Fellowship
Chisholm Memorial Fellowship |
| Surgery | David Gomez Jaramillo | Chisholm Memorial Fellowship
William S. Fenwick Research Fellowship
|
| Surgery | Mohamad Hussain | Joseph M. West Family Memorial Fund |
| Medicine | Raed Joundi | Chisholm Memorial Fellowship
William S. Fenwick Fellowship |
| Surgery | Daniel Kagedan | Joseph M. West Family Memorial Fund |
| Psychiatry | Tyler Kaster | Chisholm Memorial Fellowship
William S. Fenwick Research Fellowship |
| Surgery | Hiroyuki Kawajiri | Joseph M. West Family Memorial Fund
Edie Steinberg Scholarship Fund
|
| Surgery | Biniam Kidane | Chisholm Memorial Fellowship |
| Medicine | Lauren King | Miriam Neveren Memorial Award |
| Psychiatry | Jonathan C. Lee | Chisholm Memorial Fellowship |
| Psychiatry | Yuliya Lytvyn | Javenthey Soobiah Scholarship |
| Surgery | Allan Martin | Edward Christie Stevens Fellowships in Medicine |
| Surgery | Dale Podolsky | Edward Christie Stevens Fellowships in Medicine |
| Medicine | Reed Siemieniuk | Edward Christie Stevens Fellowships in Medicine |
| Anesthesia | Michael Sklar | Joseph M. West Family Memorial Fund |
| Medicine | Marko Skrtic | Chisholm Memorial Fellowship |
| Medicine | Christopher Yarnell | Chisholm Memorial Fellowship |
| Medicine | Ann Young | Chisholm Memorial Fellowship
William S. Fenwick Research Fellowship |
Other PGME Awards
CSCI/CIHR Resident Research Award (awarded August 2015)
- Value of award: $1,000
- Winner: Benjamin Steinberg, PGY3, Anesthesia
PARO Resident Teaching Awards (awarded February 2016)
- Value of award: $1,000
- Winners: Michael Corbo, PGY4, Dermatology; Dimitrios Tsirigotis, PGY6, Cardiac Surgery
Sarita Verma Award (awarded March 2016)
- Value of award: $500
- Winners: Julie Maggi, Psychiatry
PG Excellence Awards (awarded March 2016)
Development and Innovation:
- Value of Award: $ 1,000
- Winners: Christopher Hicks, Emergency Medicine
Teaching Performance/Mentorship/Advocacy:
- Value of Award: $ 1,000
- Winners: Scott Berry, Medical Oncology; Nicholas Pimlott, Department of Family and Community Medicine
Trainee Leadership Awards (awarded May 2016)
- Value of award: $500
- Winners: Danielle Baribeau, PGY4, Psychiatry; Silvio Bruni, PGY4, Diagnostic Radiology; Helena Frecker, Clinical Fellow, Obstetrics & Gynaecology; Amanda Gardhouse, PGY5, Geriatric Medicine; Sivakumar Gulasingam, PGY5, Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation; Pablo Perez D-Empaire, PGY4, Anesthesia
Charles Mickle Award (awarded March 2016)
- 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: Sarita Verma, Department of Family and Community Medicine
PGME Social Responsibility Award (awarded March 2016)
- Value of award: $500
- Winner Faculty Award (shared): Adrienne Chan, Dept. of Medicine, Infectious Diseases and Sharmistha Mishra, Dept. of Medicine, Infectious Diseases
- Winner Resident Award: Danielle Rodin, PGY4, Radiation Oncology
