Mobile Menu
Home  |  About PGME  |  Awards  |  2020-21 PGME Awards & Grants

2020-21 PGME Awards & Grants

Adjudication Committees

CSCI/CIHR Award

  • Dr. Juglans Alvarez
  • Dr. Saadet Andrews
  • Dr. Zia Bismilla
  • Dr. Savtaj Brar
  • Dr. Michael Mak
  • Dr. Amine Mazine
  • Dr. Briseida Mema
  • Dr. Christian Schulz-Quach
  • Dr. Naomi Visanji
  • Dr. Amy Wong

PG Excellence Award

  • Dr. Rafael Alonso-Gonzalez
  • Dr. Ian Johnson
  • Dr. Anne Matlow
  • Dr. Shirley Tse

Leadership Award

  • Dr. Susan Glover Takahashi
  • Dr. Melissa Hynes
  • Dr. Anne Matlow
  • Dr. Marla Nayer
  • Dr. Michael Nguyen
  • Dr. Linda Probyn

PARO Award

  • Dr. Zia Bismilla
  • Dr. Rodrigo Cavalcanti
  • Dr. Michael Mak
  • Dr. Monica Malta
  • Dr. Melinda Musgrave
  • Dr. Michael Nguyen
  • Dr. Jolie Ringash
  • Dr. Christian Schulz-Quach

Research Award

  • Dr. Ryan Brydges
  • Dr. Rodrigo Cavalcanti
  • Dr. Ariel Gershon
  • Dr. Keegan Guidolin
  • Dr. Monica Malta
  • Dr. Anne Matlow
  • Dr. Melinda Musgrave
  • Dr. Marla Nayer
  • Dr. Linda Probyn
  • Dr. Jolie Ringash
  • Dr. Dennis Scolnik

Sarita Verma Award

  • Caroline Abrahams
  • Dr. Susan Glover Takahashi
  • Dr. Melissa Hynes
  • Dr. Anne Matlow
  • Dr. Linda Probyn

Social Responsibility Award

  • Dr. Helen Dimaras
  • Elayna Fremes
  • Dr. Omar Selim

Robert Sheppard Award

  • Dr. Debbie Brace
  • Dr. Lee Errett
  • Marci Rose
  • Dr. Kayla Wolofsky

PGME Research Awards

Summary of PGME Research Awards – Applicants and Funding

  • Total number of applicants: 94
  • Total funds available: $253,306.34
  • Total awarded: $191,314.18
  • Awards per trainee: $3,000.00 to $12,329.71
  • 30 out of 94 applicants successful: 32%

PGME Research Awards – Funding Sources and Amounts

  • Joseph M. West Family Memorial Fund – $74,975.00
  • Edward Christie Stevens Fellowship – $41,175.00
  • Chisholm Memorial Fellowship – $28,985.61
  • William S. Fenwick Research Fellowship – $26,382.77
  • Edie Steinberg Scholarship Fund – $0
  • Ellen Epstein Rykov Memorial Prize – $5,532.77
  • Miriam Neveren Memorial Award – $5,397.57
  • William Cron & Jean Harris Memorial Fund – $2,652.25
  • Elizabeth Arbuthnot Dyson Fellowship – $2,867.05
  • Javenthey Soobiah Scholarship – $1,523.10
  • Heidi Sternbach Scholarship – $1,087.35
  • Nellie L. Farthing Fellowship – $493.35
  • Timeposters Fellowship – $242.36
  • Starr Medals – Gold Medals Only

2019 PGME Research Award Winners

NameDepartmentAward(s)
Susan ArmstrongLab Medicine & PathobiologyWilliam S. Fenwick Research Fellowship
Melanie AudetteObstetrics & GynaecologyChisholm Memorial Fellowship
Abhishek BhaskaranMedicineJoseph M. West Family Memorial Fund
Karen ChungSurgeryEdward Christie Stevens Fellowships in Medicine
Eric CoomesMedicineWilliam S. Fenwick Research Fellowship
Javenthey Soobiah Scholarship
Benjamin DavidsonSurgeryEdward Christie Stevens Fellowships in Medicine
Tina FelfeliOphthalmologyEdward Christie Stevens Fellowships in Medicine
William Cron & Jean Harris Memorial Fellowship
Amanda FormosaCritical Care MedicineChisholm Memorial Fellowship
Jorge-Ryan GeorgakopoulosMedicineChisholm Memorial Fellowship
William S. Fenwick Research Fellowship
Rachel GlicksmanRadiation OncologyJoseph M. West Family Memorial Fund
Inna GongMedicineJoseph M. West Family Memorial Fund
Heidi Sternbach Scholarship
Timeposters Fellowship
Michelle GouldPaediatricsElizabeth Arbuthnot Dyson Fellowship
Nellie L. Farthing Fellowship
Shelly LuuSurgeryJoseph M. West Family Memorial Fund
Ying MengSurgeryEllen Epstein Rykov Memorial Prize
Akihiro NakamuraMedicineEdward Christie Stevens Fellowships in Medicine
William S. Fenwick Research Fellowship
Enoch NgPsychiatryWilliam S. Fenwick Research Fellowship
Christopher NoelOtolaryngologyJoseph M. West Family Memorial Fund
Christopher PasarikovskiSurgeryJoseph M. West Family Memorial Fund
John PeelAnesthesiaEdward Christie Stevens Fellowships in Medicine
Marko PopovicOphthalmologyChisholm Memorial Fellowship
Sneha RajuSurgeryJoseph M. West Family Memorial Fund
Mélissa RoySurgeryWilliam S. Fenwick Research Fellowship
Michael SklarSGSWilliam S. Fenwick Research Fellowship
Colin Sue-Chue-LamSurgeryEdward Christie Stevens Fellowships in Medicine
Abi VijenthiraMedicineJoseph M. West Family Memorial Fund
Xin WangMedicineJoseph M. West Family Memorial Fund
Weining YangOtolaryngologyJoseph M. West Family Memorial Fund
Calvin YehMedicineChisholm Memorial Fellowship
William S. Fenwick Research Fellowship
Jeffrey ZuccatoSurgeryJoseph M. West Family Memorial Fund
Momina ZulfeenObstetrics & GynaecologyMiriam Neveren Memorial Award

Other PGME Awards

CSCI/CIHR Resident Research Award (awarded October 2020)

  • Value of award: $1,000
  • Winner: Alexandre Boutet, PGY4, Diagnostic Radiology

PARO Resident Teaching Awards (awarded February 2021)

  • Value of award: $1,000
  • Winners: Susan Armstrong, PGY4, Anatomical Pathology; Priti Gros, PGY5, Adult Neurology

Sarita Verma Award (awarded April 2021)

  • Value of award: $500
  • Winner: Pier Bryden, Psychiatry

PG Excellence Awards (awarded March 2021)
Development and Innovation:

  • Value of Award: $ 1,000
  • Winners: Joint-nomination: Ahmed Al Awamer, Family & Community Medicine and Ebru Kaya, Palliative Medicine; Mark Fefergrad, Psychiatry

Teaching Performance/Mentorship/Advocacy:

  • Value of Award: $ 1,000
  • Winners: Adrienne Tan, Psychiatry; Natalie Wong, General Internal Medicine & Critical Care Medicine

Trainee Leadership Awards (Yet to be awarded)

  • Value of award: $500
  • Winners:

Charles Mickle Award (awarded February 2021)

  • 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: Sanjeev Sockalingam, Psychiatry

PGME Social Responsibility Award (awarded March 2021)

  • Value of award: $500
  • Winner Faculty Award: Michaela Beder, Psychiatry
  • Winner Resident Award: Julianna Deutscher, PGY3, Emergency Medicine

Robert Sheppard Award (awarded March 2021)

  • Value of award: $500
  • Winner Faculty Award: Rachel Spitzer, Obstetrics and Gynaecology
  • Winner Resident Award: Bushra Khan, PGY3, Psychiatry
WordPress Appliance - Powered by TurnKey Linux