Boards & Committees
The following boards and committees are organized by the PGME Office. Each board or committee section contains information pertaining to meeting dates, reference materials as well as agendas and minutes.
Board of Examiners (BOE)
The Board of Examiners (BOE-PG) is a committee of faculty and residents appointed by the Faculty Council of the Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto. At the request of the Program Director and Vice Dean, Post MD Education, the BOE-PG reviews the cases of residents in academic difficulty and determines the appropriate course(s) of action, which may include remediation, remediation with probation, probation or suspension and dismissal.
The BOE-PG committee meets on a monthly basis usually on the last Friday of each month. A Program Director who would like to bring forward a case to be considered by the committee must notify PGME at least 5 weeks in advance of the BOE meeting date in the month they wish to bring forward a case (please see BOE Meeting schedule for deadline dates).
Meeting Dates
Please see below the BOE-PG meeting schedule for the academic year, or download the BOE-PG Meeting Schedule.
*Please note that the deadline dates have changed
Meeting Date | Deadline for submitting DRAFT report | Deadline for submitting FINAL report |
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July 26, 2024 | Fri Jul 5 | Fri Jul 19 |
August 30, 2024 | Fri Aug 9 | Fri Aug 23 |
September 27, 2024 | Fri Sep 6 | Fri Sep 20 |
October 25, 2024 | Fri Oct 4 | Fri Oct 18 |
November 29, 2024 | Fri Nov 8 | Fri Nov 22 |
December 20, 2024 | Fri Nov 29 | Fri Dec 13 |
January 31, 2025 | Fri Jan 10 | Fri Jan 24 |
February 28, 2025 | Fri Feb 7 | Fri Feb 21 |
March 28, 2025 | Fri Mar 7 | Fri Mar 21 |
April 25, 2025 | Fri Apr 4 | Fri Apr 17 |
May 30, 2025 | Fri May 9 | Thu May 23 |
June 20, 2025 | Fri May 30 | Fri Jun 13 |
July 2025 (TBD) | TBD | TBD |
Policies & Procedure Guidelines
Fellowship Education Advisory Committee (FEAC)
The Fellowship Education Advisory Committee advises the Associate Dean, PGME and Vice Dean, Medical Education on the oversight of fellowship programs, to develop and maintain policies related to clinical fellows.
Reference Materials
Meeting Time & Location
All meetings will take place from 8:00 AM to 9:30 AM via Zoom. Please contact the PGME office at postgrad.med@utoronto.ca for more information.
Meeting Dates
Listed below are the FEAC meeting dates.
2023-24 |
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September 27th |
November 29th |
January 24th |
March 27th |
May 29th |
Membership
The following table provides a listing of all FEAC members.
Affiliation | Member Name |
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Chair, Faculty Lead. Fellowships | Dr. John Granton |
Associate Dean, PGME | Dr. Meredith Giuliani |
Director, Administrative Services & Strategy | Caroline Abraham |
Director, Accreditation | Dr. Linda Probyn |
International Relationship Manager | Shannon Spencer |
Project Manager, Fellowships | Veronica Marrone |
Manager, Admissions & Registration | Janine Hubbard |
Administration Coordinator | Samantha Chin |
Standing Members | Dr. Najma Ahmed |
Dr. Mojdan Hodaie | |
Dr. Daniel Mueller | |
Dr. Jennifer Croke | |
Dr. Ahmed Al-Awamer | |
Dr. Doreen Yee | |
Dr. Sara Naimimohasses | |
Dr. Cheryl Jaigobin | |
Dr. Karl Iglar (HUEC) | |
Dr. Kiki Vona | |
Dr. Kevin Higgins | |
Dr. David Hwang | |
Dr. Richard Pittini | |
Dr. Mini Pakkal | |
Dr. Adelle Atkinson | |
Clinical Fellows | Dr. Jia Ng |
Dr. Rhandi Christensen | |
Dr. Azra Shivji | |
Dr. Giovanna Sirianni | |
Ex-Officio Members: | Olivia Beasley |
Violetta Sochka | |
Rafal Ramzi | |
Valerie Hilderal | |
Paula Nixon | |
Sarah Bakhit | |
Savannah Clancey | |
Victoria Snell | |
Pillar Barrios |
Internal Review Committee (IRC)
The internal review process is overseen by the Internal Review Committee (IRC), the Family Medicine Internal Review Subcommittee (FM-IRSC), the Areas of Focused Competence Internal Review Subcommittee (AFC-IRSC), and the Postgraduate Medical Education Advisory Committee (PGMEAC). Customized reports on internal review findings are provided to departments and sites throughout the accreditation cycle.
Further details on the IRC are available in the Terms of Reference.
Internal Review Subcommittees
The FM-IRSC and the AFC-IRSC are ad hoc subcommittees of the IRC and the PGMEAC at the University of Toronto, Faculty of Medicine.
The FM-IRSC provides qualitative and formative feedback to the Family Medicine Residency Program Committee, Family Medicine Program Directors, and Divisional Site Directors. Similarly, the AFC-IRSC offers feedback to the AFC Program Committees and AFC Program Directors. Recommendations from both subcommittees with respect to internal reviews, follow-up reports, or follow-up reviews are intended to assist programs and sites in building on strengths and identifying areas for improvement and are subject to approval by the IRC.
The FM-IRSC's membership consists of teaching faculty, educators, site directors (current and former), IRC members, and senior residents. The AFC-IRSC membership may be drawn from teaching faculty, educators, site directors (current, former), IRC members, senior fellows, and teaching award recipients. Representation may also include person(s) with expertise in postgraduate research programs, bioethics, international medical graduates, foreign medical graduates (visa trainees and fellows) or any area felt to have impact on postgraduate medical training programs.
Postgraduate Medical Education Advisory Committee (PGMEAC)
The Postgraduate Medical Education Advisory Committee advises the Dean and Vice Dean of the Faculty of Medicine and generates policy recommendations to the Faculty Council on all matters related to Postgraduate Medical Education, including those brought to it by its committees.
Reference Materials
PGMEAC Meeting Dates
2024 | 2025 | 2026 |
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July - No Meeting | Friday, January 31 | January 29th 9:30am-11:30am |
August - No Meeting | Friday, February 28 | February 20th 10:00am-12:00pm (All PDs & FMSDs) |
Friday, September 27 | March - No Meeting | March - No Meeting |
Friday, October 25 | Friday April 25 | April 23rd 9:30am - 11:30am |
Friday, November 29 | May 30 - No Meeting | May - No Meeting |
Friday, December 13 (All PDs & FMSDs) |
Friday, June 6* (All PDs & FMSDs) |
June 5th* (All PDs & FMSDs) |
July - No Meeting | ||
August - No Meeting | ||
September 19th 9:30am-12:00pm (All PDs & FMSDs) |
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October 23rd 9:30am-11:30am | ||
November 27th 9:30am-11:30am | ||
December 12th 1:00pm-3:00pm (All PDs & FMSDs) |
Time & Location
Regular PGMEAC meetings are held in-person in PGME Boardroom A from 9:30 to 11:30am. All Program Directors and Family Medicine Site Directors meetings are held virtually, via Zoom; except for the Spring* meeting which is held in-person and details will be announced closer to the meeting date.
PGMEAC Membership List 2025-26
Last Name | First Name | Affiliation | |
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Ahmed | Najma | Surgery | najma.ahmed@unityhealth.to |
Al-Awamer | Ahmed | Hospital (HUEC) Representative: Director, PG Education, UHN | Ahmed.Al-Awamer@uhn.ca |
Atkinson | Adelle | Pediatrics - Core and Subspecialties | adelle.atkinson@utoronto.ca |
Chan | Yvonne | Otolaryngology - Head & Neck Surgery (OHNS) | y.chan@utoronto.ca |
Done | Susan | Laboratory Medicine & Pathology | Susan.Done@uhn.ca |
Hodaie | Mojgan | Surgery | moji.hodaie@utoronto.ca |
Johnston | Sheri | Chair, PAAC | sheri.johnston@utoronto.ca |
Kamble | Vaibhav | Family Medicine & Community Medicine | vaibhav.kamble@utoronto.ca |
Kfouri | Julia | Obstetrics & Gynaecology | Julia.Kfouri@sinaihealth.ca |
Kumagai | Arno | Medicine | arno.kumagai@utoronto.ca |
McCart | Andrea | Clinician Investigator Program | Andrea.McCart@sinaihealth.ca |
Murdoch | Stu | Family Medicine & Community Medicine | stu.murdoch@utoronto.ca |
Pakes | Barry | Public Health & Preventive Medicine | barry.pakes@utoronto.ca |
Probyn | Linda | Medical Imaging | linda.probyn@sunnybrook.ca |
Slomovic | Allan | Ophthalmology & Vision Sciences | allan.slomovic@utoronto.ca |
Spring | Jenna | Critical Care Medicine | Jenna.Spring@sinaihealth.ca |
Tan | Adrienne | Psychiatry | Adrienne.Tan@uhn.ca |
Tsao | May | Radiation Oncology | may.tsao@sunnybrook.ca |
You-Ten | Eric | Anesthesia | fung.you.ten@utoronto.ca |
PARO | Representatives | PARO | jwallace@paroteam.ca |
Ex Officio/PGME
Member | Affiliation | |
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Giuliani, Meredith (Chair) | Associate Dean, (PGME) | meredith.giuliani@utoronto.ca |
Abrahams, Caroline | Director, Administrative Services & Strategy | caroline.abrahams@utoronto.ca |
Catchpole, Tessa | Executive Coordinator, PGME | tessa.catchpole@utoronto.ca |
Darani, Shaheen | Director, Postgraduate Learner Affairs | Shaheen.Darani@camh.ca |
Hubbard, Janine | Manager, Admissions & Registration | janine.hubbard@utoronto.ca |
Hynes, Melissa | Manager, Curriculum & Learner Assessment | melissa.kennedy@utoronto.ca |
Houston, Patricia | Vice Dean, Medical Education | patricia.houston@utoronto.ca |
Johnstone, Julie | Faculty Lead, Assessment | julie.johnstone@sickkids.ca |
McDonald-Blumer, Heather | Faculty Lead, Curriculum | h.mcdonaldblumer@utoronto.ca |
Mitchell, Carolina | Manager, Education Technology & Systems Management | carolina.rios@utoronto.ca |
Probyn, Linda | Director, Accreditation | linda.probyn@sunnybrook.ca |
Simone, Laura | Faculty Lead, Fellowships | laura.simone@sickkids.ca |
Postgraduate Administrators Advisory Committee (PAAC)
The Postgraduate Administrators Advisory Committee (PAAC) provides collaborative support, orientation, and essential knowledge pertaining to the medical education administrator role. The committee also provides advice to the Postgraduate Medical Education Advisory Committee (PGMEAC) on enhancing program support for administrators in academic departments, medical education and training sites affiliated with postgraduate medical education.
Reference Materials
PAAC Meeting Dates
2021 | 2022 |
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September 21 | January 19 |
November 23 | February 22 |
March 26 | |
April 26 | |
May 17 | |
June 21 |
Time & Location
Meetings for the 2021-2022 academic year will be from 12:30-1:30pm and will be held virtually.
Committee Contact Information
Should you wish to contact PAAC directly and confidentially, please email utoronto.paac@gmail.com and a PAAC committee member will respond.
Residency Position Allocation Subcommittee
On an annual basis, the Residency Position Allocation Subcommittee:
- Reviews quota requests and allocation proposals for all residency programs
- Develops recommendations for PGMEAC on the allocation of all MOHLTC funded residency positions
To learn more about the Residency Position Allocation Subcommittee, please review the Terms of Reference.