Celebrating 2024 PARO Award Recipients

Congratulations to those from our University of Toronto community who are among the recipients for this year’s Professional Association of Residents of Ontario (PARO) Awards!  

Excellence in Clinical Teaching Awards

The Clinical Teaching Awards acknowledge the essential role that good clinical teachers play in the training of physicians. Residents are asked to outline the qualities that make their nominee an excellent teacher including patient care, quality of bedside teaching, and interest in the trainees’ personal development and well-being.

• Dr. Mark Lachmann, Psychiatry
• Dr. Scott Fung, Gastroenterology

Dr. Robert Conn Resident Advocate Award for a Clinician

This award is given to one individual each year, at any site, who consistently advocates on behalf of residents and resident issues, within their role as a clinician or teacher.

• Dr. Hanna Faghfoury, Genetics and Genomics

Residency Program Excellence Award

This award is given to one Program in the province that consistently provides an exceptionally positive and rewarding experience to residents, while producing physicians who are expertly trained to care for their patients.

• Medical Genetics and Genomics Program

Resident Teaching Awards

The Resident Teaching Awards honour residents who have provided outstanding clinical teaching experiences to junior housestaff and clinical clerks. 

• Dr. Joseph Dubé, PGY4 Medical Genetics
• Dr. James Im, PGY5 Neurology