May 1, 2018

Appointments & Awards: May 2018

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Awards

Appointments

Nick Daneman, Division Head of Infectious Diseases at Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre

Gregory Chow, Division Head of Rheumatology at Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre

Awards

Canadian Institutes of Health Research

Kieran Quinn, CIHR Fellowship Award

Alanna Weisman, CIHR Fellowship Award

Divisions of Hematology & Hemapathology Academic Awards

David Barth, 20th Annual Jerry Scott Teaching Award
Awarded for outstanding education contribution to the Division of Hematology and to the Faculty of Medicine in the area of undergraduate, postgraduate and/or continuing professional education.

Vikas Gupta, Clinical Research Category
For the project titled, 'MIPSS70 and Transfusion Dependence Predict Survival in Myelofibrosis Patients Treated with JAK1/2 Inhibitortherapy'

Marie-Claude Pelland-Marcotte,10th Annual Dominic Pantalony Resident Award
Awarded to a resident who demonstrates passion for hematology and education and displays the highest professionalism and collegiality.

Aaron D. Schimmer, Basic Science Category
For the project titled, 'Preclinical Evaluation of a First-in-Class UBA1 Inhibitor in Acute Myeloid Leukemia'

Nadine Shehata, Armand Keating Award Paper of the Year
For the paper titled, 'Restrictive or Liberal Red-Cell Transfusion for Cardiac Surgery'

Michelle Sholzberg, Quality Improvement Category
For the project titled, 'Reducing Unnecessary Coagulation Testing in Outpatients (Reduction): A Quality Improvement Project'

Richard Ward, Education Category
For the project titled, 'Patient Directed Physician Education: Examining the Role of Sickle Cell Disease Patients as Teachers in the Emergency Department'

Faculty of Medicine

Nadine Abdullah, W.T. Aikins Award
This award is the Faculty’s most prestigious awards for sustained commitment to and excellence in undergraduate teaching. The award winners are selected from nominees in a Faculty-wide process that requires support from both faculty and students.

Gary Levy, Dean’s Lifetime Achievement Award
Recognizes Faculty of Medicine alumni who have demonstrated a lifetime of exceptional professionalism through leadership, research, teaching, clinical care, administration or public service, and recognizes Dr. Levy for the national and community impact of his work.

Fahad Razak, Dean’s Emerging Leader Award
The Emerging Leader Award is presented to a Faculty of Medicine graduate who is early in their career and has demonstrated outstanding service to the Faculty, their local medical or healthcare community, or a scientific or academic achievement.

Martin Schreiber, W.T. Aikins Award
This award is the Faculty’s most prestigious awards for sustained commitment to and excellence in undergraduate teaching. The award winners are selected from nominees in a Faculty-wide process that requires support from both faculty and students.

Melvin Silverman, Normal Rosenblum Award for Excellence in Mentorship in the MD/PhD Program
Recognizes staff or faculty members who exhibit and exemplary level of leadership and commitment to mentorship and role modeling for MD/PhD students in the Faculty of Medicine.

Future Leaders in IBD (FLIPBD)

Natasha Bollegala, FLIBD Fellowship Grant Competition Award
For the project titled, 'Improving Outcomes in Pediatric to Adult IBD Transition of Care - the Impact of Routine Access to an IBD Nurse on Health Resource Utilization'

Postgraduate Medical Education

Lynfa Stroud, Award for Excellence in Postgraduate Medical Education - Development and Innovation
Recognizes outstanding contributions of faculty members in program development, administration and innovation in postgraduate medical education.

David Tang-Wai, Award for Excellence in Postgraduate Medical Education - Teaching Performance, Mentorship and Advocacy
Recognizes outstanding contributions of faculty members who demonstrate excellence in teaching and serve as mentors and advocates to postgraduate medical trainees.

John Thenganatt, Award for Excellence in Postgraduate Medical Education - Teaching Performance, Mentorship and Advocacy
Recognizes outstanding contributions of faculty members who demonstrate excellence in teaching and serve as mentors and advocates to postgraduate medical trainees.