Neurology: Honours and Awards

Recognition and Awards


This list is indicative of the past 15 years but is not exhaustive.

2024-2025

  Name/Awards/Distinctions/Positions

Faculty

Amy Yu

  • Canada Research Chair, Government of Canada

 

Antonio Strafella

  • Interim Program Medical Director, Krembil Brain Institute, UHN, University of Toronto

 

David Chan

  • Faculty Lead, Admissions and Transitions, Postgraduate Medical Education, Temerty Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto

 

Esther Bui

  • 2025 AAN A.B. Baker Teacher Recognition Award

  • MD Program Teaching Award of Excellence 2023-24, Temerty Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto

 

Hamid Sadeghian

  • MD Program Teaching Award of Excellence 2023-24, Temerty Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto

 

Keith Sivakumar

  • MD Program Teaching Award of Excellence 2023-24, Temerty Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto

 

Jason Lazarou

  • MD Program Teaching Award of Excellence 2023-24, Temerty Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto

 

Manav Vyas

  • National New Investigator Award, Heart & Stroke

 

MaryJane Lim Fat

  • Junior Investigator Award, Department of Medicine, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre

 

Raphael Schneider

  • 2023 Future Leaders in Canadian Brain Research, Brain Canada Foundation

Resident

Andrea Kuczynski (Supervisor: Manav Vyas)

  • 2024 Postgraduate Research Award, Joseph M. West Family Memorial Fund, Temerty Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto

  • Research project titled "Association Between Immigration Status and the Intensity of Acute Stroke Care in Ontario, Canada". Physicians’ Services Incorporated (PSI) Foundation. Ontario, Canada

 

Anuj Rastogi (Supervisor: Manav Vyas)

  • Research project titled " "Short-term and long-term neurological outcomes of patients visiting the emergency department for double vision". Physicians’ Services Incorporated (PSI) Foundation. Ontario, Canada

 

Victoria Reedman

  • 2025 CAME Rising Star Certificate of Excellence Award, Canadian Association of Medical Education (CAME). Ottawa, Canada

Fellow

Arjun Balachandar

  • 2024 Postgraduate Research Award, Joseph M. West Family Memorial Fund, Temerty Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto

 

Seyed-Mohammad Fereshtehnejad (Supervisor: Anthony Lang)

  • 2024 Postgraduate Research Award, Joseph M. West Family Memorial Fund, Temerty Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto

2023-2024

  Name/Awards/Distinctions/Positions

Administration

Daniel Johnston

  • Administrative Excellence Award, 2023 Temerty Faculty of Medicine Staff Impact Awards

Faculty

Aaron Izenberg

  • MD Program Teaching Award of Excellence 2022-23, Temerty Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto

 

Agessandro Abrahao

  • First joint Focused Ultrasound Foundation, FUSF-ALS Society Grant

 

Aleksandra Pikula

  • Jay and Sari Sonshine Chair in Stroke Prevention and Cerebrovascular Brain Health, Krembil Brain Institute, University Health Network

  • Recipient of the first BHCIA-CIHR grant for Knowledge Synthesis & Mobilization under the Brain Health initiative in partnership with the Weston Family Foundation for the project: Understanding how, why and for whom Lifestyle Medicine Interventions work for the management of Hypertension as a Modifiable Risk Factor to reduce Stroke and Vascular Cognitive Impairment & Dementia: A Realist Review"

 

Alexandra Muccilli

  • 2022-23 Award for Excellence in Postgraduate Teaching, Postgraduate Medical Education, University of Toronto

  • John Edmeads Mentorship Award: 43rd Annual JL Silversides Lecture, Division of Neurology

 

Alfonso Fasano

  • Division of Neurology Publication Awards, Category 1.  Clinical epidemiology, clinical research, education and quality Improvement papers. 37th Annual McEwan-Jones, Faculty Research Day

 

Amy Yu

  • Ontario Early Researcher Awards, Ministry of Health, Ontario

 

Andrew Lim

  • Clinician Scientist Salary Support award, Department of Medicine, University of Toronto

 

Anthony Lang

  • Highly Cited Researchers from Clarivate

  • 2023-24 UHN-SH Department of Medicine in recognition of excellence in clinical teaching

 

Antonio Strafella

  • Supervisor of the youngest graduate (13YO) master's student from uOttawa

  • Board Secretary, Canadian Academy of Health Sciences (CAHS)

  • Peter Ashby Collegiality Award, 43rd Annual JL Silversides Lecture, Division of Neurology

 

Anurag Tandon

  • Faculty Recognition Award for Strong Mentorship and Strong Teaching, The Institute of Medical Science, U of T

 

Arun Sundaram

  • MD Program Teaching Award of Excellence 2022-23, Temerty Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto

 

Candice Todd

  • MD Program Teaching Award of Excellence 2022-23, Temerty Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto

 

Carmela Tartaglia

  • Inaugural appointment, Site-based Clinical Research Unit Medical Leads, UHN Clinical Research Collaborative Centre

 

Carolina Barnett-Tapia

  • 2023-24 UHN-SH Department of Medicine in recognition of Certificate of Teaching Excellence

  • 2022-23 Award for Excellence in Postgraduate Teaching, Postgraduate Medical Education, University of Toronto

  • Division of Neurology Publication Awards, Category 1.  Clinical epidemiology, clinical research, education and quality Improvement papers. 37th Annual McEwan-Jones, Faculty Research Day

 

Christine Hawkes 

  • 2022-23 Award for Excellence in Postgraduate Teaching, Postgraduate Medical Education, University of Toronto

 

Christos Ganos

  • The Wolf Family Chair in Neurodevelopmental Psychiatry at UHN and the University of Toronto

 

Claire Sandoe

  • Neurology Faculty Hospital Teaching Recognition Awards, Women's College Hospital: 43rd Annual JL Silversides Lecture, Division of Neurology

 

Danielle Andrade

  • Full Professor, Institute of Medical Sciences (IMS), UofT

 

David Gladstone

  • Clinician Scientist Salary Support award, Department of Medicine, University of Toronto

 

David Tang-Wai

  • President Teaching Award, Department of Medicine, University of Toronto

  • 2023-24 UHN-SH Department of Medicine in recognition of Certificate of Teaching Excellence

  • 2022-23 Award for Excellence in Postgraduate Teaching, Postgraduate Medical Education, University of Toronto

 

Don Weaver

  • Alzheimer’s Drug Discovery Foundation (ADDF)-Harrington Scholar, Harrington Discovery Institute of Cleveland and the Alzheimer’s Drug Discovery Foundation

  • Division of Neurology Publication Awards, Category 2. Reports of research projects. 37th Annual McEwan-Jones, Faculty Research Day

 

Esther Bui

  • MD Program Teaching Award of Excellence 2022-23, Temerty Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto

  • Lost and Found: A Bunny's Story (Written by Esther Bui, Illustrated by Annie Zhu)

 

Emily Swinkin

  • Neurology Faculty Teaching Award & The Starkman Prize, 43rd Annual JL Silversides Lecture, Division of Neurology

 

Frank Silver

  • Order of Ontario, Province of Ontario

 

Ginette Moores

  • Neurology Faculty Hospital Teaching Recognition Awards, University Health Network: 43rd Annual JL Silversides Lecture, Division of Neurology

 

Galit Kleiner and Connie Marras

  • Creating user-centered Parkinson's disease and care partner educational resources: Fostering self-management of wearing off Grant, Alternative Funding Plan (AFP) Innovation Fund, Baycrest

 

Gyl Midroni

  • Neurology Faculty Hospital Teaching Recognition Awards, St. Michael's Hospital: 43rd Annual JL Silversides Lecture, Division of Neurology

 

Hans Katzberg

  • 2023-24 UHN-SH Department of Medicine in recognition of Certificate of Teaching Excellence

  • 2022-23 Award for Excellence in Postgraduate Teaching, Postgraduate Medical Education, University of Toronto

 

Hamid Sadeghian

  • MD Program Teaching Award of Excellence 2022-23, Temerty Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto

 

Houman Khosravani 

  • Medical Director of stroke care at Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, University of Toronto

  • Slamen-Fast New Initiatives in Neurology, project titled, "Artificial Intelligence in Neurological Sciences (AINS) @ the Division of Neurology: Education, Alignment, and Possibilities"

 

Jeff Wang

  • Dr Robert Sargeant Postgraduate Education Award, Department of Medicine, St Michael's Hospital

 

Jeremy Zung

  • Neurology Faculty Hospital Teaching Recognition Awards, Community, North York General Hospital: 43rd Annual JL Silversides Lecture, Division of Neurology

  • 2022-2023 MD Program Teaching Award of Excellence, University of Toronto

 

John Wherrett

  • Irma M Parhad Award of Excellence for 2023, Consortium of Canadian Centres for Clinical Cognitive Research (C5R)

 

Joanna Schaafsma

  • 2023-24 UHN-SH Department of Medicine in recognition of Certificate of Teaching Excellence

  • 2022-2023 MD Program Teaching Award of Excellence, University of Toronto

 

Julia Hopyan

  • 2022-2023 MD Program Teaching Award of Excellence, University of Toronto

 

Julien Hébert

  • Slamen-Fast New Initiatives in Neurology, project titled, "Establishing a Research and Educational Framework for the Identification of Patients with Autoimmune Encephalitis"

 

Liesly Lee

  • 2022-2023 MD Program Teaching Award of Excellence, University of Toronto

 

Marika Hohol

  • Professor Emeriti, Temerty Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto

 

Mark Boulos

  • Temerty Centre for AI Research and Education in Medicine (T-CAIREM) Health Data Nexus Dataset Grant, University of Toronto

 

MaryJane Lim Fat

  • Central Nervous System (CNS) Oncology Site Lead, Sunnybrook and Odette Cancer Centre

  • Malignant Brain Tumors in Adolescents and Young Adults Grant, Brain Cancer Canada

 

Matt Lincoln

  • Division of Neurology Publication Awards, Category 2. Reports of research projects. 37th Annual McEwan-Jones, Faculty Research Day

 

Morris Freedman

  • Treasurer, World Federation of Neurology (WFN)

 

Nathan Chan-Smyth

  • 2023-24 UHN-SH Department of Medicine in recognition of excellence in Teaching - Early Faculty

 

Phavalan Rajendram

  • Slamen-Fast New Initiatives in Neurology, project titled, "NeuroNexus: Enhancing ICU Stroke Care Through Simulation - A Multidisciplinary Quality Improvement and Education Initiative"

 

Philippe Rizek

  • 2022-2023 MD Program Teaching Award of Excellence, University of Toronto

 

Raphael Schneider

  • Faculty Recognition Award for Strong Teaching, The Institute of Medical Science, U of T

 

Rick Swartz

  • Regional Stroke Medical Director for the North and East Stroke Network, Ministry of Health of Ontario

 

Robert Chen

  • Clinician Scientist Salary Support award, Department of Medicine, University of Toronto

  • Editor-in-Chief of Clinical Neurophysiology, the official journal of the International Federation of Clinical Neurophysiology (IFCN)

 

Sandra Black

  • Best Female Scientist award, ranked 7 in Canada among Top Female Scientists for 2023. Research.com

 

Sarah Lidstone

  • 2022-2023 MD Program Teaching Award of Excellence, University of Toronto

 

Suvendrini Lena

  • MD Program Teaching Award of Excellence 2022-23, Temerty Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto

  • Best Poster Certificate, World Congress of Neurology 2023

  • Nominated for a Governor General’s Literary Award for her play, "The Enchanted Loom"

 

Vera Bril

  • 2023-24 UHN-SH Department of Medicine Teaching Award: Scott-Vellend Award for Sustained Excellence in Teaching

  • 2023-24 UHN-SH Department of Medicine in recognition of Certificate of Teaching Excellence

  • 022-23 Award for Excellence in Postgraduate Teaching, Postgraduate Medical Education, University of Toronto

  • The Dr. Vera Bril Neuromuscular Day, the distinction of being the first female neurologist within our division to have an academic day named in her honor.

 

Will Kingston

  • Neurology Faculty Hospital Teaching Recognition Awards, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre: 43rd Annual JL Silversides Lecture, Division of Neurology

 

Women’s Neurology: Esther Bui and Aleksandra Pikula, (Co-Chairs)

  • Women’s Neurology Curriculum – Competencies, American Academy of Neurology (AAN)

Resident

Andrea Kuczynski

  • MD Program Teaching Award of Excellence 2022-23, Temerty Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto

 

Annie Zhu

  • MD Program Teaching Award of Excellence 2022-23, Temerty Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto

 

Arjun Balachandar

  • 2024 DoM Outstanding Research Trainee Award

  • 2024 AAN Resident Scholarship to the Annual Meeting

  • Clinician Scientist Research Fellowship, Parkinson Canada, Project Title: "Adaptive neuromodulation using electrocorticography and deep brain stimulation to treat freezing of gait in Parkinson’s disease"

  • 2023 Eliot Phillipson Clinician-Scientist Training Program, Department of Medicine, University of Toronto

  • PD Canada Clinician Scientist Research Fellowship

 

Brindan Sivanandan

  • MD Program Teaching Award of Excellence 2022-23, Temerty Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto

 

Edwin Wong

  • 2023 Dr. W. Dale Dauphinee Award for Excellence in Medical Education and Assessment

 

Foad Taghdiri

  • MD Program Teaching Award of Excellence 2022-23, Temerty Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto

 

Georgia Besant

  • PARO Toronto General Council Representative

 

James Im

  • PARO Trust Fund Resident Teaching Award

  • International Headache Society Scholarship

 

Katherine Sawicka

  • 2023-2024 Temerty Faculty of Medicine Postgraduate Research Award (Edward Christie Stevens Fellowships in Medicine)

  • Hollenberg Research Award Competition (IMPROV-ing The Impostor Phenomenon:Longitudinal Analysis of Impostor Phenomenon in Postgraduate Medical Trainees at the University of Toronto) - Third Prize in Category 4, University of Toronto

  • Best Oral Presentation and Maureen Dixon Memorial Award, IHPME Impact Day

  • Top Poster Award, endMS Conference

 

Nardin Samuel

  • Women of Inspiration Award, Leadership in STEM

  • Course Coordinator, Medical Innovation and Technology (MedIT): Primer on Physician Entrepreneurship, MD Program

  • Top Oral Abstract Presentation, Clinician-Investigator Program

  • Abstract Award and Travel Grant, Canadian Neuromodulation Society

Fellow

Talyta Cortez-Grippe

  • Canadian Society of Clinical Neurophysiologists (CSCN) Herbert Jasper Prize Society Prize, Canadian Society of Clinical Neurophysiologists

 

Palak Shah

  • Canadian Stroke Consortium Neurovascular Clinical Fellowship Training Award, Canadian Stroke Consortium

 

Victor Lira

  • Michael Foundation or Upper Middle Income bursary, Virtual Epilepsy Academy (VIREPA) advanced EEG course)

  • 2023 Fellow award program, American Epilepsy Society

2022-2023

  Name/Awards/Distinctions/Positions

Faculty & Residents

Agessandro Abrahao Junior, Amy Yu, Hamid Sadeghian, Julia Hopyan, Liesly Lee, Michael Angel, Mina Atia, Moises Maria, Reza Vosoughi, Robert De Santis, Sarah Vinette, Stephen McKenzie. 

  • MD Program Teaching Award of Excellence for the 2021-2022 , Temerty Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto (UofT)

 

Daniel Selchen (Faculty), Annie Zhu (Resident)

  • Peter Ashby Collegiality Award: 42nd Annual JL Silversides Lecture, Division of Neurology

Faculty

Aaron Izenberg

  • 2023 Department of Medicine William Goldie Prize and Travel Award in Teaching, MD Program, University of Toronto

 

Agessandro Abrahao Junior

  • 2021-2022, MD Program Teaching Award of Excellence, Department of Medicine, Temerty Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto

 

Aleksandra Pikula, Keith Sivakumar

  • Slamen-Fast New Initiatives in Neurology, project titled, "KNOW BRAIN – EMBRACE CARE Project"

 

Alexandra Muccilli

  • Neurology Faculty Teaching Award & The Starkman Prize: 42nd Annual JL Silversides Lecture, Division of Neurology

 

Amy Yu

  • 2021-2022, MD Program Teaching Award of Excellence, Department of Medicine, Temerty Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto

 

Andrew Lim 

  • Division of Neurology Publication Awards, Category 2.  Reports of research projects. 

 

Anthony E Lang

  • Office of Research, Faculty of Medicine, University of British Columbia, 2022 Margolese National Brain Disorders Prize

  • Clarivate, Highly Cited Researcher in the field of Neuroscience and Behavior - 2022

  • Research.com, Medicine Leader Award for 2023 (ranked #298 in the world ranking and #7 in Canada)

  • 40 Years of Service Award (Medicine, Neurology), University Health Network, Toronto Western Hospital

 

Aylin Reid

  • 2022 Hotchkiss Brain Institute Alumni of the Year Award, University of Calgary

 

Carolina Barnett-Tapia

  • Medical Partner of the Year Award, Myasthenia Gravis Foundation of America

 

Charles Kassardjian

  • Chair Session at Canadian Neurological Sciences Federation 2023 in Banff

  • Neurology Faculty Hospital Teaching Recognition Awards, St. Michael's Hospital: 42nd Annual JL Silversides Lecture, Division of Neurology

 

Christine Hawkes

  • Neurology Faculty Hospital Teaching Recognition Awards, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre: 42nd Annual JL Silversides Lecture, Division of Neurology

 

Christine Lay

  • John Edmeads Prize for Outstanding Leadership, Teaching & Research in Headache Medicine in Canada

  • Slamen-Fast New Initiatives in Neurology, project titled, "The Headache Registry: Evaluating Social Determinants of Health and Headaches"

  • Neurology Faculty Hospital Teaching Recognition Awards, Women's College Hospital: 42nd Annual JL Silversides Lecture, Division of Neurology

 

Cheryl Jaigobin

  • 2022 Anderson Award - John W. Bradley Educational Administration

 

Connie Marras

  • Catherine Manson Chair in Movement Disorders within the Krembil Brain Institute at University Health Network

 

Dalia Rotstein

  • National Multiple Sclerosis Society (US) 3-year research grant for a project entitled “When does multiple sclerosis begin after infectious mononucleosis?”

 

Danielle Andrade

  • Brain & Mitochondria Innovation Seed Grant, MITO2i

  • The multidimensional assessment of SYNGAP1 outcomes in adults, Syngap Research Fund

  • Dravet Award, Fundación Síndrome de Dravet 

 

David Fam

  • Neurology Faculty Hospital Teaching Recognition Awards, St. Joseph's Health Centre, Toronto: 42nd Annual JL Silversides Lecture, Division of Neurology

 

Donald Weaver

  • Appointed Krembil Chair in Drug Discovery in Alzheimer’s Research, University Health Network

 

Emily Swinkin

  • Neurology Faculty Hospital Teaching Recognition Awards, University Health Network: 42nd Annual JL Silversides Lecture, Division of Neurology

 

Esther Bui

  • Canadian Leader in Neurology, Cambridge University Press

  • 2022-23 Wightman Berris Teaching Excellence Award in the Undergraduate category, Wightman-Berris Academy, Temerty Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto

 

Galit Kleiner

  • Appointed Affiliate Investigator - Katz Interprofessional Research Program in Geriatric and Dementia Care, Baycrest Academy for Research and Education

Galit Kleiner, Emily Swinkin

  • Slamen-Fast New Initiatives in Neurology, project titled, "A quality improvement project to identify gaps and explore barriers to provision of advance care planning (ACP) for people with neurodegenerative parkinsonism in Movement Disorders Clinics in Toronto"

 

Gustavo Saposnik

  • Heart Brain Connection IMPACT Award, Heart & Stroke Foundation of Canada and Brain Canada (with Dr. Douglas Lee)

  • World Stroke Organization (WSO), Executive Board Member at Large

 

Gyl Midroni

  • Best eMedRec rate among the divisions at St. Michael’s Hospital

 

Hamid Sadeghian

  • 2021-2022, MD Program Teaching Award of Excellence, Department of Medicine, Temerty Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto

 

Hans Katzberg

  • Scott-Velland Award for Sustained Excellence in Teaching, Department of Medicine Award, University Health Network, University of Toronto

 

Jeffrey Jirsch

  • Kimel-Schatzky Traumatic Brain Injury Grant (co-PI with Martin Chapman, Critical Care Medicine & Anaesthesia)

 

Jennifer Rabin 

  • Division of Neurology Publication, Category 2.  Reports of research projects. 

 

Julia Hopyan

  • 2021-2022, MD Program Teaching Award of Excellence, Department of Medicine, Temerty Faculty of Medicine

 

Leanne K. Casaubon

  • Inaugural Provincial Physician Lead, Stroke. Ontario Health 

 

Liesly Lee 

  • 2021-2022, MD Program Teaching Award of Excellence, Department of Medicine, Temerty Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto

 

Lorraine Kalia

  • Wolfond-Krembil Chair in Parkinson's Disease Research, within the Krembil Brain Institute at University Health Network

  • 2023 Goldie Travel Award for Research (Basic), MD Program, University of Toronto

 

Manav Vyas

  • Neurology Equity, Diversity, & Inclusion lead, Dept. of Med., University of Toronto

  • Slamen-Fast New Initiatives in Neurology, project titled, "Suicide After Stroke: A Retrospective Cohort Study"

 

Mark Boulos

  • Full Member of the School of Graduate Studies at U of T

  • Heart & Stroke Foundation of Canada Grant for project titled, “Effect of Genotype-Guided Oral P2Y12 Inhibitor Selection vs Conventional Clopidogrel Therapy in Symptomatic Intracranial Atherosclerotic Disease (NUANCE-ICAD)”

 

Mary Jane Lim-Fat

  • Co-investigator in Spring 2022 CIHR awarded for "Next generation precision oncology for pediatric-type AYA gliomas" (PI: Cynthia Hawkins)

  • Society for Neuro-Oncology Board of Directors, Young Investigator representative

  • Sunnybrook AFP Innovation Fund Project Funding (Project members include Sara Mitchell, James Perry)

Mary Jane Lim Fat, Hans Katzberg

  • Slamen-Fast New Initiatives in Neurology, project titled, "University of Toronto Division of Neurology Online Pediatric to Adult Transition Resource"

 

Matthew Burke

  • Career Development Award, American Neuropsychiatric Association

 

Michael Angel

  • 2021-2022, MD Program Teaching Award of Excellence, Department of Medicine, Temerty Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto

 

Mina Atia

  • 2021-2022, MD Program Teaching Award of Excellence, Department of Medicine, Temerty Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto

 

Moises Maria

  • 2021-2022, MD Program Teaching Award of Excellence, Department of Medicine, Temerty Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto

 

Peter Carlen

  • Brain & Mitochondria Innovation Seed Grant, MITO2i

 

Reza Vosoughi

  • 2021-2022, MD Program Teaching Award of Excellence, Department of Medicine, Temerty Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto

 

Rick Swartz

  • Division of Neurology Publication Awards, Category 1.  Clinical epidemiology, clinical research, education and quality Improvement papers

 

Sandra Black

  • Bill Theis Award Distinguished Service to the International Society to Advance Alzheimer’s Research and Treatment (ISTAART), Alzheimer's Association

  • Ranked 8th among Canada’s Top Female Scientists in 2022 by research.com

 

Stephen McKenzie

  • 2021-2022, MD Program Teaching Award of Excellence, Department of Medicine, Temerty Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto

 

Suvendrini Lena

  • Peters-Boyd Academy Teaching Award, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, University of Toronto

 

Will Kingston

  • John Edmeads Mentorship Award: 42nd Annual JL Silversides Lecture, Division of Neurology

 

Women’s neurology

  • Esther Bui, Aleksandra Pikula, (Co-Chairs), Working Group including: Christine Lay, Dalia Rotstein, Kristen Krysko, Carmela Tartaglia, Ginette Moores, guest speaker, Koorosh Shirkool. 
    Sex and Gender session at the Canadian Congress of Neurological Sciences meeting in Banff

Residents

Andrea Kuczynski

  • 2022 PGME Postgraduate Research Award, Joseph M. West Family Memorial Fund, Department of Medicine, Temerty Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto

 

Annie Zhu

  • The Senior Resident Awards of Excellence (SHSC): 42nd Annual JL Silversides Lecture, Division of Neurology

  • The Senior Resident Awards of Excellence (UHN): 42nd Annual JL Silversides Lecture, Division of Neurology

 

Foad Taghdiri

  • Physicians' Services Incorporated (PSI) Foundation Resident Research Fund, project studying socioeconomic disparities in stroke care

  • 2023 Canadian Neurological Society Francis McNaughton Memorial Prize for Clinical Research: Socioeconomical Disparities in Acute Ischemic Stroke Revascularization Interventions in Ontario, Canada

 

James Im

  • 2023 AAN Resident Scholarship to the Annual Meeting

 

Justine Itorralba

  • The Senior Resident Awards of Excellence (SMH): 42nd Annual JL Silversides Lecture, Division of Neurology

 

Katerina Jabbour, Paula Gosse, joining Victoria Reedman

  • PARO Toronto General Council Representatives

 

Katherine Sawicka

  • CIHR Canada Graduate Scholarships Doctoral Award

  • SickKids Clinician Scientist Training Program Funding

  • Gillian Hawker Award for the best clinical epidemiology poster, IHPME Impact Day: IMPROV-ing The Impostor Phenomenon: Longitudinal Trends in Impostor Phenomenon in Postgraduate Medical Residents

 

Manal Al Rasbi

  • Wightman-Berris Academy Individual Teaching Excellence Award (Postgraduate Category

 

Neha Patel

  • National Fellowship in Neuromuscular Medicine & Electromyography Award

  • Marotta Prize for Teaching in Neurology: 42nd Annual JL Silversides Lecture, Division of Neurology

 

Paula Gosse, Katerina Jabbour, joining Victoria Reedman

  • PARO Toronto General Council Representatives

 

Robert De Santis

  • MD Program Teaching Award of Excellence for the 2021-2022 (top 10% TES), Temerty Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto (UofT)

 

Sarah Vinette

  • MD Program Teaching Award of Excellence for the 2021-2022 (top 10% TES), Temerty Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto (UofT)

  • Student's Choice: Resident Teacher Award from the Mississauga Academy of Medicine

  • John R Wherrett Award: 42nd Annual JL Silversides Lecture, Division of Neurology

 

Stephanie Kuntz

  • 2023 PARO Trust Fund Resident Teaching Award

  • Marotta Prize for Teaching in Neurology: 42nd Annual JL Silversides Lecture, Division of Neurology

 

Sydney Lee

  • 2022 Anti-NMDA Receptor Encephalitis Foundation Travel Scholarship

  • Siegel Rare Neuroimmune Association (SRNA) James T. Lubin Clinician Scientist Fellowship Award

 

Victoria Reedman, Paula Gosse, Katerina Jabbour

  • PARO Toronto General Council Representatives

 

Victoria Reedman

  • Social Responsibility Award in PGME, University of Toronto

Fellows

Daniel Di Luca

  • Neurology Education Editorial Board, Neurology Journal

  • First place award in the category of Clinical Epidemiology or Clinical Investigative Project in the Mimi and Charles Hollenberg Research competition for the project “Racial and Ethnic Differences in Health- Related Quality of Life for Individuals with Parkinson’s Disease Across Parkinson’s Disease Centers of Excellence”, UHN, Mt. Sinai, University of Toronto

 

Durjoy Lahiri 

  • Sandra Black Award for Clinical Dementia Research from Temerty Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto

  • Young Investigator Award from the Academy of Aphasia 

  • Scholarship from the International Society of Fronto-Temporal Dementias

  • James A Sharpe Award: 42nd Annual JL Silversides Lecture, Division of Neurology

 

Juan Idiaquez

  • 2023 Elizabeth Reid and Marilyn Hernandez Grant in Immune-Mediated Peripheral Neuropathy Research

 

Laura Chu

  • CNMSC Paul O’Connor Medical/Clinical Trainee Registration/Travel Award

  • Lorimer Scholarship from the Professional Association for Residents of Newfoundland and Labrador

 

Talyta Cortez Grippe

  • Travel Grant Award – 32nd International Congress of Clinical Neurophysiology

  • 2023 – 2025 DMRF Canada Clinical and Research Fellowship, Dystonia Medical Research Foundation (DMRF) Canada

Administration

Daniel Johnston

  • Postgraduate Administrators Advisory Committee- Quality Improvement/Innovation Award, University of Toronto

2021-2022

  Name/Awards/Distinctions/Positions

Faculty & Residents

Aaron Izenberg, Alexandra Muccilli, Atif Zafar, Brian Murray, Claire Sandoe, Esther Bui, Hamid Sadeghian, Jack Schneiderman, Jamsheed Desai, Jeremy Zung, Jonathan Micieli, Lauren Hophing, Mark Boulos, Meah (Ming Yang) Gao, Moises Maria, Reza Vosoughi, Stephanie Kuntz

  • MD Program Teaching Award of Excellence for the 2020-2021 , Temerty Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto (UofT)

Faculty

Alexandra Muccilli 

  • The Professional Association of Residents of Ontario, 2022 PARO Dr. Robert Conn Resident Advocate Award

  • St Michael’s Hospital Dr. Robert H. Hyland Teacher of the Year Award

  • Supervisor for William P. Jones III Memorial Scholarship Award and Best Poster (QI/Education category), Victoria Reedman (PGY2), “Neurology Clinic for the Homeless”

  • John Edmeads Mentorship Award: 41st Annual JL Silversides Lecture, Division of Neurology

 

Amy Yu

  • Michael S. Pessin Stroke Leadership Prize, American Academy of Neurology

 

Anthony E Lang

  • Van Andel Institute,  2022 Jay Van Andel Award for Outstanding Achievement in Parkinson's Disease Research

  • Identifying top talent in the sciences and social sciences (Web of Science) Clarivate 2021 Highly Cited Researchers Canada (in the field of movement disorders, most notably Parkinson disease)

  • Expertscape, Top 1% of scholars writing about Tauopathies over the past 10 years, a level Expertscape label as "Expert."

 

Antonio Strafella

  • Elected to the Board of Directors, Canadian Academy Health Sciences  (CAHS), 2022-2024

 

Carmela Tartaglia

  • The William Goldie Prize and Travel Award in Research, UofT, Department of Medicine

 

Charles Kassardjian

  • Best non-CREMS poster at the Medical Student research day, medical student Sabrina Campbell’s project called "Neurologist perceptions of virtual care in Ontario.“(Supervisor)

  • Educational video: A whiteboard educational video for patients on what to expect during EMG/NCS to be shared with patients to review prior to EMG. (Supervisor)

  • NQIL group talk at the Physiatry QI Day about how to successfully create a collaborative QI group across the city

 

David Chan

  • Award for Excellence in Postgraduate Medical Education in the category of Teaching Performance, Mentorship and Advocacy, UofT, Postgraduate Medicine Education

  • AB Baker Award for Teaching, American Academy of Neurology

 

David Gladstone

  • Division of Neurology Publication Award - Category one - Clinical epidemiology, clinical research, education and quality Improvement papers: 35th Annual McEwan Jones Lecture, UofT

 

David Tang-Wai

  • Wightman-Berris Academy Anderson Award in the Extraordinary Contribution to Education category, Dept of Medicine, UofT

 

Don Weaver

  • Oskar Fischer Prize, The University of Texas at San Antonio

 

Esther Bui

  • DOM UHN: Excellence in Teaching Award undergraduate

 

Gyl Midroni

  • Academy of Master Clinicians UofT, Department of Medicine

 

Gustavo Saposnik

  • Dr. Michael Ward Mentorship Award, St Michael’s Hospital

 

Houman Khosravani

  • Early Faculty Award for Quality Improvement, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Department of Medicine

  • Sunnybrook Education Advisory Council (SEAC) Student Experience Award

 

Joyce Tang

  • Neurology Faculty Hospital Teaching Recognition Awards (Community): 41st Annual JL Silversides Lecture, Division of Neurology

 

Lorraine Kalia

  • Division of Neurology Publication Award - Category two - Reports of research projects. 35th Annual McEwan Jones Lecture, UofT

  • Co-Editor in Chief, Journal of Parkinson’s Disease

  • Neurology Faculty Hospital Teaching Recognition Awards (UHN): 41st Annual JL Silversides Lecture, Division of Neurology

 

Manav Vyas

  • International Scholarship to the Annual Meeting, American Academy of Neurology

 

Marissa Lagman-Bartolome

  • Neurology Faculty Hospital Teaching Recognition Awards (WCH): 41st Annual JL Silversides Lecture, Division of Neurology

 

Morris Freedman

  • Department of Medicine Award in Quality and Innovation, UofT, Department of Medicine

 

Reza Vosoughi

  • Neurology Faculty Teaching Award - Starkman Prize: 41st Annual JL Silversides Lecture, Division of Neurology

 

Robert Chen

  • The 2022 Kenneth Viste, Jr., MD Memorial Lectureship Award, American Society of Neurorehabilitation

  • Eaton Scholar Researcher of the Year Award (Basic Science), UofT, Department of Medicine

 

Sara Mitchell

  • Sunnybrook Education Advisory Council (SEAC) Innovative Curriculum Award, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre

 

Sandra Black

  • Office of Research, Faculty of Medicine, University of British Columbia, 2021 Margolese National Brain Disorders Prize

 

Thomas Steeves

  • Neurology Faculty Hospital Teaching Recognition Awards (SMH): 41st Annual JL Silversides Lecture, Division of Neurology

 

Warren Mason

  • Dr. Joseph Pater Founder’s Award

 

William Kingston

  • Neurology Faculty Hospital Teaching Recognition Awards (SHSC): 41st Annual JL Silversides Lecture, Division of Neurology

Residents

Andrea Kuczynski

  • 2021-2022 Postgraduate Research Award (Joseph M. West Family Memorial Fund), UofT, Department of Medicine

 

Brindan Sivanandan

  • The Senior Resident Awards of Excellence (SHSC): 41st Annual JL Silversides Lecture, Division of Neurology

 

Foad Taghdiri

  • The Senior Resident Awards of Excellence (UHT:SMH): 41st Annual JL Silversides Lecture, Division of Neurology

 

Jane Liao

  • JT Marotta Teaching Award: 41st Annual JL Silversides Lecture, Division of Neurology

 

Neha Patel

  • John Wherrett Award: 41st Annual JL Silversides Lecture, Division of Neurology

 

Phavalan Rajendram 

  • 2022 Postgraduate Medical Trainee Leadership Award, UofT, Department of Medicine

 

Ryan Muir

  • 2022 PARO Trust Fund Resident Teaching Award

  • JT Marotta Teaching Award: 41st Annual JL Silversides Lecture, Division of Neurology

 

Sarah Vinette

  • The Senior Resident Awards of Excellence (UHN): 41st Annual JL Silversides Lecture, Division of Neurology

 

Sydney Lee

  • The Senior Resident Awards of Excellence (UHT:SMH): 41st Annual JL Silversides Lecture, Division of Neurology

 

Victoria Reedman

  • Selected for the Neurologist-in-Training Clinical Ethics Elective (NITCEE), Ethics, Law, and Humanities Committee, American Academy of Neurology, American Neurological Association, and the Child Neurology Society. 

  • Best QI/education presentation & William P. Jones III Memorial Scholarship Award (for best research in urban health and substance use disorder) for her project “Neurology Clinic for the Homeless”, St Michael’s Hospital Higgins Day

Fellows

Adrian Espiritu

  • Bruce S. Schoenberg International Award in Neuroepidemiology, American Academy of Neurology

 

Andrea Park

  • CSCN Fellowship Award, Canadian Society of Clinical Neurophysiologists

 

Candice Todd-Aziz

  • Excellence in Education: Learner/Student as Teacher

 

Daniel Di Luca

  • "Top Poster” in the Neurotherapeutics Symposium

 

Diana Olszewska

  • Temerty School of Medicine’s 2021 Postgraduate Research Awards, the Joseph M West Family Memorial Fund, UofT

  • Fellowship Scholarship for travel to MDS-PAS Congress Miami 2022

  • Movement Disorders Society Leadership Program (MDS-LEAP) 2021-2022.

  • James Sharpe Award: 41st Annual JL Silversides Lecture, Division of Neurology

 

Monica de Carvalho Alcantara

  • 2022 Best Abstract Award, American Association of Electrodiagnostic and Neuromuscular Medicine

  • 2022 AANEM Resident and Fellowship Member Award, American Association of Electrodiagnostic and Neuromuscular Medicine

 

Nikolai Reyes

  • 2022 AAN International Scholarship Award, American Academy of Neurology

 

Priti Gros

  • Ministry of Health, Clinician Investigator Program (MOH-CIP) funding

  • Eliot Phillipson Clinician-Scientist Training Program (CSTP) , UofT, Department of Medicine

  • Canada Graduate Scholarships-Master’s award (CGSM), Canadian Institute for Health Research

  • Travel grant award, Movement Disorders Society (MDS) International Congress

  • Fellowship scholarship, Pan American (PAS) Movement Disorders Congress

 

Sanskriti Sasikumar

  • 2021-2022 Postgraduate Research Award (Joseph M. West Family Memorial Fund), Department of Medicine, PGME research award

  • AAN Futures in Neurological Research scholarship, American Academy of Neurology

  • Clinician Investigator Program, Ministry of Health award

  • CIHR Doctoral Scholarship, Canadian Institute for Health Research

  • Krembil Clinical Research Fellowship Award, University Health Network

2020-2021

  Name/Awards/Distinctions/Positions

Faculty & Residents

Carolina Barnett-Tapia, Aaron Izenberg, Hans Katzberg, Suvendrini Lena, Jeremy Zung

  • MD Program Teaching Award for Excellence: Teacher Effectiveness Scores (TES) in the top 10%

Faculty

Aaron Izenberg

  • Peters Boyd Academy, Award of Merit

  • Sunnybrook Student Experience Award

 

Agessandro Abrahao 

  • Division of Neurology Publication Award (Category 2 - Basic Research Pub Award). Ann. Neurol “Glymphatics Visualization after Focused Ultrasound-Induced Blood–Brain Barrier Opening in Humans”.

  • Slamen-Fast New Initiatives in Neurology fund, project titled "Phenotyping Upper and Lower Motor Neuron Dysfunction in ALS using a Novel Motor Unit Number Estimation Technique and Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation: An International Cohort Study”

 

Alexandra Muccilli

  • Neurology Faculty Teaching Award - Starkman Prize: 40th Annual JL Silversides Lecture, Division of Neurology

 

Amy Yu

  • Distinguished Reviewer of the Year, Canadian Journal of Neurological Sciences

  • National New Investigator Award for Excellence in Cardiovascular or Cerebrovascular Research, Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada

 

Anthony Lang

  • 2021 Scott-Velland Department of Medicine Award for sustained excellence in teaching

  • Identifying top talent in the sciences and social sciences (Web of Science) Clarivate 2020 Highly Cited Researchers Canada

 

Atif Zafar

  • Slamen-Fast New Initiatives in Neurology fund project titled "Comprehensive University of Toronto Stroke & Cerebrovascular Program (UTSCP) Database"

 

Aylin Reid

  • Slamen-Fast New Initiatives in Neurology fund project titled "The role of parvalbumin interneurons in seizures in a mouse model of neurofibromatosis type 1"

 

Charles Kassardjian

  • St. Michael's Hospital Dept of Medicine Outstanding Postgraduate Teacher Award

  • Slamen-Fast New Initiatives in Neurology fund project titled "Virtual EMG (vEMG): A proof of concept study"

 

David Chan

  • 2021 A.B. Baker Teacher Recognition Award: American Academy of Neurology

  • Canadian Association of Medical Educators (CAME) Certificate of Merit Award

 

David Tang-Wai

  • Wightman-Berris Academy Anderson Award in the Extraordinary Contribution to Education category, Wightman-Berris Academy, Temerty Faculty of Medicine, UofT

 

Esther Bui

  • Wightman-Berris Academy Anderson Award in the Program Innovation and Development category, Wightman-Berris Academy, Temerty Faculty of Medicine, UofT

  • Slamen-Fast New Initiatives in Neurology fund project titled "A Shared Decision-Making Tool Kit for Pregnancy-Related Care in Neurology"

 

Gustavo Saposnik

  • PhD in Neuroeconomics with Honors, University of Zurich

 

Houman Khosravani

  • John Edmeads Mentorship: 40th Annual JL Silversides Lecture, Division of Neurology

 

Jennifer Rabin

  • Rising Star Award, Association for Psychological Science (APS)

  • Slamen-Fast New Initiatives in Neurology fund project titled "Characterizing cognitive and oro-motor changes following MRgFUS thalamotomy for patients with essential tremor"

 

Julia Hopyan

  • Sunnybrook DOM ambulatory teaching award

 

Kristen Krysko

  • Division of Neurology Publication Award (Category 1 - Clinician Research Pub Award). Ann. Neurol “Real-World Effectiveness of Initial Disease-Modifying Therapies in Pediatric Multiple Sclerosis”.

  • Slamen-Fast New Initiatives in Neurology fund project titled "Pregnancy complications and perinatal outcomes of women with multiple sclerosis in Ontario, Canada"

 

Liesly Lee

  • Department of Medicine Award for Humanism in Medicine, UofT

 

Lorraine Kalia

  • Slamen-Fast New Initiatives in Neurology fund project titled "Sleep and neurodegeneration: a collaborative project spanning subspecialties, sites, and species"

 

Manav Vyas

  • Slamen-Fast New Initiatives in Neurology fund project titled "Immigration status and the quality of primary and secondary stroke prevention"

 

Mario Masellis

  • Mid Career Investigator Prize in Research in Aging, Principal Investigator, Institute of Aging, Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR), Canada. (Research Award, Specialty: Research in Aging)

 

Mark Boulos

  • Slamen-Fast New Initiatives in Neurology fund project titled "Examining Links between General Fatigue in Myasthenia Gravis with Objectively Measured Sleep"

 

Mary Jane Lim Fat

  • Adult Clinical Research Award: Society for Neuro-Oncology

  • Slamen-Fast New Initiatives in Neurology fund project titled "Building a citywide genomic, radiological and clinical database in a transitional population of young adult patients with glioma"

 

Peter St George-Hyslop

  • Office of Research, Faculty of Medicine, University of British Columbia, 2020 Margolese National Brain Disorders Prize

 

Raphael Schneider

  • Slamen-Fast New Initiatives in Neurology fund project titled "Transcriptomic Profiling of Cells from Cerebrospinal Fluid"

 

Sandra Black

  • Lifetime Achievement Award: Society of Cognitive and Behavioral Neurology (SBCN), an affiliate society of the American Academy of Neurology

 

Sara Mitchell

  • SHSC Department of Medicine Early Faculty Award for Quality Improvement for 2020: Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre

 

Sarah Lidstone

  • LEAPS Leadership program 2020-21, International Parkinson and Movement Disorder Society

  • Slamen-Fast New Initiatives in Neurology fund project titled "Developing a novel treatment model for Functional Movement Disorder"

Residents

UofT Neurons: (Andrew Micieli, Jeremy Zung, Phavalan Rajendram, Arina Bingeliene, Monica Maher, Mariam Al Hussona, Foad Taghdiri, Victoria Reedman and Robert De Santis)

  • Winners of American Academy of Neurology Trainee Trivia 2021

 

Amirah Momen

  • John Wherrett Award: 40th Annual JL Silversides Lecture, Division of Neurology

 

Julien Hébert

  • JT Marotta Teaching Award: 40th Annual JL Silversides Lecture, Division of Neurology

 

Jeremy Zung

  • JT Marotta Teaching Award: 40th Annual JL Silversides Lecture, Division of Neurology

 

Katherine Sawicka

  • Clinician Investigator Program, Faculty of Medicine, UofT

 

Lauren Hoping

  • The Senior Resident Awards of Excellence (UHN): 40th Annual JL Silversides Lecture, Division of Neurology

 

Monica Maher

  • The Senior Resident Awards of Excellence (SHSC): 40th Annual JL Silversides Lecture, Division of Neurology

 

Priti Gros

  • 2021 PARO Trust Fund’s Resident Teaching Award, PARO

  • Eliot Phillipson Clinician Scientist Training Program, Faculty of Medicine, UofT

  • Acceptance to Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation MSc Program

 

Ryan Muir

  • First annual Reviewer Achievement awards for Neurology journal 2021 American Academy of Neurology

  • John Wherrett Award: 40th Annual JL Silversides Lecture, Division of Neurology

 

Sanskriti Sasikumar

  • Krembil 2020 Fall Postdoctoral & Clinical Fellowship (supervised by Dr. Alfonso Fasano)

  • Clinician Investigator Program with MOH Funding

 

Stephanie Kuntz

  • The Senior Resident Awards of Excellence (UHT:SMH): 40th Annual JL Silversides Lecture, Division of Neurology

Fellows

Blas Couto

  • American Academy of Neurology 2021 Travel Scholarship

 

Daniel Di Luca

  • First annual Reviewer Achievement awards for Neurology journal 2021 American Academy of Neurology

 

Paula Teixeira Marques

  • James Sharpe Award: 40th Annual JL Silversides Lecture, Division of Neurology

2019-2020

  Name/Awards/Distinctions/Positions

Faculty

Brian Murray

  • John Edmeads Mentorship Award: 39th Annual JL Silversides Lecture, Division of Neurology

 

Carmela Tartaglia

  • Surinderjit Singh Young Lectureship Award., American Academy of Neuromuscular and Electrodiagnostic Medicine, United States

 

Carolina Barnett-Tapia

  • Teaching award, post graduate medical education, University Health Network and Sinai Health. Dept. of Medicine

 

David Tang-Wai

  • Department of Medicine Teacher of the Year, UofT, Dept. of Medicine

 

Esther Bui

  • William Goldie Prize and Travel Awards, Dept. of Medicine, UofT

 

Gyl Midroni

  • Neurology Faculty Teaching Award - Starkman Prize: 39th Annual JL Silversides Lecture, Division of Neurology

 

Liesly Lee

  • Academy of Master Clinicians, Dept. of Medicine, UofT

 

Mark Boulos

  • Division of Neurology Publication Award (Category 1 - Clinician Research Pub Award). The Lancet. Normal polysomnography parameters in healthy adults:
    a systematic review and meta-analysis

 

Mario Masellis

  • Division of Neurology Publication Award (Category 2 - Basic Research Pub Award). Brain. Cerebral perfusion changes in presymptomatic Cerebral perfusion changes in presymptomatic genetic frontotemporal dementia: a GENFI study

Residents

Amirah Momen

  • The Senior Resident Awards of Excellence - SBK: 39th Annual JL Silversides Lecture, Division of Neurology

 

Andrew Micieli

  • John Wherrett Award: 39th Annual JL Silversides Lecture, Division of Neurology

 

Corey Bacher

  • JT Marotta Teaching Award: 39th Annual JL Silversides Lecture, Division of Neurology

 

Jane Liao

  • The Senior Resident Awards of Excellence - UHT: SMH, 39th Annual JL Silversides Lecture, Division of Neurology

 

Julien Hébert

  • John Wherrett Award: 39th Annual JL Silversides Lecture, Division of Neurology

 

Phavalan Rajendram

  • The Senior Resident Awards of Excellence - SBK, 39th Annual JL Silversides Lecture, Division of Neurology

 

Ryan Muir

  • The Senior Resident Awards of Excellence - UHN, 39th Annual JL Silversides Lecture, Division of Neurology

 

Stephanie Reiter

  • JT Marotta Teaching Award: 39th Annual JL Silversides Lecture, Division of Neurology

Fellows

Dina Dababneh

  • James Sharpe Award: 39th Annual JL Silversides Lecture, Division of Neurology

2018-2019

  Name/Awards/Distinctions/Positions

Faculty

Aaron Izenberg

  • John Edmeads Mentorship Award: 38th Annual JL Silversides Lecture, Division of Neurology

 

Antonio Gallo

  • Neurology Faculty Teaching Award - Starkman Prize: 38th Annual JL Silversides Lecture, Division of Neurology

 

Brian Murray

  • Honor Award Certificate, Center for Disease Control (CDC) National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases (NCEZID), United States

  • Fellow of the American Academy of Neurology, American Academy of Neurology, United States. (Distinction, Specialty: Neurology)

  • Medical Grand Round of the Year Award for Academic Year 2018-19, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre Department of Medicine

 

David Tang-Wai

  • Academy of Master Clinicians UofT, Dept. of Medicine

  • AB Baker Teacher Recognition Award, American Academy of Neurology, United States

Residents

Jeffrey Wang 

  • JT Marotta Teaching Award: 38th Annual JL Silversides Lecture, Division of Neurology

 

Raed Joundi 

  • JT Marotta Teaching Award: 38th Annual JL Silversides Lecture, Division of Neurology

Fellows

 

2017-2018

  Name/Awards/Distinctions/Positions

Faculty

Aaron Izenberg

  • MD Program Teaching Award of Excellence for the 2020-2021, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto (UofT)

 

Charles Kassardjian

  • Neurology Faculty Teaching Award - Starkman Prize: 37th Annual JL Silversides Lecture, Division of Neurology

 

David Tang-Wai

  • John Edmeads Mentorship Award, 37th Annual JL Silversides Lecture, Division of Neurology

  • Awards for Excellence in Postgraduate Medical Education: Teaching Performance, Mentorship & Advocacy, Dept of Medicine, UofT

Residents

Antonio Gallo

  • JT Marotta Teaching Award: 37th Annual JL Silversides Lecture, Division of Neurology

 

Raed Joundi

  • John Wherrett Award: 37th Annual JL Silversides Lecture, Division of Neurology

Fellows

Saira Saeed Mirza

  • James Sharpe Award: 37th Annual JL Silversides Lecture, Division of Neurology

2016-2017

  Name/Awards/Distinctions/Positions

Faculty

Amy Yu

  • European Stroke Organization Young Investigator Award, European Stroke Organization Conference, Prague, Czech Republic

  • CIHR ICS Travel Award, Canadian Institutes of Health Research, Institute of Circulatory and Respiratory Health

 

Antonio Strafella

  • Investigator Award, Italian Scientists & Scholars In North America Foundation, ISSNAF, Canada

  • Canada Research Chair (Tier 2, 5-year term), Canada Research Chair Program, Canada

 

Carmela Tartaglia

  • Marion and Gerald Soloway Chair in Brain Injury and Concussion Research. (Chair, 5-year term)

 

Felix Tyndel

  • Neurology Faculty Teaching Award - Starkman Prize: 36th Annual JL Silversides Lecture, Division of Neurology

 

Karl Boyle

  • John Edmeads Mentorship Award: 36th Annual JL Silversides Lecture, Division of Neurology

Residents

Matthew Burke

  • JT Marotta Teaching Award: 36th Annual JL Silversides Lecture, Division of Neurology

 

Nadim Jiwa

  • John Wherrett Award: 36th Annual JL Silversides Lecture, Division of Neurology

Fellows

Christine Ghadery

  • James Sharpe Award: 36th Annual JL Silversides Lecture, Division of Neurology

2015-2016

  Name/Awards/Distinctions/Positions

Faculty

Catherine Maurice

  • Neurology Faculty Teaching Award - Starkman Prize: 35th Annual JL Silversides Lecture, Division of Neurology

 

Dalia Rotstein.

  • John Edmeads Mentorship Award: 35th Annual JL Silversides Lecture, Division of Neurology

Residents

Kristen Krysko

  • John Wherrett Award: 35th Annual JL Silversides Lecture, Division of Neurology

 

William Kingston

  • JT Marotta Teaching Award: 35th Annual JL Silversides Lecture, Division of Neurology

Fellows

Henk-Jan Mutsaerts

  • James Sharpe Award: 35th Annual JL Silversides Lecture, Division of Neurology

2014-2015

  Name/Awards/Distinctions/Positions

Faculty

Aaron Izenberg

  • John Edmeads Mentorship Award: 34th Annual JL Silversides Lecture, Division of Neurology

 

Karl Boyle

  • Neurology Faculty Teaching Award - Starkman Prize: 34th Annual JL Silversides Lecture, Division of Neurology

 

David Chan

  • William Goldie Prize and Travel Awards, Dept. of Medicine, UofT

  • W.T. Aikins Award for Excellence in Course/Program Development and Coordination, Dept of Medicine, UofT

Residents

Claude Steriade

  • John Wherrett Award: 34th Annual JL Silversides Lecture, Division of Neurology

 

Tara Rastgardani

  • JT Marotta Teaching Award: 34th Annual JL Silversides Lecture, Division of Neurology

Fellows

Carolina Barnett Tapia

  • James Sharpe Award: 34th Annual JL Silversides Lecture, Division of Neurology

2013-2014

  Name/Awards/Distinctions/Positions

Faculty

Aaron Izenberg

  • Neurology Faculty Teaching Award - Starkman Prize: 33rdAnnual JL Silversides Lecture, Division of Neurology

 

Andrew Lim

  • Maud Menton New Investigator Award (Clinical), Canadian Institutes of Health Research, Canada. (Distinction, Specialty: Genetics)

 

Brian Murray

  • Helen P. Batty Award for Excellence and Achievement in Faculty Development in the category of Innovation in Program Development and Design, Dept of Medicine, UofT

 

Daniel Selchen

  • John Edmeads Mentorship Award: 33rd Annual JL Silversides Lecture, Division of Neurology

 

Elizabeth Slow

  • Sabiha Al-Hassan Neurology Award, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre

Residents

Gregg Day

  • JT Marotta Teaching Award: 33rd Annual JL Silversides Lecture, Division of Neurology

 

Jennifer Robblee

  • John Wherrett Award: 33rd Annual JL Silversides Lecture, Division of Neurology

Fellows

Carolina Barnett Tapia

  • James Sharpe Award: 33rd  Annual JL Silversides Lecture, Division of Neurology

2012-2013

  Name/Awards/Distinctions/Positions

Faculty

Andrew Lim

  • Circadian Rhythms Section Investigator Award, American Academy of Sleep Medicine, United States.

  • Wayne A. Hening Sleep Medicine Investigator Award, American Academy of Neurology, United States

 

Christine Lay

  • Women’s Health Education Award, Neurology, Dept of Medicine, Women’s College Hospital

 

Hans Katzberg

  • Neurology Faculty Teaching Award - Starkman Prize: 32nd Annual JL Silversides Lecture, Division of Neurology

 

Marika Hohol

  • Awards for Excellence in Postgraduate Medical Education: Development and Innovation

  • John Edmeads Mentorship Award: 32nd Annual JL Silversides Lecture, Division of Neurology

 

Sandra Black

  • Eaton Scholar Researcher of the Year Award

Residents

Charles Kassardjian

  • JT Marotta Teaching Award: 32nd Annual JL Silversides Lecture, Division of Neurology

 

Gregg Day

  • John Wherrett Award: 32nd Annual JL Silversides Lecture, Division of Neurology

Fellows

 

2011-2012

  Name/Awards/Distinctions/Positions

Faculty

Aleksandra Pikula

  • Young Investigator Development Award, Clinical Translational Research Seminar, American Neurological Association (ANA) / National Institutes of Health (NIH)

 

Alfonso Fasano

  • Best PhD Thesis Prize, Catholic University Day

 

Antonio Strafella

  • Canada Research Chair (Tier 2, 5-year term), Canada Research Chair Program, Canada

 

Danielle Andrade

  • Young Investigator Award, Brain and Behaviour Research Foundation (formerly NARSAD), United States.

 

David Tang-Wai

  • John Edmeads Mentorship Award, 31st Annual JL Silversides Lecture, Division of Neurology

 

Thomas Steeves

  • Neurology Faculty Teaching Award - Starkman Prize: 31st Annual JL Silversides Lecture, Division of Neurology

Residents

Amer Ghavanini

  • JT Marotta Teaching Award: 31stAnnual JL Silversides Lecture, Division of Neurology

 

Charles Kassardjian

  • John Wherrett Award: 31st Annual JL Silversides Lecture, Division of Neurology

 

Dalia Rotstein

  • JT Marotta Teaching Award: 31stAnnual JL Silversides Lecture, Division of Neurology

Fellows

Lorraine Kalia

  • James Sharpe Award: 31st  Annual JL Silversides Lecture, Division of Neurology

2010-2011

  Name/Awards/Distinctions/Positions

Faculty

Alfonso Fasano

  • Best Research Project, International Neuromodulation Society – Italian Chapter

 

Christine Lay

  • FM Hill Lecturer 2011, Women’s College Hospital, Dept. of Medicine

 

Frank Silver

  • John Edmeads Mentorship Award: 30th Annual JL Silversides Lecture, Division of Neurology

 

Gustavo Saposnik

  • Neurology Faculty Teaching Award - Starkman Prize: 30th Annual JL Silversides Lecture, Division of Neurology

Residents

Dalia Rotstein

  • John Wherrett Award: 30th Annual JL Silversides Lecture, Division of Neurology

 

Michel Shamy

  • JT Marotta Teaching Award: 30th Annual JL Silversides Lecture, Division of Neurology

Fellows

Emily Crookshank

  • James Sharpe Award: 30th Annual JL Silversides Lecture, Division of Neurology

2009-2010

  Name/Awards/Distinctions/Positions

Faculty

Aleksandra Pikula

  • Young Investigator Development Award, Junior Faculty Development Seminar, American Neurological Association (ANA) / National Institutes of Health (NIH)

 

David Chan

  • St. Michael’s Hospital Board of Directors’ Complete Physician Award, Dept of Medicine, UofT

  • The PBL Teacher Award, Dept of Medicine, Fitzgerald Academy, UofT

 

David Tang-Wai

  • Excellence in Teaching Award 2009-2010, UHN/MSH Dept of Medicine

  • Neurology Faculty Teaching Award - Starkman Prize: 29th  Annual JL Silversides Lecture, Division of Neurology

  • Neurology Teacher of the Year, Dept of Medicine, UofT

 

Liesly Lee

  • John Edmeads Mentorship Award: 29th Annual JL Silversides Lecture, Division of Neurology

Residents

Jiwon Oh

  • JT Marotta Teaching Award: 29thAnnual JL Silversides Lecture, Division of Neurology

 

Lorraine Kalia

  • John Wherrett Award: 29th Annual JL Silversides Lecture, Division of Neurology

Fellows

Mark Simpson

  • James Sharpe Award: 29th Annual JL Silversides Lecture, Division of Neurology

2008-2009

  Name/Awards/Distinctions/Positions

Faculty

Alfonso Fasano

  • Andrea Bocelli Award for Young Investigators, 13th Congress of the European Federation of Neurological Sciences (EFNS)

  • Neureca Onlus Prize

 

Andrew Lim

  • Travel Scholarship, American Academy of Neurology

 

Christine Lay

  • Best Doctors in Canada, Best Doctors Canada

 

Liesly Lee

  • William Goldie Prize and Travel Awards, Dept. of Medicine, UofT

  • Neurology Faculty Teaching Award - Starkman Prize: 28th Annual JL Silversides Lecture, Division of Neurology

 

Marika Hohol

  • John Edmeads Mentorship Award: 28th Annual JL Silversides Lecture, Division of Neurology

 

Sandra Black

  • Robert Hyland Award for Excellence in Mentorship

Residents

Esther Bui

  • John Wherrett Award: 28th Annual JL Silversides Lecture, Division of Neurology

 

Rick Swartz

  • JT Marotta Teaching Award: 28th Annual JL Silversides Lecture, Division of Neurology

 

Vince Basile

  • JT Marotta Teaching Award: 28th Annual JL Silversides Lecture, Division of Neurology

Fellows

Jiwon Oh

  • James Sharpe Award: 28th Annual JL Silversides Lecture, Division of Neurology