New Faculty
Orientation Day for New Faculty
2019 Orientation Day
Date: September 19, 2019
Time: 8 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Location: University Club of Toronto, 380 University Avenue
The Department of Medicine Orientation Day for New Faculty is mandatory for all new full-time faculty.
New Faculty Orientation Presentation
New Faculty Members, June 2019 to May 2020
CARDIOLOGY
April 2020
| Lecturer | Anil Gupta | Trillium Health Partners | Adjunct |
| Lecturer | Geoffrey Puley | Trillium Health Partners | Adjunct |
December 2019
| Assistant Professor | Michael Heffernan | Halton Healthcare | Adjunct |
| Associate Professor | Sara Thorne | University Health Network | Clinician Teacher |
October 2019
| Assistant Professor | Yin Ge | St. Michael's Hospital | Clinician Investigator |
September 2019
| Assistant Professor | Adriana Luk | Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre | Clinician in Quality & Innovation |
CLINICAL IMMUNOLOGY & ALLERGY
October 2019
| Lecturer | Lisa Wenyang Fu | Office-Based | Adjunct |
CLINICAL PHARMACOLOGY & TOXICOLOGY
CRITICAL CARE
DERMATOLOGY
EMERGENCY MEDICINE
May 2020
| Lecturer | Rohit Mohindra | North York General Hospital | Adjunct |
April 2020
| Assistant Professor | Jacqueline Willinsky | University Health Network | Clinician Teacher |
March 2020
| Assistant Professor | Ahmed Taher | University Health Network | Clinician in Quality & Innovation |
February 2020
| Assistant Professor | Martin Betz | Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre | Clinician Teacher |
| Assistant Professor | Morgan Hillier | Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre | Clinician Teacher |
January 2020
| Assistant Professor | Brodie Nolan | Unity Health Toronto - St. Michael's Hospital | Clinician Scientist |
November 2019
| Lecturer | Robert Simard | Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre | Clinician Teacher |
August 2019
| Lecturer | Dana Phillips | Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre | Clinician Teacher |
July 2019
| Assistant Professor | Lorne Costello | Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre | Clinician Teacher |
June 2019
| Lecturer | Claire Acton | Toronto General Hospital | Clinician Teacher |
ENDOCRINOLOGY & METABOLISM
May 2020
| Assistant Professor | Alanna Weisman | Sinai Health System | Clinician Scientist |
| Assistant Professor | Miranda Boggild | University Health Network | Clinician Teacher |
July 2019
| Assistant Professor | Angela Assal | Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre | Clinician Teacher |
GASTROENTEROLOGY & HEPATOLOGY
March 2020
| Lecturer | Nadia Griller | Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre | Clinician Teacher |
October 2019
| Assistant Professor | Morven Cunningham | University Health Network | Clinician Teacher |
July 2019
| Associate Professor | Laura Targownik | Sinai Health System | Clinician Scientist |
GENERAL INTERNAL MEDICINE
June 2020
| Lecturer | Yasmeen Punjani | Scarborough Health Network | Adjunct |
May 2020
| Lecturer | Dan Petrescu | University Health Network | Adjunct |
| Lecturer | Jessica Leen | Scarborough Health Network | Adjunct |
| Lecturer | Hymn Mach | Trillium Health Partners | Adjunct |
| Lecturer | Sameer Rawal | Trillium Health Partners | Adjunct |
| Lecturer | Shabbir Mewa | Trillium Health Partners | Adjunct |
| Lecturer | Lan Song | Trillium Health Partners | Adjunct |
January 2020
| Adjunct | Ryan Luther | University Health Network | Lecturer |
November 2019
| Lecturer | Firouzeh Niakosari | North York General Hospital | Adjunct |
| Lecturer | Jon Milligan | Trillium Health Partners | Adjunct |
| Lecturer | Simina Luca | University Health Network | Adjunct |
October 2019
| Lecturer | Laura Walker | St. Michael's Hospital | Clinician Teacher |
| Assistant Professor | Seema Marwaha | St. Michael's Hospital | Clinician Educator |
September 2019
| Assistant Professor | Michael Fralick | Sinai Health System | Clinician Scientist |
| Lecturer | Michael Lamb | North York General Hospital | Clinician Teacher |
August 2019
| Assistant Professor | Lauren Lapointe-Shaw | University Health Network | Clinician Scientist |
| Lecturer | Yayi Huang | University Health Network | Adjunct |
July 2019
| Lecturer | Bingxi Wang | Trillium Health Partners | Adjunct |
| Lecturer | Katharina Plenk | Mackenzie Health | Adjunct |
June 2019
| Lecturer | Gavin Sun | Royal Victoria Regional Health Centre |
Adjunct |
| Lecturer | Jawid Darvesh | Royal Victoria Regional Health Centre | Adjunct |
| Lecturer | Manoji Pereira | Trillium Health Partners | Adjunct |
GERIATRIC MEDICINE
May 2020
| Lecturer | Zhaowei Gong | Trillium Health Partners | Adjunct |
March 2020
| Assistant Professor | Jillian Alston | St. Michael's Hospital | Clinician Teacher |
September 2019
| Assistant Professor | Jennifer Watt | St. Michael's Hospital | Clinician Scientist |
HEMATOLOGY
June 2020
| Professor | Keith Stewart | University Health Network | Clinician Scientist |
May 2020
| Lecturer | Vighnesh Bharath | Humber River Hospital | Adjunct |
April 2020
| Lecturer | Sunkyu Park | Trillium Health Partners | Adjunct |
| Assistant Professor | Sita Bhella | University Health Network | Clinician in Quality & Innovation |
March 2020
| Assistant Professor | Zachary Liederman | University Health Network | Clinician Teacher |
October 2019
| Lecturer | Jai Jayakar | Southlake Regional Health Centre | Adjunct |
September 2019
| Assistant Professor | Siavash Piran | Trillium Health Partners | Adjunct |
INFECTIOUS DISEASES
March 2020
| Assistant Professor | Malika Sharma | St. Michael's Hospital | Clinician Teacher |
MEDICAL ONCOLOGY
September 2019
| Assistant Professor | Charles Lim | Trillium Health Partners | Clinician in Quality & Innovation |
| Lecturer | Nazanin Fallah-Rad | University Health Network | Clinician Teacher |
| Assistant Professor | Martin Smoragiewicz | Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre | Clinican Investigator |
June 2019
| Lecturer | Daniel Yokom | Trillium Health Partners | Adjunct |
NEPHROLOGY
August 2019
| Assistant Professor | Auguste Bourne | Sunnybrook Health Science Centre | Clinician in Quality & Innovation |
NEUROLOGY
April 2020
| Assistant Professor | Sarah Lidstone | University Health Network | Clinician Investigator |
September 2019
| Assistant Professor | Hamid Sadeghian | University Health Network | Clinician Teacher |
OCCUPATIONAL MEDICINE
June 2019
| Assistant Professor | Vincent Spilchuk | St. Michael's Hospital | Adjunct |
PALLIATIVE MEDICINE
January 2020
| Lecturer | Kayla Wolofsky | University Health Network | Adjunct |
October 2019
| Lecturer | Jesse Delaney | Rouge Valley Health System | Adjunct |
July 2019
| Assistant Professor | Brenda O'Conner | University Health Network | Clinician Investigator |
PHYSICAL MEDICINE & REHABILITATION
May 2020
| Lecturer | Kevin Hsu | Humber River | Adjunct |
March 2020
| Lecturer | Peter Broadhurst | Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre |
November 2019
| Lecturer | Pamela Joseph | Providence Healthcare | Adjunct |
RESPIROLOGY
May 2020
| Lecturer | Karlo Hockmann | Trillium Health Partners | Adjunct |
RHEUMATOLOGY
May 2020
| Lecturer | Tony Zhang | Trillium Health Partners | Adjunct |
April 2020
| Assistant Professor | Jody Lewtas | Markham Stouffville Hospital | Clinician Teacher |
March 2020
| Assistant Professor | Stephanie Yang | St. Michael's Hospital | Clinician Teacher |