New Faculty
Orientation Day for New Faculty
2021 Orientation Day
Date: Tuesday, September 21, 2021
Time: TBA
Location: TBA
The Department of Medicine Orientation Day for New Faculty is mandatory for all new full-time faculty.
2020 New Faculty Orientation Presentation
New Faculty Members, June 2020 to May 2021
CARDIOLOGY
May 2021
| Assistant Professor | Yasbanoo Moayedi | University Health Network | Clinician-investigator |
February 2021
| Lecturer | Michael Bayliss | Trillium Health Partners | Adjunct |
| Lecturer |
Garry Thomas |
Unity Health – St. Joseph’s Health Centre |
Clinician-teacher |
December 2020
| Lecturer | Hanna Lee | Trillium Health Partners | Adjunct |
| Lecturer | Sanjay Dhingra | Scarborough Health Network | Adjunct |
| Assistant Professor | Barry Burstein | Trillium Health Partners | Adjunct |
September 2020
| Assistant Professor | Sami Alnasser | St. Michael's Hospital | Clinician-teacher |
| Assistant Professor | Abhishek Bhaskaran | University Health Network | Clinician-investigator |
October 2020
| Assistant Professor | Sanjog Kalra | University Health Network | Clinician-teacher |
August 2020
| Assistant Professor | Kareem Morant | North York General Hospital | Adjunct |
July 2020
| Assistant Professor | Sumeet Gandhi | Trillium Health Partners | Adjunct |
| Assistant Professor | Tony Lee | Royal Victoria Hospital Regional Health Centre | Adjunct |
| Lecturer | Kirandeep Nagi | Trillium Health Partners | Adjunct |
| Lecturer | Jeremy Cohen | Southlake Regional Health Centre | Adjunct |
CLINICAL IMMUNOLOGY & ALLERGY
CLINICAL PHARMACOLOGY & TOXICOLOGY
October 2020
| Lecturer | Yasmin Moolani-Merchant | Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre | Clinician in quality & innovation |
CRITICAL CARE
October 2020
| Lecturer |
Anna Geagea |
North York General Hospital |
Adjunct |
June 2020
| Lecturer | Amanda Young | Trillium Health Partners | Adjunct |
| Lecturer | Dale Robinson | St. Michael's Hospital | Adjunct |
DERMATOLOGY
EMERGENCY MEDICINE
April 2021
| Assistant Professor |
George Mastoras |
University Health Network | Clinician-teacher |
January 2021
| Lecturer |
Adrian Wu |
North York General Hospital | Adjunct |
| Lecturer |
Shaun Mehta |
North York General Hospital | Adjunct |
| Lecturer |
Ali-Asghar Mulla |
Trillium Health Partners | Adjunct |
November 2020
| Lecturer |
Rovina Fiona Pinto |
Scarborough Health Network | Adjunct |
October 2020
| Lecturer |
Cori Atlin |
North York General Hospital |
Adjunct |
| Lecturer | Sahil Gupta | University Health - St. Michael's Hospital | Clinician in quality & innovation |
September 2020
| Lecturer | Liam Frape | University Health Network – Toronto General Hospital | Clinician-teacher |
| Lecturer | Alice Gray | University Health Network – Toronto General Hospital | Clinician-teacher |
| Lecturer | Ryan Tam | Trillium Health Partners | Adjunct |
July 2020
| Lecturer | Melody Ong | Trillium Health Partners | Adjunct |
| Assistant Professor | Keerat Grewal | Mount Sinai Hospital | Clinician-scientist |
| Assistant Professor | Alia Dharamsi | University Health Network | Clinician-teacher |
| Assistant Professor | Davy Tawadrous | University Health Network | Clinician in quality & innovation |
| Lecturer | Benjamin Strauss | Trillium Health Partners - Mississauga | Clinician-teacher |
June 2020
| Assistant Professor | Jeremy Hernandez | Trillium Health Partners | Adjunct |
ENDOCRINOLOGY & METABOLISM
December 2020
| Lecturer | Stephanie Lubchansky | Trillum Health Partners | Adjunct |
September 2020
| Assistant Professor | Stephanie Dizon | Trillium Health Partners | Clinician-teacher |
July 2020
| Lecturer | Narendra Signh | Trillium Health Partners | Clinician-teacher |
GASTROENTEROLOGY & HEPATOLOGY
May 2021
| Assistant Professor |
Cynthia Tsien |
University Health Network |
Clinician-teacher |
April 2021
| Assistant Professor |
Amanda Israel |
Michael Garron Hospital |
Clinician-teacher |
July 2020
| Lecturer | Osman Ahmed | Humber Regional Hospital | Adjunct |
June 2020
| Lecturer | Joshua Juan | University Health Network | Adjunct |
GENERAL INTERNAL MEDICINE
May 2021
| Lecturer | Michael Randazzo | University Health Network | Adjunct |
| Lecturer |
Sagar Rohailla |
North York General Hospital |
Adjunct |
April 2021
| Lecturer |
Ben Cadesky |
Lakeridge Health | Adjunct |
December 2020
| Professor | John You | Trillium Health Network | Clinician-teacher |
| Lecturer | Ryan Kroll | Scarborough Health Network | Adjunct |
| Lecturer | Alexis Gordon | Scarborough Health Network | Adjunct |
November 2020
| Lecturer | Moh'd Wasim Mansoor | Trillium Health Partners | Clinician-teacher |
| Lecturer | Eric Kaplovitch | Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre | Clinician in quality & innovation |
| Assistant Professor | Gillian Spiegle | Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre | Clinician-teacher |
| Lecturer |
Michael Bonares |
Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre | Adjunct |
September 2020
| Lecturer | Alison Lai | University Health Network | Adjunct |
| Lecturer | Hala Kufaishi | University Health Network | Adjunct |
| Lecturer | Kevin Venus | University Health Network | Clinician-teacher |
August 2020
| Assistant Professor | Eshan Fernando | Trillium Health Partners | Clinician in quality & innovation |
| Assistant Professor | Ryan Luther | University Health Network - Toronto General Hospital | Clinician-teacher |
July 2020
| Assistant Professor | James Rassos | St. Michael's Hospital | Clinician-teacher |
| Lecturer | Manindar Sandhu | Lakeridge Health | Adjunct |
| Lecturer | Narang Sunita | Trillium Health Partners | Clinician-teacher |
| Lecturer | Dhanjit Litt | Trillium Health Partners | Clinician-teacher |
June 2020
| Lecturer | Yasmeen Punjani | Scarborough Health Network | Adjunct |
| Lecturer | Vlad Dragan | Trillium Health Partners | Adjunct |
| Lecturer | Vidya Sujana Jumar | Scarborough Health Network | Adjunct |
| Lecturer | Vivian Ng | North York General Hospital | Adjunct |
| Lecturer | Stephanie Siu | North York General Hospital | Adjunct |
GERIATRIC MEDICINE
May 2021
| Assistant Professor |
Richard Norman |
Sinai Health System |
Clinician in quality & innovation |
April 2021
| Associate Professor |
Sharon Marr |
St. Michael's Hospital | Clinician-educator |
September 2020
| Lecturer | Amanda Goldberg | North York General Hospital | Adjunct |
July 2020
| Lecturer | Youmna Ahmed | Southlake Regional Health Centre | Adjunct |
June 2020
| Lecturer | Katrina Piggott | Trillium Health Partners | Adjunct |
HEMATOLOGY
December 2020
| Lecturer | Jacqueline Ostro | Scarborough Health Network | Adjunct |
| Lecturer | Chenchen Hou |
Trillium Health Partners |
Adjunct |
September 2020
| Assistant Professor | James Kennedy | Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre | Clinician-investigator |
| Assistant Professor | Jameel Abdulrehman | University Health Network | Clinician-investigator |
July 2020
| Assistant Professor | Graeme Nimmo | Mount Sinai Hospital | Clinician-teacher |
June 2020
| Professor | Keith Stewart | University Health Network | Clinician-scientist |
INFECTIOUS DISEASES
MEDICAL ONCOLOGY
March 2021
| Lecturer |
Zachary Veitch |
St. Michael's Hospital | Clinician-teacher |
January 2021
| Professor |
Malcolm Moore |
Princess Margaret Cancer Centre | Clinician-investigator |
September 2020
| Assistant Professor | Anthony Lott | Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre | Clinician-teacher |
August 2020
| Assistant Professor | Marco Iafolla | William Osler Health Systems | Clinician-investigator |
July 2020
| Assistant Professor | Ambika Parmar | Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre | Clinician-investigator |
| Assistant Professor | Di Maria Jiang | University Health Network | Clinician-investigator |
June 2020
| Assistant Professor | Samuel Saibil | University Health Network | Assistant Professor |
NEPHROLOGY
May 2021
| Assistant Professor | Asad Merchant | University Health Network | Clinician-teacher |
September 2020
| Assistant Professor | Nausheen Siddiqui | Michael Garron Hospital | Adjunct |
NEUROLOGY
May 2021
| Lecturer |
Nicolae Petrescu |
Michael Garron Hospital | Clinician Teacher |
April 2021
| Assistant Professor |
Manav Vyas |
St. Michael’s Hospital | Clinician-scientist |
January 2021
| Lecturer |
Joyce Tang |
North York General Hospital | Adjunct |
October 2020
| Lecturer | Mary Jane Lim-Fat | Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre | Clinician-investigator |
September 2020
| Assistant Professor | Alexandra Muccilli | St. Michael's Hospital | Clinician-teacher |
| Assistant Professor | Jeffrey Wang | St. Michael's Hospital | Clinician-teacher |
| Lecturer | Meah Ming Yang Gao | St. Michael's Hospital | Clinician in quality and innovation |
| Assistant Professor | Raphael Schneider | St. Michael's Hospital | Clinician-investigator |
| Assistant Professor | Kristen Krysko | St. Michael's Hospital | Clinician-investigator |
OCCUPATIONAL MEDICINE
January 2021
| Assistant Professor |
Vincent Spilchuk |
St. Michael's Hospital | Clinician-teacher |
June 2020
| Assistant Professor | Vincent Spilchuk | St. Michael's Hospital | Adjunct |
PALLIATIVE MEDICINE
January 2021
| Lecturer |
Vincent Spilchuk |
Princess Margaret Cancer Centre | Adjunct |
PHYSICAL MEDICINE & REHABILITATION
November 2020
| Lecturer |
Adam Kassam |
Office based | Adjunct |
July 2020
| Assistant Professor | Ida Cavaliere | Trillium Health Partners - Credit Valley | Clinician-teacher |
| Assistant Professor | McKyla McIntyre | University Health Network - Toronto Rehabilitation Institute | Clinician-teacher |
RESPIROLOGY
April 2021
| Assistant Professor | Ambrose Kaiting Lau | University Health Network | Clinician-teacher |
December 2020
| Lecturer | Ivone Martins Ferreira | University Health Network | Adjunct |
November 2020
| Lecturer |
Meghan Aversa |
University Health Network |
Clinician-investigator |
June 2020
October 2020
| Lecturer |
Erica Merman |
North York General Hospital |
Adjunct |
June 2020
| Lecturer | Navjeet Uppal | Trillium Health Partners | Adjunct |
| Assistant Professor | Rebecca Colman | Sinai Health System | Clinician in quality & innovation |
RHEUMATOLOGY
December 2020
| Assistant Professor | Medha Soowamber | Sinai Health System | Clinician-teacher |