Nov 29, 2024

Appointments & Awards: December 2024

Cardiology, Endocrinology & Metabolism, Gastroenterology & Hepatology, General Internal Medicine, Infectious Diseases, Medical Oncology, Neurology

Appointments

Husam Abdel-Qadir appointed Canada Research Chair in Cardiovascular Disease Epidemiology and Outcomes (Tier 2)

Claudia dos Santos appointed Canada Research Chair in Accelerated Translation for Critical Care (Tier 1)

Stephen Hwang appointed Canada Research Chair in Homelessness, Housing and Health (Tier 1)

Sharmistha Mishra, renewed Canada Research Chair in Mathematical Modelling and Program Science (Tier 2)

Amy Yu appointed Canada Research Chair in Data-Driven Design of Stroke Systems (Tier 2)

David Cherney appointed the Gabor Zellerman Chair in Nephrology Research, University of Toronto

Awards

Division of Cardiology

Jacob UdellMD Program Teaching Award for Excellence 2023-24, University of Toronto

Slava Epelman2024 Highly Cited Researcher, Clarivate

Division of Critical Care

Arthur Slutsky, 2025 Inductee of the Canadian Medical Hall of Fame

Eddy Fan2024 Highly Cited Researcher, Clarivate

Division of Endocrinology & Metabolism

Sandra Kim, MD Program Teaching Award for Excellence 2023-24, University of Toronto

Shoba Sujana Kumar, MD Program Teaching Award for Excellence 2023-24, University of Toronto

Division of Gastroenterology & Hepatology

Jeffrey Stal, MD Program Teaching Award for Excellence 2023-24, University of Toronto

Division of General Internal Medicine

Lindsay MelvinCAME Certificate of Merit, Canadian Association for Medical Education

Division of Infectious Diseases

Mona Loutfy, CIHR National Women’s Health Research Initiative grant for the project The Women-Centred HIV Care Hub: Mobilizing and Scaling-up the Women-Centred HIV Care Model across Canada

Division of Medical Oncology

Steven Narod, 2025 Inductee of the Canadian Medical Hall of Fame

Tak Mak2024 Highly Cited Researcher, Clarivate

Frances Shepherd, 2024 Highly Cited Researcher, Clarivate

Lillian Siu, 2024 Highly Cited Researcher, Clarivate

Division of Neurology

Mary Jane Lim FatJunior Investigator Award, Department of Medicine, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre

Esther Bui2025 AAN A.B. Baker Teacher Recognition Award, American Academy of Neurology

Anthony Lang, 2024 Highly Cited Researcher, Clarivate