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Jun 24, 2026

Appointments & Awards: June 2026

Endocrinology & Metabolism, General Internal Medicine, Hematology, Neurology, Occupational Medicine, Rheumatology

Appointments

Joan Saary appointed President-Elect of the Space Medicine Association, Aerospace Medical Association

Adrian Lau elected Chair and Representative to the Board of Directors for the Canadian Regional Panel of the International Society for Clinical Densitometry

Awards

Division of Endocrinology & Metabolism

Daniel Drucker, Grand Prix Scientifique, Fondation Lefoulon Delalande and Institut de France

Daniel Drucker, Governor General’s Innovation Award

Division of General Internal Medicine

Allan Detsky, 2026 Robert J. Glaser Award, Society of General Internal Medicine

William Silverstein, Award for Young Leaders, Canadian Medical Association (CMA)

Lauren Lapointe-ShawCSIM New Investigator Award 2026, Canadian Society of Internal Medicine (CSIM)

Michael Colacci, Banting 100-Year Social Impact Award, Banting Discovery Foundation

Division of Hematology

Steven Chan, 2026 Scholar-Innovator Award, Harrington Discovery Institute

Division of Neurology

Matt Burke, promoted to Associate Professor in the Department of Psychiatry, University of Toronto

Christine Hawkes2025-2026 Slamen-Fast New Initiatives in Neurology Award for project titled: IV Antithrombotic Use in Emergent Neurovascular Interventions: The First Canadian Experience with Cangrelor in Neurovascular Interventions

Jose Danilo Diestro2025-2026 Slamen-Fast New Initiatives in Neurology Award for project titled: Intra-Arterial Lidocaine Delivery to the Middle Meningeal Artery for Migraine and Trigeminal Autonomic Cephalgias: A Prospective Cohort Study

Galit Kleiner, Research Excellence in Dementia Treatment Award, Baycrest Academy for Research and Education

Antonio Strafella, Award for Exceptional Mentorship, Institute of Medical Science, University of Toronto

Nardin Samuel, Top 20 Under 40 in Life Sciences, Catalytic Health and Bedford Group Transearch

Suvendrini Lena, 2025-2026 Peters-Boyd Academy Foundations Faculty Teaching Award for Case Based Learning

Thiago Oscar Goulart, CCNA Subspecialty Fellowship Award, Canadian Consortium on Neurodegeneration in Aging (CCNA)

Division of Occupational Medicine

Mark BiernackiAerospace Medical Association's International Aerospace Medicine Scholarship

Division of Rheumatology

Dafna Gladman, SPARTAN Research Career Achievement Award