Appointments & Awards: Oct. 2016

Appointments

Department of Medicine Palliative Medicine

James Downar, Program Director for the Palliative Medicine Residency Training Program

Awards

Canadian Transplant Society

Nazia Selzner, Research Excellence Award Recipient
In recognition of research achievement and excellence in the field of transplantation.

Kathryn Tinckam, Astellas Clinical Research Grant Research Program Recipient
Project: CAN DSA 1000: The Canadian 1000 DSA Project

CCS Young Investigator Award

Dinesh Thavendiranathan, CCS Young Investigator Award for 2016
Dinesh's outstanding achievements as a young investigator were duly appreciated and celebrated. For those of you who were able to be present, this is an important recognition of his contributions to the University of Toronto and the Canadian Cardiovascular community.

Divison of Endocrinology & Metabolism

Catherine Yu, 2016 University of Toronto Division of Endocrinology George From Postgraduate Award for Teaching
Robert Silver, 2016 U of T Robert Volpe Undergraduate Teaching Award

European Society of Intensive Care Medicine

Margaret Herridge, ESICM Honorary Membership- 2016
Honorary membership is awarded to an individual who has made an outstanding contribution to the specialty of Intensive Care Medicine. This was awarded for our group's ICU outcomes work for patients and families after critical illness at the 2016 meeting in Milan .

St. Michael's Hospital

Camilla Wong, Values in Action Award
This award recognizes and honours individuals throughout St. Michael’s Hospital for their outstanding contribution to the hospital and its core values of Human Dignity, Excellence, Compassion, Social Responsibility, Community of Service and Pride of Achievement.

Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons

Lynfa Stroud, Best Research Award at the International Conference on Residency Education

University Health Network/Sinai Health System Department of Medicine

Vicky Chau (Geriatric Medicine), Excellence in Teaching Award, New Faculty  
Jeremy Kobulnik (Cardiology), Excellence in Teaching Award, New Faculty  
Elizabeth Wilcox (ICU), Excellence in Teaching Award, New Faculty  
   
Paul Bunce (Infectious Diseases, General Internal Medicine), Excellence in Teaching Award, Undergraduate    
Amar Uxa (Cardiology), Excellence in Teaching Award, Undergraduate    
   
Scott Fung (Gastroenterology), Excellence in Teaching Award, Postgraduate 
Flavio Habal (Gastroenterology), Excellence in Teaching Award, Postgraduate    
Matthew Morgan (General Internal Medicine), Excellence in Teaching Award, Postgraduate    
Andrew Morris (Infectious Diseases, General Internal Medicine), Excellence in Teaching Award, Postgraduate    
   
Joanne Bargman (Nephrology), Scott-Vellend Award, Sustained Excellence in Teaching    
   
Wayne Gold (Infectious Diseases, General Internal Medicine), Teacher of the Year Award