2023 DFCM External Award Winners

Congratulations to all our 2023 Department of Family and Community Medicine (DFCM) external award winners! At this year's virtual Awards & Celebration Event on Oct. 3, we will recognize and honour your contributions to your patients, communities, and our department.

These awards relate to the period June 2022 – June 2023.

2022 National Board of Chiropractic Examiners Conference – Outstanding Education Paper

Dr. Deb Kopansky-Giles | Unity Health Toronto – St. Michael's Hospital

Academic Medicine - Excellence in Reviewing Award

Dr. Sarah Wright | Toronto East Health Network – Michael Garron Hospital

Associated Medical Services (AMS) Fellowship in Compassion and Artificial Intelligence

Dr. Tavis Apramian | Unity Health Toronto – St. Michael's Hospital

Canadian Association of Emergency Physicians (CAEP) 2023 Top Pediatric Abstract Award

Dr. Catherine Varner | Sinai Health System - Mount Sinai Hospital

CAEP 2023 Honorary Life Member Award

Dr. Don Melady | Sinai Health System - Mount Sinai Hospital

CAEP 2023 Ian Stiell Researcher of the Year Award

Dr. Sheldon Cheskes | Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre

CAEP Award for the Terry Sonoski Memorial Teacher of the Year

Dr. Sarah Foohey | Trillium Health Partners – Credit Valley Hospital

Canadian Association for Medical Education (CAME) Certificate of Merit

Walter Tavares

CAME Ian Hart Award for Distinguished Contribution to Medical Education

Dr. Cynthia Whitehead | Women's College Hospital

Canadian Cancer Society Inclusive Excellence Award

Dr. Aisha Lofters | Women's College Hospital

Carta Academia Academic Honoris Causa Award

Dr. Janet Smylie | Unity Health Toronto - St. Michael's Hospital

College of Family Physicians of Canada (CFPC) Awards of Excellence

Dr. Amit Arya | North York General Hospital
Dr. Risa Bordman | North York General Hospital
Dr. Yasir Khan | Oak Valley Health
Dr. Erin Bearss | Sinai Health System – Mount Sinai Hospital
Dr. Danny Yeung | Sinai Health System – Mount Sinai Hospital
Dr. Tali Bogler | Unity Health Toronto – St. Michael's Hospital
Dr. Dominik Nowak | Women's College Hospital
Dr. Noah Ivers | Women's College Hospital

CFPC Best Original Research Award, Canadian Family Physician

Dr. Dominik Nowak | Women's College Hospital

CFPC Continuing Professional Development Program Award

The Supplemental Emergency Medicine Experience (SEME) Program

CFPC Early Career Development Award

Dr. Po-Yen (Brian) Chang | CAMH

CFPC Environmental Health Award

Dr. Samantha Green | Unity Health Toronto – St. Michael's Hospital

CFPC Family Medicine Resident Award for Scholarly Achievement

Dr. Eric Huang | North York General Hospital

CFPC Ian McWhinney Award

Dr. David Tannenbaum | Sinai Health System

CFPC Mimi Divinsky Award for History and Narrative Medicine

Dr. Rory O'Sullivan | University Health Network – Toronto Western Hospital

CFPC TD Spotlight on Achievement Award

Dr. Onyenyechukwu Nnorom | The Scarborough Hospital

Canadian Institutes of Health Research Institute of Musculoskeletal Health and Arthritis (CIHR-IMHA) Inclusive Research Excellence Prize - Open Science

Orkin AM, Gill PJ, Ghersi D, Campbell L, Sugarman J, Emsley R, Steg PG, Weijer C, Simes J, Rombey T, Williams HC, Wittes J, Moher D, Richards DP, Kasamon Y, Getz K, Hopewell S, Dickersin K, Wu T, Ayala AP, Schulz KF, Calleja S, Boutron I, Ross JR, Golub RM, Khan KM, Mulrow C, Siegfried N, Heber J, Kearney PR, Wanyenze RK, Hróbjartsson A, Williams R, Bhandari N, Jüni P, Chan A, CONSERVE Group. Guidelines for reporting trial protocols and completed trials modified due to the COVID-19 Pandemic and other extenuating circumstances: The CONSERVE 2021 Statement.

CIHR-IMHA Inclusive Research Excellence Prize - Research Impact

College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario 2023 Council Award

Dr. Katherine Rouleau | Unity Health Toronto - St. Michael's Hospital

Digital Health Canada 2022 Women Leaders in Digital Health

Dr. Tania Tajirian | CAMH

Health Humanities Consortium Visionary Award

Dr. Allan Peterkin | Sinai Health System - Mount Sinai Hospital

International Society of Travel Medicine Inducted Fellow

Dr. Aisha Khatib | Unity Health Toronto – St. Michael's Hospital

North American Primary Care Research Group PRBN 2023 Outstanding Presentation Session

Dr. Karen Tu | University Health Network – Toronto Western Hospital

Ontario College of Family Physicians (OCFP) Award of Excellence

Dr. Noah Ivers | Women's College Hospital

OCFP Leader for Healthy Ontario

Dr. Tara Kiran | Unity Health Toronto – St. Michael's Hospital

OCFP Regional Family Physician of the Year – Region 6

Dr. Thuy-Nga (Tia) Pham | Office-Based Physician

Ontario Institute for Studies in Education (OISE) Mentorship Program Outstanding Mentor and Community Leader Award

Dr. Cindy Sinclair | DFCM

Ontario Medical Association (OMA) Leadership and Service Award (General and Family Practice)

Dr. Dominik Nowak | Women's College Hospital

Order of Canada (Member)

Dr. Donna Ouchterlony | Unity Health Toronto – St. Michael’s Hospital

Order of Canada (Officer)

Dr. Eva Grunfeld | Office-Based Physician

Physician Assistants for Research, Scholarship and Education in Canada (PARSEC)/Canadian Association of Physician Assistants (CAPA) Educator of the Year Award 2021

Ms. Zlata Janicijevic | DFCM Physician Assistant Program

Stanford University List of the World's Top 2% Scientists

Dr. Bernard Le Foll | Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH)

Temerty Faculty of Medicine (UofT) Excellence in Community-Based Teaching

Dr. Amir Salamat | North York General Hospital

The Wilson Centre (UofT) Highest Rated Presentation of the Wilson Centre Research Rounds 2021-2022

Dr. Cynthia Whitehead | Women's College Hospital
Ms. Carrie Cartmill | Women's College Hospital

The Wilson Centre (UofT) Richard Reznick Wilson Centre Virtual Research Award: Best Rapid Report Presentation

Dr. Betty Chen | Women's College Hospital
Dr. Joyce Nyhof-Young | Women's College Hospital
Ms. Laura Liu | Women's College Hospital

University of Toronto President's Impact Award

Dr. Brian Schwartz | Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre

University of Toronto - MD Program Excellence in Resource Stewardship Teaching Award

Dr. Elliot Lass

University of Toronto - MD Program Miriam Rossi Award for Health Equity in Undergraduate Medical Education

Dr. Stephanie Zhou | Sunnybrook Health Sciences

Women's Executive Network Canada's Most Powerful Women: Top 100 Award