2024 DFCM External Award Winners
Congratulations to all our 2024 Department of Family and Community Medicine (DFCM) external award winners! At this year's virtual Awards & Celebrations event on October 8, we will recognize and honour your contributions to your patients, communities, and our department.
Other awards can be found here.
Academic Emergency Medicine- Top Cited Article
Dr. Keerat Grewal | Schwartz/Reisman Emergency Medicine Institute (SREMI)
BC Resident Doctors Innovation Award
Dr. Kira Gossack-Keenan | Schwartz/Reisman Emergency Medicine Institute (SREMI)
Bob Rumball Canadian Centre of Excellence for the Deaf (BRCCED) - Reverend Bob Rumball Humanitarian Award
Dr. David Shergold | Sunnybrook Health Science Centre
Bernard Fogel Award for Students in Family and Community Medicine
Dr. Kerrie Ann Sullivan | St. Joseph's Health Centre
Canadian Association for Medical Education (CAME) Certificate of Merit
Dr. Melissa Nutik | Sinai Health- Mount Sinai Hospital
Canadian Association for Curriculum Studies Dissertation Award
Dr. Jill Dombroski | Office of Education Scholarship
Canadian Institutes of Health Research - Institute of Cancer Research (CIHR-ICR) - Early Career Researcher Workshop
Dr. Keerat Grewal | Schwartz/Reisman Emergency Medicine Institute (SREMI)
Canadian Society of Addiction Medicine - 2023 Canadian Society of Addicition Medicine Lifetime Achievement Award
Dr. Peter Selby | CAMH
CIHR- Doctoral Study Award
Dr. Edward Xie | UHN - Toronto General Hospital
CFPC - Award of Excellence
Dr. Warren Lewin | UHN - Toronto Western Hospital
Dr. Fok-Han Leung | Unity Health Toronto - St. Michael's
Dr. Latif Murji | Scarborough General Hospital
CFPC - Canadian Family Physician Best Original Research Article
Dr. Tara Kiran | Unity Health Toronto - St. Michael's
CFPC - Calvin L. Gutkin Family Medicine Ambassador Award
Dr. Francine Lemire | UHN - Toronto Western Hospital
CFPC - Daniel Glazier Research Grant in Adolescent Mental Health and Substance Abuse
Dr. Nikki Bozinoff | CAMH
CFPC - Donald I. Rice Award
Dr. David White
CFPC - Family Medicine Resident Award for Scholarly Achievement - University of Toronto
Dr. Hanu Chaudhari
CFPC - Family Medicine Resident Scholarship - University of Toronto
Dr. Maria Leis
CFPC - Janus Continuing Professional Development Grant
Dr. John Rizos | Trillium - Credit Valley Hospital
CFPC - Janus Research Grant
Dr. Sheryl Spithoff | Women's College Hospital
CFPC - Jim Rudderman Family Medicine Education Leadership Award
Dr. Cheri Bethune | Office-Based Physician
CFPC - Outstanding Family Medicine Research Article
Dr. Sheryl Spithoff | Women's College Hospital
CFPC - W. Victor Johnston Award
Dr. Anne Biringer | Sinai Health- Mount Sinai Hospital
CGS Five Weekend Care of the Elderly Certificate Course Scholarship
Dr. Carl Figueiredo | Scarborough Health Network
Compassion and AI Fellowship
Dr. Tavis Apramian | Unity Health Toronto - St. Michael's
Dr. Jennifer Shuldiner | Women's College Hospital
Dr. Payal Agarwal | Women's College Hospital
Dr. Marta Maslej | Women's College Hospital
DFCM 50th Anniversary Dr. Reg L. Perkin Undergraduate Award
Dr. Nicholas LeBel | St. Michael's Hospital
Dr. Barry Ehrlich Memorial Scholarship
Dr. Ana Janic | St. Joseph's Health Centre
Dr. E. Anne Beattie Award
Dr. Enouch Lam | Women's College Hospital
Dr. George K. Balkos Memorial Award for Excellence in Family Medicine
Dr. Jacob Cuthbert | Trillium Health Partners - Mississauga Hospital
Dr. N.N. Levinne Award in Family and Community Medicine
Dr. Rajiv Tanwani
Dr. Sol Cappe Scholarship
Dr. Rachel Goldfarb | North York General Hospital
Ellen Hamilton & Ivan Strenski Award
Dr. Noah Carr-Pries | ROMP - Midland
Excellence in Community-Based Teaching (Office/Clinic)
Dr. Kimberly Lazare | North York General Hospital
Gaynor Dawn Thomson Morrow Memorial Scholarship
Dr. Maria Hany Samy | Trillium Health Partners - Credit Valley Hospital
Helen P. Batty Award for Excellence and Achievement in Faculty Development: Innovation in Program Development and Design, Centre for Faculty Development
Dr. Praseedha Janakiram | Women's College Hospital
Dr. Baraa Alghalyini | Women's College Hospital
Jamie Rodas | Women's College Hospital
Dr. Orawan Tawaytibhongs | Women's College Hospital
Dr. Hathaitip Tumviriyakul | Women's College Hospital
Dr. Meseret Zerihun | Women's College Hospital
Dr. Thuy-Nga (Tia) Pham | Women's College Hospital
Helen P. Batty Award for Excellence and Achievement in Faculty Development: Sustained Excellence in Teaching as a Faculty Developer
Dr. Thea Weisdorf | Unity Health Toronto - St. Michael's
Hospice Palliative Care Ontario (HPCO) - Dr. S. Lawrence Librach Award for Palliative Medicine in the Community
Dr. Naheed Dosani
Ivan L. Silver Award for Excellence in Continuing Mental Health Education
Dr. Allan Peterkin | Sinai Health- Mount Sinai Hospital
James Walker Wood MD Award
Dr. Hunster Yang | St. Joseph's Health Centre
NAPCRG - Mid-Career Researcher Award
Dr. Tara Kiran | Unity Health Toronto - St. Michael's
OCFP - Regional Family Physician of the Year (Central Region)
Dr. Farhan Asrar | Trillium Health Partners - Mississauga Hospital
OFCP - Regional Family Physician of the Year
Dr. Alison Culbert | Sunnybrook Health Science Centre
Ontario Health - Provincial Donation Champion Award
Dr. Amy Nolen | Sunnybrook Health Science Centre
The Ontario Innovation Fund Provincial Oversight Committee (IFPOC) Innovation Fund Showcase- Best Project- Maternal, Child and Mental Health Category
Dr. Catherine Varner | Sinai Health- Mount Sinai Hospital
OntarioMD - Advocacy Luminary Award
Dr. Jocelyn Charles | Sunnybrook Health Science Centre
OntarioMD - Woman Leader in Health Technology Luminary Award
Dr. Payal Agarwal | Women's College Hospital
Order of Australia - Officer
Dr. Michael Kidd
Pat & Doug Robertson Toronto-Eglinton Rotary Award for Family Medicine
Dr. Amanda Lien | ROMP - Barrie
Royal Society of Canada's College of New Scholars, Artists and Scientists- Named Member
Dr. Ann Burchell | Unity Health Toronto- St. Michael's
Sinai Health Foundation - Chair in Emergency Medicine
Dr. Howard Ovens | Sinai Health- Mount Sinai Hospital
Sinai Health Foundation - Geriatric Emergency Medicine
Dr. Don Melady | Sinai Health- Mount Sinai Hospital
Sophie Harnick Memorial Prize
Dr. Rahna Katie Rasouli | Southlake Regional Health Centre
Top 25 Canadian Immigrant Award from Canadian Immigrant Magazine
Dr. Cindy Sinclair | DFCM Central Office
Temerty Faculty of Medicine Excellence in Community-Based Teaching (Community Hospital)
Dr. Daphna Grossman | North York General Hospital
Temerty Faculty of Medicine - Miriam Rossi Award for Health Equity in Undergraduate Medical Education
Dr. Chase McMurren | UHN - Toronto Western Hospital
Temerty Faculty of Medicine - Sustained Excellence in Community‐Based Teaching
Dr. David Wheler | Scarborough Health Network
Temerty Faculty of Medicine - MD Financial Management Canadian Medical Hall of Fame Award
Dr. Jeeventh Kaur | Schwartz/Reisman Emergency Medicine Institute (SREMI)
U of T PGME - Excellence in Postgraduate Teaching
Dr. Shawn Lacombe | Sinai Health- Mount Sinai Hospital
Dr. Catherine Varner | Sinai Health- Mount Sinai Hospital
U of T African Alumni Association 2024 Distinguished African-Caribbean Award
Dr. Cindy Sinclair | DFCM Central Office
Wilson Centre Richard Reznick Week 2023 - Best Rapid Report Presentation
Dr. Mark Unger | St. Joseph's Health Centre
Wilson Centre Rounds 2022-2023 - Highest Rated Presentation
Dr. Betty Onyura | Office of Education Scholarship
Women's College Hospital Research Mentor Award
Dr. Joyce Nyhof-Young | Women's College Hospital
W. T. Aikins Award for Excellence in Course/Program Development and Coordination
Dr. James Owens | Unity Health Toronto