Education
2020 Award Winners
Celebrating our Education Week winners
By Selma Al-Samarrai
Every year, we celebrate our learners and educators at Unity Health Toronto through site-specific academic achievement awards ceremonies. This year’s celebrations took place from Nov. 2 – 6, and gave the network an opportunity to recognize the incredible work and impact of our teachers, students, residents, interns and fellows.
“Unity Health takes pride in the distinguished history of teaching and education at each of its sites,” said Beverly Bulmer, Vice-President, Education at Unity Health.
“There is extraordinary value that teaching brings to our patient care that our physicians and staff provide, and we instill a culture of learning that pushes us to always stay on top of new ideas, emerging trends, and best practices. This week, we recognize all of our leaders, mentors, and coaches who support our learning environment with exceptional teaching and role modeling.”
The theme selected for this year’s Education Week was Allyship.
“Allyship is a critical aspect of our education mandate which supports our students, colleagues and patients who are BIPOC, LGBTQ2+, or members of other minority groups,” said Bulmer. Bulmer added that it’s the Education group’s goal to help staff, students and physicians recognize their privilege and become better allies in the workplace. “We have to do this at every level of the organization in order to see the culture change that we want.”
Congratulations to all of our Education Week winners, who are listed below.
- Academic Achievement Day Awards at St. Joseph’s
- St. Michael’s 15th Annual Education Achievement Day
- Leadership Development Certificate recipients at Unity Health Toronto
Academic Achievement Day Awards at St. Joseph’s
St. Joseph’s Academic Achievement Day celebrates staff and physicians at St. Joseph’s who foster a culture of learning, innovation and education, and who use new knowledge to improve our patient care.
| Award(s) | Award Winner(s) |
| Interprofessional Provider (IPP) award winners | |
| Interprofessional Education Teaching Award | Abdulhadi Abdulhadi, Pharmacist |
| Early Career Educator Award | Peter Dennis Garcellano, Clinical Educator – Nursing |
| Sustained Excellence in Teaching Award | Laura Prince, Medical Education Specialist in Ultrasound |
| IPP – Ambassador Award | Geeta Juta, Clinical Educator – Nursing |
| Department of Medical Education & Scholarship (DMES) award winners | |
| DMES Excellence in Clinical Teaching Award – Undergraduate Preceptor Category | Dr. Sammy Sue, Emergency Medicine |
| DMES Excellence in Clinical Teaching Award – Medical Learner Category | Dr. Osman Kahiye, Family Medicine |
| DMES Excellence in Clinical Teaching Award – Postgraduate Preceptor Category | Dr. Aaron Orkin, Emergency Medicine |
| DMES – Ambassador Award | Dr. Karen Arcot, Internal Medicine |
| DMES Excellence in Medical Education Award – Large Program | Department of Anaesthesia |
| DMES Excellence in Medical Education Award – Small Program | Division of Palliative Care |
St. Michael’s 15th Annual Education Achievement Day
Education Achievement Day at St. Michael’s is an annual celebration of our physician educators.
“Our physician educators have an incredible impact on our residents and medical students as future colleagues. Their work shapes the learning environment at large and the experience of their learners which ultimately significantly supports our patient care,” said Sasha Miles, Director of Clinical and Integrated Education, St. Michael’s.
| Award(s) | Award Winner(s) |
| Board of Directors | |
| Complete Physician Award | Dr. Stephen Hwang, Staff Physician, General Internal Medicine |
| Student Centre & DFCM | |
| Philip Berger Advocacy Award |
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| Family & Community Medicine | |
| Award for Outstanding Contribution to Medical Education | Dr. Hannah Feiner, Staff Physician, Family Practice Unit |
| Dr. Irv Gora Excellence in Teaching and Mentoring Award | Dr. Charlie Guiang, Staff Physician, Family and Community Medicine |
| Collaborator Award For Outstanding Contribution to Medical Education | Gilda Barillas, Admin Assistant, Family and Community Medicine |
| Ophthalmology | |
| Surgical Ophthalmology Teaching Award | Dr. Nav Nijhawan, Staff Physician, Ophthalmology |
| Medical Ophthalmology Teaching Award | Dr. Nupura Bakshi, Staff Physician, Ophthalmology |
| Dr. Michael Shea Commitment to Ophthalmology Education Award | Dr. Jonathan Micieli, Staff Physician, Ophthalmology |
| Surgery | |
| Donald J. Currie Undergraduate Teaching Award | Dr. Jeremy Hall, Staff Physician, Orthopaedics/Trauma |
| William Horsey Postgraduate Teaching Award | Dr. Sarah Ward, Staff Physician, Orthopaedic Surgery |
| Jameel Ali Continuing Education Award | Dr. Amit Atrey, Staff Physician, Orthopaedic Surgery |
| Squires-Hyland Trust James Waddell Mentoring Award | Dr. Joao Rezende-Neto, Staff Physician, General Surgery |
| Leo Mahoney Resident Teaching Award | Dr. Adam Mosa, Resident PGY3, Plastic Surgery |
| Anesthesia | |
| William Noble Fellowship Teaching Award | Dr. Bokman Chan, Staff Physician, Anesthesia |
| Art Dunn Postgraduate Education Award | Dr. Rachel Martin, Staff Physician, Anesthesia |
| Art Dunn Undergraduate Education Award | Dr. Dipen Thakrar, Staff Physician, Anesthesia |
| Pediatrics | |
| Excellence in Neonatal Intensive Care Teaching | Dr. Tony Barozzino, Staff Physician, Pediatrics |
| Excellence in Ambulatory Pediatric Teaching | Dr. Elizabeth Young, Staff Physician, Pediatrics |
| Medicine | |
| Robert H. Hyland Teacher of the Year Award | Dr. Kieran McIntyre, Staff Physician, Respirology |
| Division of Cardiology Luigi Casella Award | Dr. Abdul Al-Hesayen, Staff Physician, Cardiology |
| Michael Ward Mentorship Award | Dr. Gary May, Acting Head, Gastroenterology |
| Outstanding Postgraduate Teacher Awards |
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| Obstetrics & Gynecology | |
| Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching | Dr. Stephen Im, Staff Physician, Obstetrics & Gynecology |
| Sustained Excellence in Postgraduate Teaching | Dr. Eliane Shore , Staff Physician, Obstetrics & Gynecology |
| Paul McCleary Award | Dr. Tatiana Freire-Lizama, Staff Physician, Obstetrics & Gynecology |
| Antonio Cecutti Prize | Dr. Meghan Brown, Resident PGY5, Obstetrics & Gynecology |
| Medical Imaging | |
| Professor Ronald W. McCallum Award for Excellence in the Promotion of Quality, Innovation and Research in Medical Imaging | Dr. Aditya Bharatha, Staff Physician, Neuroradiology |
| Professor William J. Weiser Award for Excellence in Teaching of Medical Imaging Residents and Fellows |
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| Laboratory Medicine | |
| Kalman Kovacs Award for Undergraduate Teaching | Dr. Kiran Jakate, Staff Physician, Laboratory Medicine |
| Bernadette Garvey Award for Postgraduate Teaching | Dr. Hasan Ghaffar, Staff Physician, Laboratory Medicine |
| Arthur Vandenbroucke Award – Laboratory Technologists & Technicians | Dr. Lananh Nguyen, Staff Physician, Laboratory Medicine |
| Student Experience Committee | |
| 2020 Student Experience Award | Wallace Dakwa, Systems Coordinator, Student Centre |
| FitzGerald Academy | |
| Clinical Skills Teacher Award | Dr. Renata Leong, Staff Physician, Family and Community Medicine |
| Health in Community Award | Dr. Caroline Jeon, Staff Physician, Family and Community Medicine |
| Health Science Research Award | Dr. Karim Ladha , Staff Physician, Anaesthesia |
| Case-based Learning Teacher Award | Dr. Cathy Streutker, Chief, Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology |
| Clerkship Award |
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| Resident/Fellow Teacher Award |
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| Master Teacher Award | Dr. Paul Das, Staff Physician, Family and Community Medicine |
| Friends of the Academy | Pansy Schulthess, Manager, Clinical Quality & Patient Safety Education, Perioperative Services |
Leadership Development Certificate recipients at Unity Health Toronto
The recipients of the Leadership Development Certificate (LDC) have completed the required workshops through our Leadership and Organizational Development program to receive this certificate. We recognize these graduates and their hard work during Education Week.
Providence Healthcare:
- Ronald Perinpanayagam
- Lorna D’Souza
St. Joseph’s Health Centre:
- Meenaskhi Patel
- Hanna Poznanski
St. Michael’s Hospital
- Devin Meireles
- Arifa Rahman
- Beretta Feron
- David Tennant
- Gurpreet Lakhanpal
- Heather Charlesworth
- Candi Kokoski
- Greg Winson
- Connie Camilleri
- Joanna Stanley
- Natalia Zapata
- Michelle Bather
- Farhad Karbassi
- Prabha Mattappally
- Chantelle Morgan
- Jeevithaa Puvirajasingam
- Julia Lee
- Merle Uglow
- Raphael Duvoue
- Alana Harrington
- Kerry Lynne Penny
- Jannet Hudson