Every month, staff, researchers, physicians, learners and teams across Unity Health Toronto celebrate important honours, achievements and awards. Congratulations to all who’ve been recognized in September!

2025/26 Trillium Gift of Life Network Hospital Achievement Awards

Unity Health Toronto has received two awards from the Trillium Gift of Life Network (TGLN):

  1. The Provincial Eligible Approach Rate Award for achieving a 97 per cent **eligible approach rate in 2025/26, and;
  2. The Award of Excellence for exceeding the eligible approach rate for its sixth consecutive year.

**Eligible approach rate is used to measure how often hospitals discuss organ donation with eligible patients and/or their families at end of life.

2026 Class of Fellows and College Members from the Royal Society of Canada 

Congratulations to Dr. John Marshall, an intensivist, and Dr. Fahad Razak, an internist, at St. Michael’s Hospital, who have been elected to the Royal Society of Canada’s 2026 Class of Fellows and College Members. This is in recognition of their scholarship, creativity and impact across Canada.  

Dr. John Marshall
Dr. Fahad Razak

Spring 2026 Project Grant competition from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research 

Dr. Stephen Hwang, scientist at St. Michael’s, and Dr. Michael Colacci, general internist at St. Michael’s, received funding from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) over four years for their project, “Recuperative Environment for Safer Transitions after Hospitalization for People Experiencing HOMElessness (REST-HOME) Trial.” 

Dr. Stephen Hwang
Dr. Michael Colacci

Dr. Manav Vyas, neurologist at St. Michael’s, also received funding from the CIHR over three years for the project, “Uninsured immigrants’ social and health care use (UninSHured).”  

Dr. Manav Vyas

Art of the Possible Education Grant from University of Toronto’s Department of Family and Community Medicine 

Dr. Naheed Dosani, palliative care physician at St. Michael’s, received the Art of the Possible Education Grant from the Department of Family and Community Medicine at the University of Toronto. This grant supports the project, “Supporting Learner Resilience in Equity-Oriented Care Settings: A Qualitative Study of Educational Strategies.” The project will examine how educators prepare, support and debrief learners who are exposed to suffering, structural inequities and end-of-life care in settings such as PEACH and Kensington Hospice. 

Dr. Naheed Dosani

Rachel Pearline Award presented by the National Cancer Institute (NCI) Center for Global Health 

Dr. Nazik Hammad, oncologist at St. Michael’s, was awarded the 2026 Rachel Pearline Award from the NCI Center for Global Health. This is in recognition of her outstanding contributions to advance global cancer research and improve cancer prevention, care and control worldwide. 

Dr. Nazik Hammad