Department holds first annual Awards and Promotions Celebrations
The Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology recently held its first annual Awards and Promotions Celebration, honouring our faculty members for their professional achievements over the past year.
Held at the Royal Conservatory of Music, the event celebrated the Department’s end-of-year award winners in teaching, education, quality improvement, and research for the 2021-22 academic year, as well as the faculty members who received their senior promotions effective July 1st 2022.
“We were delighted to celebrate the success and achievements of our talented faculty members, alongside their invited guests and mentors,” said Dr. John Kingdom, Chair.
“As we continue to get through COVID together, we hope to host more fun in-person events in 2023.”
The Department’s second annual Awards and Promotions Celebration will be held Wednesday, Nov. 29, 2023 at the Royal Conservatory of Music.
The inaugural Awards and Promotions Celebration was captured in photos by Joe George, Program Administrator, Fellowships and Global Health.
2021-22 Award Winners
Quality Improvement and Patient Safety (QuIPS) Award
Leslie Po (Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre)
Postgraduate Program Development and Innovation Award
Michael Shier (Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre)
Outstanding Research Potential Award
Amir Aviram (Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre) and John Snelgrove (Mount Sinai Hospital)
Sustained Research Excellence Award
Patricia Lee (Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre)
Excellence in Research Facilitation Award
Lindsay Shirreff (Mount Sinai Hospital)
Excellence in Continuing Medical Education Teaching Award
Grace Liu (Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre)
Excellence in Continuing Medical Education Course Coordination Award
Wendy Whittle (Mount Sinai Hospital)
Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching Award
Lindsay Shirreff (Mount Sinai Hospital)
Excellence in Integrated Undergraduate Education Award
Miriam Ang (Etobicoke General Hospital)
Excellence in Postgraduate Teaching Award
Carmen McCaffrey (St. Michael’s Hospital/Unity Health)
Excellence in Integrated Postgraduate Education Award
Courtney Jolliffe (Michael Garron Hospital)
SOGC Carl Nimrod Educator of the Year Award
Dini Hui (Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre)
Mary Hannah Distinguished Scientist Award
Ellen Greenblatt (Mount Sinai Hospital)
John R. McArthur Scholar Award
Lilian Gien (Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre) and Tim Van Mieghem (Mount Sinai Hospital)
Undergraduate Teaching Awards
Genevieve Bouchard-Fortier (Mount Sinai Hospital)
Rebecca Cash (Etobicoke General Hospital)
Courtney Jolliffe (Michael Garron Hospital)
Brian Liu (St. Joseph’s Health Centre)
Carmen McCaffrey (St. Michael’s Hospital)
Katherine McLean (Trillium Health Partners/Mississauga Hospital)
Shannon Moore (Trillium Health Partners/Credit Valley Hospital)
Stefania Ronzoni (Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre)
Evan Tannenbaum (Mount Sinai Hospital)
Cici Zhu (North York General Hospital)