The award is for a woman physician and CMA member who is a role model in medicine, supported mentees in the development of their career and leadership, and contributed to women's mentorship advocacy.
“Her legacy is seen not only in her clinical care, research and policy contributions but in the generations of physicians and scientists who credit her mentorship as pivotal to their success,” said Kimberly Liu, associate professor, the division head of reproductive endocrinology and infertility, and medical director at Mount Sinai.
The award citation mentions how Greenblatt is a recognized leader in the field of reproductive endocrinology and infertility (REI), training and mentoring the next generation of ob-gyns and REI specialists.
She was medical director of Mount Sinai Fertility for nearly two decades, helping to establish one of Canada’s leading academic fertility programs. Under her direction, the U of T ob-gyn department’s Gynecologic REI (GREI) Fellowship graduated many of the leaders now shaping reproductive medicine across Canada. She also is recipient of a Certificate of Founder in GREI from the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada in 2010 for her role in developing GREI as a recognized subspecialty.
Greenblatt helped to pave the way for public funding for fertility treatments, including one cycle of in vitro fertilization per patient, through her work as chair of the Ontario Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care Advisory Process for Infertility Services, which led to the creation of the Ontario Fertility Program in 2015.
Recently, she has been a national and international leader in oncofertility, championing fertility preservation for adolescents and young adults facing cancer treatment.
