Annual Day
The Department of Medicine's Annual Day celebration is our opportunity to acknowledge faculty members and trainees who have generated and translated new knowledge, and demonstrated innovation in scholarship, research, teaching or clinical care.
2017 Annual Day Photo Gallery
2017 Annual Day Event Program
2017 Award Winners
EATON SCHOLAR RESEARCHER
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Daniel Cattran is a Professor of Medicine in the Division of Nephrology and a senior scientist at the Toronto General Research Institute. His research is in the field of glomerular diseases. He was the principal organizer and remains the chair of the Toronto Glomerulonephritis Registry and Trials Centre, which currently includes over 12,000 cases of biopsy-proven glomerulonephritis. He has published over 200 articles in peer-reviewed journals and more than 30 book chapters. The Kidney Foundation of Canada awarded him their Medal for Research Excellence in 2005. Dr. Cattran was the recipient of the Conrad Pirani Award from Columbia University in 2008 and the US National Kidney Foundation’s International Distinguished Medal for 2014. He was also President of the Canadian Society of Nephrology and has served on many committees of the American Society of Nephrology. |
DEPARTMENT OF MEDICINE
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Heather Ross is a Professor of Medicine in the Division of Cardiology and a clinician-investigator sited at Toronto General Hospital. She is the Ted Rogers and Family Chair in Heart Function and the Head of the Ted Rogers Centre of Excellence in Heart Function. She received her medical degree from the University of British Columbia, her cardiology training at Dalhousie University, and postdoctoral fellowship at Stanford University, California. She earned her master’s degree in bioethics from the University of Toronto. She has published over 250 journal articles and won numerous teaching awards.
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ROBERT HYLAND AWARD FOR
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When I successfully completed my MScCH, she encouraged me to utilize my new skills by taking on the role of rheumatology subspecialty lead for the GIM Academic Half-Days. – Sharon Sandhu The gentle calm that she exudes is a characteristic that I try to emulate now, when I am with anxious trainees. – Catherine Yu Her scope of teaching expands beyond physicians. Many allied health professionals have also benefited from her tutelage as well. – Gregory W. Choy She has been proactive in making sure I develop my skills and knowledge base in parallel with changing trends and advances in the education community. – Rene Wong |
DEPARTMENT OF MEDICINE AWARD IN QUALITY AND INNOVATIONGeoffrey Nguyen
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Geoffrey Nguyen is an associate professor in the Division of Gatroenterology and clinician-scientist whose clinical and research focus is healthcare delivery in inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). He is the national lead for the Promoting Access and Care through Centres of Excellence (PACE) program, a network of the five largest IBD centres in Canada that, with Crohn’s and Colitis Canada, has been tasked with improving the quality of and increasing the access to IBD healthcare. He serves as co-chair of the Canadian Association of Gastroenterology’s Quality Affairs Innovation Committee. As chair of the Canadian IBD Network for Research and Growth in Quality Improvement (CINERGI), he led national initiatives for IBD quality improvement including Choosing Wisely and interventions to improve hospitalization outcomes. |
WILLIAM GOLDIE PRIZE AND TRAVEL AWARD IN EDUCATIONLynfa Stroud
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Lynfa Stroud is an assistant professor in the Division of General Internal Medicine. Her research focuses on postgraduate assessment. She has developed comprehensive improvements to and conducted studies with OSCEs for both internal medicine trainees and undergraduate medical students; in addition to examining the impact of the clinical environment on assessment of resident performance. |
WILLIAM GOLDIE PRIZE AND TRAVEL AWARD IN EDUCATIONMartina Trinkaus
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Martina Trinkaus is an assistant professor in the Division of Hematology. She has been involved in undergraduate and postgraduate medical education at the University and hospital level, and currently serves as the program director for the University of Toronto Adult Hematology Training Program. |
WILLIAM GOLDIE PRIZE AND TRAVEL AWARD IN RESEARCHDavid Cherney
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David Cherney is an associate professor in the Division of Nephrology and director of the Renal Physiology Laboratory. He completed his PhD in human renal physiology at the Institute of Science, U of T. Dr. Cherney’s research program focuses on physiological factors that initiate renal disease in patients with diabetes, such as renal hyperfiltration and inflammation. |
WILLIAM GOLDIE PRIZE AND TRAVEL AWARD IN QUALITY & INNOVATIONSacha Bhatia
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Sacha Bhatia is an assistant professor in the Division of Cardiology and is the director of the Institute for Health System Solutions and Virtual Care (WIHV) at Women’s College Hospital. As director of WIHV, Dr. Bhatia leads evaluation for Choosing Wisely Canada, a national initiative managed through the University of Toronto in collaboration with the CMA. |
WILLIAM GOLDIE PRIZE AND TRAVEL AWARD IN QUALITY & INNOVATIONChristine Soong
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Christine Soong is an assistant professor in the Division of General Internal Medicine and is the chair of the Quality Improvement Committee of the Canadian Society of Hospital Medicine. She also leads the Choosing Wisely Committees for the Canadian Societies of Internal Medicine, and Hospital Medicine. |
Annual Day is comprised of:
Oral presentations: From our clinician-educator, clinician-scientist, and quality improvement programs
Poster presentations: From our clinician-educator, clinician-scientist, quality improvement, and residents
Awards ceremony: The awards for Eaton Scholar Researcher of the Year, Department of Medicine Teacher and Quality Innovator of the Year, Robert Hyland Award for Excellence in Mentorship, and the William Goldie Travel Prize and Awards in Education, Research and Quality & Innovation are presented.
Please note: the nomination and selection process of award winners are reviewed by the Research, Education, Quality and Mentorship commitees.