2014 Honours and Awards
In 2014, many Faculty members won international, national and local awards for their outstanding work.
| Prof. Anne Agur | 2014 Faculty of Medicine Excellence in Linking Undergraduate Teaching to Research in Life Sciences Award |
| Prof. Iqbal Ike Ahmed | 2014 American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery's Binkhorst Medal |
| Dean Emeritus Arnold Aberman | Honourary Doctor of Philosophy, University of Haifa Honorary Doctor of Science |
| Prof. Joanne Bargman | 2014 Annual International Peritoneal Dialysis Conference’s Lifetime Achievement Award in Peritoneal Dialysis |
| Prof. Alan Bernstein | The Canadian Medical Hall of Fame |
| Prof. Charles Boone | 2014 Genetics Society of America's Edward Novitski Prize |
| Prof. Martha Brown | Faculty of Medicine’s 2014 Excellence in Undergraduate Laboratory Teaching in Life Sciences Award |
| Prof. Jagdish Butany | 2014 Society for Cardiovascular Pathology’s Distinguished Achievement Award |
| Tammy Cadue | 2014 PARO Lois H. Ross Resident Advocate Award |
| Prof. Pamela Catton | 2014 American Association for Cancer Education’s Margaret Hay Edwards Achievement Medal 2012-2013 Colin Woolf Award for Excellence in Course Coordination: Princess Margaret Cancer Centre Accelerated Education Program |
| Prof. Angela Colantonio | 2013-2014 Graduate Student Mentorship Award |
| Prof. Karen Davis | 2013-2014 Mayday Pain & Society Fellowship |
| Prof. Sunit Das | 2014 American College of Surgeons’ Franklin Martin Faculty Research Fellowship |
| Prof. Eleftherios Diamandis | University of Toronto’s JJ Berry Smith Doctoral Supervision Award |
| Prof. John Dick | 2014 Fellow, the Royal Society of London |
| Prof. Steven Dilkas | 2014 PARO Excellence in Clinical Teaching Award |
| Prof. Daniel Drucker | 2014 Manpei Suzuki International Prize 2014 Banting Medal for Scientific Achievement Award |
| Prof. Mike Evans | 2014 The Royal Society of Canada’s McNeil Medal |
| Prof. Michael Fehlings | 2014 Difference Maker Award | 2014 Royal Society of Canada Fellows |
| Prof. Stanley Feinberg | 2014 PARO Excellence in Clinical Teaching Award |
| Prof. Kymm Feldman | Members of the Family Medicine Longitudinal Experience Course, Faculty of Medicine’s 2014 W.T. Aikins Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching, Course/Program Development and Coordination |
| Prof. France Gagnon | 2013-2014 Early Career Excellence Award |
| Prof. Luigi Girolametto | 2013-2014 Senior Sustained Excellence in Graduate Teaching Award |
| Prof. David Goldbloom | Officer, Order of Canada |
| Prof. Susan Goldstein | Members of the Family Medicine Longitudinal Experience Course, Faculty of Medicine’s 2014 W.T. Aikins Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching, Course/Program Development and Coordination |
| Prof. Mary Gospodarowicz | 2014 American Society of Therapeutic Radiation Oncology’s Gold Medal |
| Prof. Eva Grunfeld | Women of Action Award |
| Prof. Nicole Harnett | 2012-2013 Colin Woolf Award for Excellence in Course Coordination: Princess Margaret Cancer Centre Accelerated Education Program |
| Prof. Brian Hodges | 2014 Association for the Study of Medical Education’s Gold Medal Award |
| Erin Howe | 2014 Association of Marketing & Communication Professionals Videographer Award of Distinction |
| Prof. Kullervo Hynynen | 2014 IEEE UFFC Society’s Rayleigh Award |
| Prof. David Jaffray | 2012-2013 Colin Woolf Award for Excellence in Course Coordination: Princess Margaret Cancer Centre Accelerated Education Program |
| Prof. David Jenkins | Order of Canada |
| Prof. Prabhat Jha | World Health Organization’s 2014 World No Tobacco Day Award |
| Prof. Kamel Kamel | 2014 Clinical Nephrology Teaching Award |
| Prof. Nohjin Kee | Faculty of Medicine’s 2014 Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching in Life Sciences Award |
| Prof. Tae Kyoung Kim | 2013 Radiology Editor’s Recognition Award |
| Prof. Bonnie Kirsh | Canadian Association of Occupational Therapists’ Muriel Driver Memorial Lectureship Award |
| Prof. Laurence Klotz | 2014 Society of Urologic Oncology Medal |
| Prof. Dennis Ko | 2013/2014 Article of the Year Award |
| Prof. Ron Kodama | 2014 Faculty of Medicine Award for Excellence in PGME Teaching Performance, Mentorship, and Advocacy |
| Prof. Murray Krahn | 2014 Dr. Jill M. Sanders Award of Excellence in Health Technology Assessment |
| Prof. Bernard Langer | The Canadian Medical Hall of Fame |
| Prof. Marcus Law | 2014 Canadian Psychiatric Association and Council of Psychiatric Continuing Education’s Award for the Most Outstanding Continuing Education Activity in Psychiatry in Canada |
| Prof. Douglas Lee | 2014 Canadian Cardiovascular Society’s Dr. Robert E. Beamish Award |
| Prof. Alexander Logan | Hypertension Canada’s 2014 Senior Investigator Award |
| Alumnus Stephen Mack | Governor General’s Gold Medal |
| Prof. Tak Mak | University of British Columbia’s 2014 Dr. Chew Wei Memorial Prize in Cancer Research |
| Prof. Philip Marsden | 2014 Royal Society of Canada Fellows |
| Prof. James Maskalyk | 2014 Sarita Verma Award for Advocacy and Mentorship in Postgraduate Medicine |
| Prof. Robin McLeod | College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario's 2013 Council Award |
| Prof. David McKnight | 2014 Canadian Anesthesiologists' Society Gold Medal |
| Prof. Malcolm Moore | Honorary Doctorate, University of Waterloo |
| Prof. Jeffrey Myers | 2014 Section of Palliative Medicine Award of Excellence |
| Prof. Andras Nagy | 2014 Royal Society of Canada Fellows |
| Prof. Avery Nathens | 2014 Carolyn Tuohy Impact on Public Policy Award |
| Prof. LJ Nelles | 2012-2013 Ivan Silver Award for Innovation in CPD |
| Prof. Clare Pain | Honorary Doctor of Science, Addis Ababa University |
| Prof. Chris Perumalla | 2014 Synapse Mentorship Award |
| Prof. Eliot Phillipson | Order of Canada |
| Prof. Michael Pollanen | 2012-2013 Interprofessional Team CE Award |
| Prof. Vivian Rambihar | Global Organization of People of Indian Origin’s 2014 Jubilee Award |
| Prof. Mark Rapoport | 2014 Canadian Psychiatric Association and Council of Psychiatric Continuing Education’s Award for the Most Outstanding Continuing Education 2014 Canadian Academy of Geriatric Psychiatry’s Outstanding Contributions in Geriatric Psychiatry Award |
| Prof. Paula Ravitz | 2012-2013 Colin Woolf Award for Long Term Contributions to CE |
| Prof. Janet Rossant | Honorary Doctor of Laws, University of Windsor |
| Prof. James Rutka | Order of Ontario |
| Prof. Joel Sadavoy | 2012-2013 Ivan Silver Award for Innovation in CPD |
| Prof. Oleg Safir | 2014 Faculty of Medicine Award for Excellence in Development and Innovation in Postgraduate Education |
| Prof. Nancy Salbach | 2013-2014 Early Career Excellence Award |
| Prof. Paul Santerre | 2014 Ernest C. Manning Awards Foundation’s Principal Award |
| Prof. Rayfel Schneider | 2014 Charles Mickle Fellowship Award |
| Prof. Michael Sefton | Member, Institute of Medicine of the National Academies Engineers Canada’s Gold Medal |
| Prof. Steven Shadowitz | 2014 Award for Excellence in PGME Teaching Performance, Mentorship, and Advocacy |
| Prof. Frances Shepherd | 2015 Claude Jacquillat Award |
| Prof. Molly Shoichet | 2014 TERMIS Senior Scientist Award |
| Prof. Ivan Silver | 2014 Ian Hart Award | Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada's 2014 Duncan Graham Award |
| Prof. Samir Sinha | 2014 Canadian Medical Association’s Award for Young Leaders The Michener Institute for Applied Health Sciences’ 2014 Honorary Diploma in Health Sciences |
| Prof. Peter St George-Hyslop | 2014 Dan David Prize |
| Prof. Igor Stagljar | Corresponding Member, Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts |
| Prof. Bonnie Stevens | 2014 Canadian Institutes of Health Research Knowledge Translation Award |
| Prof. Donna Stewart | Member, Order of Canada |
| Prof. Barbara Stubbs | 2014 Canadian Medical Association’s May Cohen Award for Women Mentors |
| Prof. Donald Stuss | 2014 American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine’s Gold Key Award |
| Prof. Gemini Tanna | Faculty of Medicine’s 2014 W.T. Aikins Award for Excellence in Individual Teaching Performance, Small Group |
| Prof. Ian Tannock | Order of Canada |
| Prof. Charles Tator | 2014 American Association of Neurological Surgeons/Congress of Neurosurgeons Joint Section on Neurotrauma and Critical Care — Charles Tator Lecture |
| Prof. Lap-Chee Tsui | 2014 Henry G. Friesen International Prize in Health Research |
| Prof. Jacob Udell | 2013/2014 Rising Star Award |
| Deputy Dean Sarita Verma | 2014 Grant’s Desi Achiever |
| Prof. Alex Vitkin | 2013 Fellow of the Society of Photo-Optical Instrumental Engineers |
| Prof. Vladimir Vuksan | 2013-2014 Graduate Student Mentorship Award |
| Prof. John Wedge | 2014 Honorary Doctor of Laws, University of Saskatchewan |
| Prof. Miriam Weinstein | 2012-2013 Colin Woolf Award for Excellence in Teaching |
| Prof. Virginia Wesson | 2012-2013 Ivan Silver Award for Innovation in CPD |
| Prof. Brian Wilson | 2014 SPIE Britton Chance Biomedical Optics Award Fellow of the Optical Society |
| Prof. Thomas Wolever | 2013-2014 Senior Sustained Excellence in Graduate Teaching Award |
| Prof. Brian Wong | 2014 Canadian Society of Internal Medicine’s New Investigator Award |
| Prof. Douglas Wooster | 2012-2013 David Fear Fellowship |
| Prof. Christopher Yip | 2014 Fellow of the Engineering Institute of Canada |
| Prof. Catherine Zahn | Honorary Doctor of Laws, Western University |
| Prof. Peter Zandstra | 2014 Royal Society of Canada Fellows |
| Prof. Ari Zaretsky | 2014 Award for Excellence in Development and Innovation in Postgraduate Education |
| Prof. Camilla Zimmermann | 2013 Canadian Cancer Society Top Research Discovery |