2022 Awards

The MD Program recognizes that teaching and mentorship are central to our success. We administer several awards as part of our commitment to support and recognize excellence and leadership in education.

2022 Recipients

The W. T. Aikins Awards are the Temerty Faculty of Medicine's most prestigious awards for sustained commitment and excellence in undergraduate teaching.

Individual Teaching Performance in Foundations

  • Hosanna Au, Department of Paediatrics
  • Hani Amad, Department of Medicine

Individual Teaching Performance in Clerkship

  • Fuad Moussa, Department of Surgery

Excellence in Course Development/Program Coordination

  • Nirit Bernhard, Department of Paediatrics

The Miriam Rossi Award for Health Equity in Undergraduate Medical Education recognizes MD Program faculty members and administrative staff for their commitment to diversity and health equity.

Mireille Norris, Department of Medicine

The Norman Rosenblum Award for Excellence in Mentorship in the MD/PhD Program recognizes faculty members, residents or administrative staff who exhibit an exemplary level of leadership and commitment to mentorship and role modeling for MD/PhD students in the Temerty Faculty of Medicine.

Sunit Das, Department of Surgery

The Excellence in Resource Stewardship Teaching Award in the MD Program was established in 2021. It recognizes faculty members and postgraduate trainees (residents and fellows) who mentor learners in concepts of resource stewardship and demonstrate exemplary resource stewardship in their own clinical practices.

  • Alejandro Floh, Department of Paediatrics
  • Edsel Ing, Department of Ophthalmology and Vision Sciences 
  • William Silverstein, Department of Medicine
  • Adina Weinerman, Department of Medicine