Convocation awards

Certain scholarships listed in this section require an application. Information and an application form will be e-mailed to all fourth-year students in April.

Scholarships not requiring an application will be decided by the Awards Committee, based on academic performance or departmental nominations.

For those awards with financial need as a criterion, unmet need, as assessed by the Ontario Student Assistance Program (OSAP) or the University of Toronto Advanced Planning for Students (UTAPS), will be used to determine level of need.

Not all scholarships are available in every year.

Award/Scholarship	criteria	approximate value	application required?
5T7 Memorial Dr. Janice Huffman Medical Alumni Award in Radiology	excellence and specialization in diagnostic or therapeutic radiology interest in gender and equity issues during medical studies	$800	No
Dr. Gagan Ahuja Memorial Award	academic excellence student leadership financial need interest in radiology	$3,500	No
Joseph Aiken 3T3 Award in Medicine	excellence in field of cardiology	$3,150	No
Sidney Aiken 2T9 Award in Medicine	excellence in field of ophthalmology	$3,150	No
Diana Alli Medical Student Award	commitment to enhancing student life and community outreach throughout all four years of the MD Program sensitivity, enthusiasm, modesty and respect for students and members of the community	$1,000	Yes
Dr. Benjamin W. Appleton Prize in Psychiatry	special interest and achievement in field of psychiatry	$100	No
Dr. George K. Balkos Memorial for Excellence in Family Medicine	specialization in Family Practice Residency Program	$650	No
Dr. George K. Balkos Memorial for Excellence in Bioethics	overall academic performance in medical programs emphasis on bioethics	$650	No
Hugh Barber Scholarship in Otolaryngology	financial need excellence and interest in otolaryngology	$750	No
Dr. Evelyn Bateman Award for Excellence in Anaesthesia	highest standard of academic performance in specialty of anaesthesia	$300	No
Dr. E. Anne Beattie Award	personal and professional qualities intention to undertake residency in field of family and community medicine	$925	No
Dr. John Bradley Memorial Award	strong humanitarian and altruistic qualities passionate commitment to generalist practice in rural areas with underserviced populations commitment to peer mentorship and support throughout medical school good academic standing financial need	$1,950	Yes
Dr. Arthur V. Brown Award	highest academic standing clerkship	$10,000-$20,000	No
Dr. Herbert Alexander Bruce Medal	highest aggregate marks in: first year Anatomy and Physiology second year Pathology third year Surgery fourth year Surgery	_	No
Irving Heward Cameron Undergraduate Scholarships in Surgery	awarded to four students who have achieved highest marks in Surgery in clerkship	Gold - $1000 Silver - $750 Other - $500, $100	No
Dr. Sol Cappe Scholarship	special interest and achievement in family medicine preference to a student who does not hold another award	$450	No
Dr. Antonio Ocana Carmona Memorial Award	interest in nutrition and strong desire to incorporate nutrition for disease prevention into clinical practice financial need	$6,000	Yes
Mary L. Cassidy Awards	major contribution to the Faculty and University extracurricular excellence	10-12 awards at $300 each	No
Kathleen Chambers Award	good academic standing major contribution to the Faculty and University	$200	Yes
Chappell Prize	best student in clinical surgery	$50	No
Cody Medal	top three academic standing overall in med school	Gold, Silver, Silver	No
Dr. Mark Cohen Ophthalmology Award	pursuing residency in ophthalmology shows special promise to be an outstanding clinician financial need	$4,000	No
Dr. Fred Douglas Memorial Fund	excellence in respiratory diseases	$200	No
Dr. Barry Ehrlich Memorial Scholarship	strong interest in family practice enthusiastic commitment to caring for people and to learning	$650	No
Endocrine Society Medical Student Achievement Award	exceptional ability and interest in endocrinology	_	No
Exodus Scholarship	involvement in all facets of medical student life over the four years has not received another extracurricular award	$20	Yes
Dr. Chester William Ferrier Scholarship	outstanding achievement in clerkship surgery rotation with intention to specialize in surgery	$750	No
Dr. S. Nimu Ganguli and Family Medical Alumni Award in Diagnostic Medical Imaging	excellence in field of diagnostic medical imaging either through research and/or electives intention to specialize in diagnostic radiology	$500	Yes
Dr. Henry and Helen Goldenberg Haematology Award	high academic standing; has chosen a career in internal medicine with a demonstrated interest in haematology	$500	No
Dr. Jacob Goldstein Scholarship in Obstetrics and Gynaecology	greatest proficiency in obstetrics and gynaecology	$300	No
Dr. Kelly Gollish 5T7 Memorial Award	demonstrated interest in the field of ophthalmology through clinical or research participation	$500	No
Harry Gotlieb Scholarship in Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology	demonstrated excellence and interest in the area of lab medicine and pathobiology in course work and during the elective period	$1,150	No
Graduating Class Award	valedictorian of graduating class	$550	No
Drs. Gross and Taylor Award	interest and pursuing residency in orthopaedic surgery	$1,500	No
The Barbara M. Hardy Memorial Medical Alumni Award in General Surgery	financial need excellence and intent to specialize in general surgery	$1,000	No
Dr. Louis R. Harnick Memorial Award	high academic standing in third and fourth year specific interest and aptitude in diagnostic radiology	$3,000	No
Sophie Harnick Memorial Prize	greatest human understanding and responsibility for welfare of patients	$50	No
Harris Family MAA Award in Oncology	financial need excellence and intent to specialize in oncology	$1,000	No
Hendry Memorial Scholarship	high standing in obstetrics and gynaecology sound character	$500	No
Delbert S. Hoare Award (Medical Alumni Association Award)	outstanding contribution to undergraduate medical education	$300	Yes
William V. Hull Scholarship	good academic standing honour to medical school through an outstanding act or accomplishment	$500	Yes
Dr. Anna Jarvis Award for Outstanding Contribution to Student Life	outstanding abilities to nurture peers and promote collegiality and positive teamwork among classmates	$1,100	Yes
Dr. Ian Johnson Access to Excellence Award	portfolio submission for Determinants of Community Health Program (DOCH) that best addresses health inequalities in suburban or rural communities outside of downtown Toronto	$2,650	No
Dr. Mitchell Kohan Scholarship	honours standing preference to student with high standing in medicine	$1,000	No
T. Gopal Krishna and T. Nagabushanam Award	special interest in neurology and additional studies on neurological topics in research, clinical service, electives or is pursuing post grad study in neurology	$850	No
Dr. Stan Kushnir Memorial Award	financial need special interest and achievement in psychiatry preference to student who wishes to pursue elective in clinical hypnosis	$900	No
Dr. Gabriel Leung Memorial Scholarship	outstanding performance in family medicine	$250	No
Dr. N.N. Levinne Award in Family and Community Medicine	keen interest and outstanding performance in Family and Community Medicine	$250	No
Lum Family MAA Undergraduate Medical Student Award	leadership in philanthropy academic excellence	$6,500	Yes
Dr. Isaac Jack Markens 4T8 Medical Alumni Award	academic excellence financial need	$225	No
Medical Alumni Association Scholarship	general proficiency	2 awards at $250	No
Dr. Ellen Mickle Fellowship	highest standing in third year academic excellence in fourth year	$5,000	No
Gaynor Dawn Thomson Morrow Memorial Scholarship	interest and proficiency in family medicine during the clerkship preference to student choosing family medicine as a career	$850	No
Dr. Robert P. Orange Memorial Medal and Prize (Medical Alumni Association Award)	academic achievement leadership qualities commitment to extracurricular activities in the Faculty and University	$400	Yes
Dr. Frederick R. Papsin Award	high academic standing in obstetrics and gynaecology extracurricular accomplishments at university	$780	No
The 0T1 Jacqueline Helen Perry Memorial Award	financial need interest in rural medicine humanitarianism and compassionate interactions with patients and families interest in emergency medicine and/or international health	$750	Yes
Anita Rachlis Award	sound academic standing, pursuing residency in internal medicine at a Canadian institution	$2000	No
Dr. I. Ritz Scholarship	sound academic standing pursuing residency in urology	$350	No
Pat & Doug Robertson Toronto-Eglinton Rotary Award for Family Medicine	caring nature and intuitive decision-making skills strong commitment to generalist practice in small community outside of the Greater Toronto Area (GTA) financial need	$2,750	No
Dr. Murray Shafran Scholarship	high standing in internal medicine interest in respiratory disease	$750	No
Dr. Jagdis K. Siddoo and Dr. Sarjit K. Siddoo Gold Medal Award	best academic standing after four years of medical school	$7,500	No
Dr. Roy Simpson Scholarship in Paediatrics	special interest and achievement in paediatrics	$2,000	No
Betty Stewart Sisam Award	good academic record demonstrated greatest understanding and care for the welfare of patients	$525	No
Samuel J. Streight, OBE, MD, Scholarship in Internal Medicine (Medical Alumni Association Award)	high standing in internal medicine	$400	No
Dr. Samuel Stein Memorial Award	excellence in therapeutic communication during core/elective rotations in psychiatry	$200	No
Dr. Kenzie Takahashi Scholarship in Medicine and Surgery	high standing in medicine and surgery in third year honours in these subjects in fourth year	$400	No
Dr. Sidney M. And Roselyn Tobin Compassionate Scholarship in Obstetrics and Gynaecology	demonstrated compassion in the area of obstetrics and gynecology academic excellence	$300	No
Dr. and Mrs. A. A. Track Scholarship	financial need honours standing in fourth-year surgery	$1,500	No
Dr. D.V. Vakil Memorial Award	high standing and demonstrated interest in community health	$550	No
Dr. Ian Johnson Access to Excellence Award	for having the portfolio submission to the DOCH Program that best addresses health inequalities in suburban or rural communities outside of downtown Toronto	$5,000	No
Dr. Jean Wasserman Wolfman Prize in Child Psychiatry	a student who significantly investigates some aspect of autism in children during elective period	$500	No
The Weber/Nimon Prize in Neurology	special interest in neurology and additional studies on neurological topics in research, clinical service, electives or is pursuing post graduate study in neurology	$1,000	No
Dr. K.J.R Wightman Award in Internal Medicine	high standing in internal medicine	$200	No
Wilkinson Scholarship	achievement in ophthalmology	$150	No
Dr. Carl Witus Prize in Paediatrics	high standing and interest in paediatrics	$250	No
Dr. Chika Oriuwa Award for the Advancement of Black Health	a student(s) who has demonstrated a dedication to advancing health in the Black community	$2000	No

Cody Medal recipients

These medals are awarded to fourth year medical students at convocation.

Year	Gold	Silver	Silver
2020	Stanley, C.	Bogler, O.	Genis, H.
2019	Meschino, D	Epp, E.	Duan, J.
2018	Hellstern Layefsky, M.	Woolner, M.	Glick, L.
2017	Williams, C.	Chin-Yee, B.	Thomson, L.
2016	Coomes, E.	Zadow, C.	Brown, C.
2015	Mathieu, F.	Schwindt, G.	Bechard, M.
2014	Moore, S.	Erdman, L.	Kaplovitch, E.
2013	Fridhandler, J.	Burbidge, T.	Boggild, M.
2012	Krysko, K.	Gillies, A.	Wang, J.
2011	Tsao, P.	Tan, N.	Jensen, L.
2010	Kennedy, J.	Kopolovic, I.	MacFadden, D.
2009	Simms, T.	Wong, K.	Havey, T.
2008	Yu, J.	Silver, S.	Moore, S.
2007	Taggart, L.	Cot, B.	Abdel-Qadir, H.
2006	Polson, C.	Lai, E.	Prica, A.
2005	Davidge, K.	Cescon, D.	Katz, P.
2004	Price, E.	Hillmer, M.	Sibbald, M.
2003	Buckler, P.	Bharatha, A.	Bedard, P.
2002	Yuen, D.	Juvet, S.	Kulik, A.
2001	Daneman, N.	Wilson, K.	Harvey, A.
2000	Weir, T.	Lawrimore, T.	Shapira, S.
1999	Litner, J.	Klein, D.	Lin, Y.
1998	Robicsek, A. A	Wanzel, K. R.	Lenga, I.
1997	Lee, W. L.	Eino, D. M.	MacLoghlin, C. J.
1996	Punnett, A.	Gordon, M.	Rabin, K.
1995	Goldsmith, M.	Little, D.	Ahmed, N.
1994	Huang, J.	Bodley, J. L.	McMurray, L. A.
1993	Vignjevic, P.M.	Liu, G.	Sheppard, D.C.
1992	Dipchand, A. I.	Johnston, R. H.	Murphy, M. C.
1991	Porter, P. J.	Ma, M.	Edelstein, J.
1990	Midroni, G.	Lakra, A.	Tishler, S. J.
1989	Peckham, K. A.	Boerner, S. L.	Borwein, S. T.
1988	Boyer, M. I.	Albert, L.	Langlois, W. J.
1987	Schreiber, M.	Goguen, J. M.	Sasaki, S. E.
1986	Herst, J. A.	Bertagnolli, A.	Kaiser, U. B.
1985	Turner, F. N.	Hamilton, L. L.	Simon, B. J.
1984	Kenny, D. J.	Ross, R. G.	Cheifetz, R.E.
1983	Watson, K. R.	Tanen, S. M.	Leyland, N. A.
1982	Curtis, M. A.	Haroun, M.	Colapinto, E. V.
1981	Maskens, P. D.	McLellan, B. A.	Gibb, V. G.
1980	Warner, E.	Feinberg, S. M.	Rebane, T.
1979	Brooks, P.	Kucharczyk, W.	Huang, D.
1978	Hoffert, B. M.	Dodek, P. M.	Rice, T. W.
1977	Skorecki, K. L.	Cowan, G. F.	Jakubovic, H. R.
1976	Day, A.	Flindall, D. B.	O'Hara, W. J.
1975	Cochrane, D. D.	Arnup, P. A.	Green, M. S.
1974	Parkinson, D. R.	Minden, M. D.	Shrives, D. M.
1973	Hyland, R.	Ginsberg, M. B.	Taylor, F. J.
1972	Rachlis, A. R.	Nerenberg, D. J.	Robicsek, L.
1971	McNeely, D. J.	Shustik, C.	Haglund, J. E.
1970	Greenberg, S.	McKee, N. H.	Turgeon, E. W. T.
1969	Keystone, J. S.	Schoichet, A. J.	Muller, P. J.
1968	Halloran, P. F.	Vellend, H.	French, G. R.
1967	Bach, M.	Berger, S.	Hilliard, R. I.
1966	Turley, J. J. E.	Johnston, K. W.	Douglas, G. J.
1965	Orange, R. P.	Schuman, J. E. J.	Simon, F.
1964	Singer, M. A.	Langer, F.	Weiser, W. J.
1963	Zweig, S. M.	Baumal, R.	Sadowski, P. D.
1962	Lipton, I.	Borins, E. F. M.	Lipson, M. H.
1961	Jerry, L. M.	Singer, H. N.	Tator, C. H.
1960	Dorfman, L. E.	Barkin, M.	Goldman, B. S.
1959	Wilson, D. R.	Baines, A. D.	Schachter, H.
1958	Blenkarn, J. D.	Rotman, H. H.	Norman, M. G.
1957	No information	No information	No information
1956	Langer, B.	Neale, W. F.	Bliss, J. Q.
1955	Cohen, M. L.	Cohen, G. S.	Ehrlich, R. M.
1954	Baird, R. J.	Watson, R. J.	Humphrey, J. G.
1953	Wigle, E. D.	Mustard, J. F.	Dawson, J. W.
1952	Hill, F. M.	Evans, J. R.	Tasker, R. R.
1951	Ramcharan, S.	Bogoch, S.	Melville, P. H.
1950	Hetherington, R.F.	Gove, D. I.	Hines, R. M.
1949	Wolfish, M. G.	Ezrin, C.	Pearson, F. G.
1948	Yendt, E. R.	Sheppard, R. H.	Geisler, W. O.
1947	Crookston, J. H.	Aszkanazy, C. L. R.	Kalant, N.
1946	Gibson, D. A.	Chang, T. Y.	_
1945	Clute, K. F.	Basmajian, J. V.	Kalant, H.
1944	Snider, G. L.	Clarke, W. T. W.	Horsey, W. J.
1943	Wise, W.	_	_
January 1943	Stewart, C. G.	Maroosis, J. P. G.	Allison, W. G.
July 1943	Tauber, A. S.	Smith, H. A. W.	Routley, E. F.
1942	Mickler, J. G.	_	_
1941	Watt, J. G.	_	_
1940	Lane, G. A.	Snitman, H.	Fraser, T. A.
1939	Copp, D. H.	McCulloch, J. C.	Gerred, R. F.
1938	Goggio, A.	Tovee, E. B.	Borsook, M. E.
1937	Wightman, K. J. R.	King, W. L. M.	Bagnall, A. W.
1936	Solandt, O. M.	Jaimet, C. H.	Large, A. M.
1935	Coté, F. H.	Chute, A. L.	_
1934	Gray, J. C.	Kajiyama, T.	Dickson, R. C.
1933	Hendry, W. J.	Sherman, I. C.	Hobbs, G. E.
1932	Aberhart, C.	Brandon, K. F.	Ferguson, J. K. W.
1931	Taube, H. N.	Smith, I.	Irvine, A. D.
1930	Bensley, E. H.	Dauphinee, J. A.	Kergin, F. G.
1929	Harris, L. J.	Hames, G. H.	Weld, C. B.
1928	Willinsky, B.	Shier, J. W.	Brooks, E. F.
1927	Borsook, H.	Keith, W. S.	Killoran, V. A.
1926	Sweet, T. A.	Day, I. T.	McCormack, N. A.
1925	No information	No information	No information
1924	No information	No information	No information
1923	No information	No information	No information
1922	No information	No information	No information
1921	No information	No information	No information
1920	No information	No information	No information
1919	No information	No information	No information
1918	No information	No information	No information
1917	No information	No information	No information
1916	No information	No information	No information
1915	No information	No information	No information
1914	Detweiler, H. K.	Brown, H. E. Hewitt, S. R. D.	McKenzie, K. G.
1913	Scott, W. A. Brown, C. P.	Wookey, H. W. Brodey, A. Fletcher, A. A.	Darby, G. E. Simon, K. M. B. Irwin, O. M.
1912	McLenahan, R. R. McPhedran, F. M.	Wellman, A. L.	Breslin, L. J.
1911	Livingstone, J. M.	Christie, N. A. Eagles, A. S.	Campbell, J. G. A. Bouck, C.
1910	Watt, J. C.	Barker, P. W. Follett, J. V.	Butterfield, R. M.
1909	Parker, C. B.	Brown, A. G. Marcy, W. J. M.	Tytler, W. H.
1908	Richards, G. E.	Buswell, R. Harkness, J. G.	Robertson, W. A.
1907	Gray, G. C.	Cannon, O. McVicar, C. S.	Schinbein, A. B.
1906	McNeil, H. M.	Moorhead, A. S. Holbrook, J. H.	Dickson, E. C.
1905	Lemon, W. S.	Gowland, M. E. Ford, G.	Merritt, W.
1904	McCulloch, R. J. P	Walker, S. B. Kinghorn, A.	Anderson, R. W.
1903	Oille, J. A.	Wilson, G. E. Phillips, J.	Yin, S. C.
1902	Roaf, H. E. Saunders, W.P.	Moir, A. Archer, A. E.	Fletcher, G. W.
1901	Clarkson, F. A. Carswell, W. A.	McIlwraith, D. G. Cohoe, B. A.	Cleland, F. A.
1900	Scott, P. L. Bell, C. C.	Revell, E. D. Carder, E. D.	Howland, G. W.
1899	Wells, W.	Gow, J. Hargrave, H. G.	Piersol, W. H.
1898	_	McCrae, J. Sutherland, G. A.	Cahoon, F. White, W. C.
1897	Elliott, J. H.	Yeomans, W. L. Hume, J. J. C.	Nichol, R.
1896	McCaig, A. S. Roberts, E. L.	Goldie, W. Macklin, A. H.	Graef, C.
1895	Merritt, A. K.	Hunter, A. J. McKay, T. W. G.	McCrae, T.
1894	McCollum, W. J.	Johnson, H. A. Rutledge, H. N.	Crain, W. E.
1893	Harvie, J. N. Futcher, T.B.	South, T. E. Harvey, E. E.	Elliott, W.
1892	Bruce, H. A.	Brown, J. N. E. Middlebro, T. H.	Gowland, R. H.
1891	Barnhardt, W. N.	McGorman, G Bollen, P.	Boyd, G.
1890	Barker, L. F.	McFarlane, M. T. Cullen, T. S.	McGillivray, C. F. Philip, W. H.
1889	Chambers, G.	Collins, J. H.	Godfrey, F. E.
1888	Féré, G. A.	Galloway, J.	_
1887	Ego, A.	_	_
1886	Peters, G. A.	Noecker, C. T.	Johnson, D. R.
1885	Howell, J. H.	Hoople, H. N. Carr, L.	Saunders, R. M.
1884	Clerke, J. W.	_	_
1883	Robinson, W. J. Dolsen, F. J.	_	_
1882	Wallace, R. R. Duncan, J. T.	_	_
1881	Duncan, J. H.	_	_
1880	Cross, W. J.	Bryce, P. H. Ferguson, J.	_
1879	Burton, F.	Mills, R. P.	Chappell, W. F.
1878	Griffin, H. S.	Kennedy, G. A. Meek, H.	Gardiner, J. H. Bonnar, J. D.
1877	Stuart, W. T.	Orr, R. B.	Richards, N. D.
1876	McPhedran, A.	Wilson, W. J. Lackner, H. G.	Bowerman, A. C.
1875	Britton, W.	Eakins, J. E. White, J.	Bennett, J. H.
1874	Fraser, D. B.	Cameron, I. H. Brown, O. C.	Shaw, G. Farewell, A. Fraser, D.
1873	Close, J. A.	Hagel, S. D. Beeman, M. I.	Wright, A. H.
1872	Zimmerman, R.	Crozier, J. B.	_
1871	Forest, W.	Delameter, R. H. Moore, C. Y.	Henning, N. P.
1870	Greenlees, A.	Standish, J. Williams, A. D. Burgess, T. J. W.	Wagner, W. J. Smith, C. M. Burt, W.
1869	Graham, J. E.	Bentley, T. B. Humble, C.	McCollum, J. H.
1868	Brown, J. P.	Hunt, R. H.	How, T. C.
1867	_	Sparks, T. Eccles, F. R. Palmer, R. N.	McFarlane, N. Harbottle, R. Newton, J. H.
1866	Mickle, W. J.	McCullough, J.	Wadsworth, J. J.
1865	_	Burnham, E. L. G.	McCarthy, J. L. G. Kitchen, E. E.
1864	McLaughlin, J. W.	_	_
1863	Ramsay, W. G.	_	_
1862	Dolster, J. DeGrassi, G. P.	_	_
1861	Hudson, A.	Elliott, J. D.	_
1860	Bascom, J.	Morton, E. D. Playter, E. Ogden, W. W.	Tisdell, F. B. Martyn, D. H.
1859	Barnhart, C. E.	King, J.	Francis, W. F.
1858	Oille, L. S.	Aikens, M. H.	Miller, T.