Alumni
Abraham, Josh (Graduated 2021)
Residency: Pediatrics, Boston Children's Hospital, Harvard University
PhD Thesis: LMP (Dr. Karim Mekhail, supervisor) Control of Ribosomal DNA Loci by Nucleolar RNA Polymerase II and Its Intergenic R-loops. August 17, 2020.
Publications
Alta, John (Graduated 1990)
Academic Director, School of Medicine and Public Health; Professor, School of Medicine and Public Health; University of Newcastle, Australia
Clinical specialty: Clinical epidemiology, genetic epidemiology, public health
Publications
Armstrong, Susan (Graduated 2017)
Residency: Anatomical Pathology, University of Toronto
PhD Thesis: Institute of Medical Science (Warren Lee, supervisor) The Regulation and Perturbation of Vascular Endothelial Permeability. August 19, 2014.
Publications
Atkins, Michael (Graduated 2023)
Residence: Internal Medicine, Memorial University of Newfoundland
PhD Thesis: Medical Biophysics (Dr. Gordon Keller, supervisor), Modeling Human Yolk Sac Hematopoiesis With Pluripotent Stem Cells. August 25, 2020
Publications
Asai, Kengo (Graduated 2007)
Assistant Professor, Department of General Surgery, Northern Ontario School of Medicine
Residency: General Surgery, University of Toronto
Clinical specialty: Hepatopancreatobiliary, general surgery
Azizi, Paymon (Graduated 2023)
Residency: Internal Medicine, University of Western Ontario
PhD Thesis: Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation (Dr. Dennis Ko, supervisor), Use of Troponin Testing after Non-cardiac Surgery. October 2022.
Publications
Ballios, Brian (Graduated 2015)
Residency: Ophthalmology, University of Toronto
PhD Thesis: Institute of Medical Science (Derek Van der Kooy and Molly Shoichet, supervisors) New approaches to the transplantation of stem cells and their progeny for the treatment of retinal degeneration. October 1, 2012.
Ballyk, Peter (Graduated 1999)
Lecturer, Department of Radiology, University of Toronto
Clinical specialty: Heart, lung, vessel
Publications
Becker, Henry (Graduated 2009)
Residency: Pathology, University of Toronto
Publications
Binesh Marvasti, Tina (Graduated 2022)
Residency: Internal Medicine, University of Toronto
PhD Thesis: Institute of Medical Science (Dr. Ren-Ke Li, supervisor) Aging and Heart Failure Alter the Bone Marrow Derived Inflammatory Response and Impair Cardiac Remodeling Following Myocardial Infarction. August 11, 2020.
Publications
Bohdanowicz, Michal (Graduated 2015)
Residency: Dermatology, University of Toronto
PhD Thesis: Institute of Medical Science (Sergio Grinstein, supervisor) The role of phosphatidylinositol 4 5-bisphosphate metabolism during phagocytosis. December 13, 2012.
Bose, Rohit (Graduated 2008)
Assistant Professor, University of California, San Francisco (UCSF)
Genitourinary Medical Oncologist at the UCSF Helen Diller Familiy Comprehensive Cancer Center
Lab website: rohitlab.org
Residency: Internal Medicine, Medical Research Track, Weill-Cornell Medical College
Medical Oncology, Medical Research Track, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Clinical specialty: Medical Oncology
Publications
Boucher, Louis-martin (Graduated 2001)
Clinician/Assistant Professor, Department of Radiology with a subspecialty in Interventional Radiology, McGill University
Residency: Diagnostic Radiology, University of Toronto
Clinical specialty: Interventional radiology, molecular imaging
Publications
Carr, Matthew (Graduated 2021)
Residency: Plastic Surgery, University of British Columbia
PhD Thesis: Institute of Medical Science (Dr. Freda Miller, supervisor) Dual Roles of Nerve-Derived Precursor Cells During Adult Mammalian Tissue Regeneration. October 17, 2019.
Publications
Cowan, Bryce (Graduated 1999)
Clinical Assistant Professor, Dermatology and Skin Science, Faculty of Medicine, University of British Columbia
Residency: Plastic Surgery, University of Calgary
Clinical specialty: Plastic surgery, Mohs micrographic surgery
Publications
Dela Cruz, Charles (Graduated 2003)
Associate Professor, Section of Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine; Department of Internal Medicine; Department of Microbial Pathogenesis
Director, Center of Pulmonary Infection Research and Treatment (CPIRT) Yale University
Residency: Internal Medicine, Yale University
Clinical specialty: Pathogenesis of COPD and emphysema; viral and bacterial lung infections in the pathogenesis of lung diseases; chitinases and chitinase-like proteins in pulmonary infections role of interleukin-15 in the lung
Publications
Demetriou, Michael (Graduated 1992)
Director, National Multiple Sclerosis Society, Designated Comprehensive Care Clinic, Neurology, School of Medicine, University of California, Irvine
National Multiple Sclerosis Society Designated Research Center, School of Medicine
Professor of Neurology, University of California, Irvine
Residency: Neurology, University of Toronto
Clinical specialty: Clinical epidemiology
Publications
Deshwar, Ashish (Graduated 2018)
Residency: Medical Genetics and Genomics, University of Toronto
PhD Thesis: Defining the Role of the Apelin Receptor and Mesp in Zebrafish Cardiac Progenitor Development. May 4, 2016.
Publications
Dey, Ayan (Graduated 2020)
Residency: Psychiatry, University of Toronto
PhD Supervisor(s): Dr. Brian Levine at the Rotman Research Institute at Baycrest (Department of Psychology) and Dr. Sandra Black at Sunnybrook Health Sciences (Department of Medicine, Division of Neurology)
Graduate unit: Institute of Medical Science
Publications
Diamandis, Phedias (Graduated 2011)
Residency: Neuropathology, University of Toronto
Publications
Dissanayake, Dilan (Graduated 2014)
Residency: Paediatrics, University of Toronto
PhD Thesis: Immunology Department (Pam Ohashi, supervisor) Investigating the factors that govern the induction of an in vivo CTL response against a tissue-borne antigen. September 7, 2012.
Publications
Donaldson, Laura (Graduated 2014)
Residency: Opthamology, McMaster University
PhD Thesis: Institute of Medical Science (Derek van der Kooy, supervisor) Proliferation and Potential of Neural and Retinal Stem Cell Populations. August 24, 2011.
Publications
Dugani, Chandrasagar (Graduated 2012)
Residency: Internal Medicine, Harvard University
PhD Thesis: Institute of Medical Science (Freda Miller, supervisor) Death Shapes Life: Characterizing the role of p63 and p73 during neural development and aging. May 4, 2010.
Publications
Durbin, Adam (Graduated 2012)
Residency: Paediatrics, Harvard University
Clinical specialty: Paediatrics
Publications
Eastwood, Kyle (Graduated 2020)
Residency: Emergency Medicine, Dalhousie
Thesis: Analysis and Design of Articulate Neuroendoscopic Instruments Using Contact-Aided Compliant Mechanisms. April 2018.
PhD Supervisor: Dr. James Drake at The Hospital for Sick Children (Department of Neurosurgery) and Dr. Hani E. Naguib at the University of Toronto (Mechanical and Industrial Engineering)
Graduate unit: Institute for Biomaterials and Biomedical Engineering
Publications
Edwards, Lori (Graduated 2007)
Assistant Professor, Laboratory Medicine and Genetics Program, Trillium Health Partners
Residency: Pathology, McMaster University
Clinical specialty: Laboratory medicine, genetics
Publications
Elias, Gavin (Graduated 2024)
PhD Thesis: Multimodal Neuroimaging as a Means to Explore, Refine, and Personalize Neuropsychiatric Deep Brain Stimulation Therapy
Elphinstone, Robyn (Graduated 2019)
Residency: Paediatrics, University of Toronto
PhD Thesis: Laboratory Medicine and Pathbiology (Kevin Kain, supervisor) Investigating Mediators of Endothelial Dysfunction as Potential Therapeutic Targets in Severe Malaria. June 2016.
Publications
Erdman, Laura (Graduated 2014)
Residency: Paediatrics, University of Toronto
PhD Thesis: Institute of Medical Science (Kevin Kain, supervisor) Host Inflammatory Pathways in Malaria Infection: Potential Therapeutic Targets and Biomarkers of Disease Severity. July 15, 2011.
Publications
Fisher, Simon (Graduated 1997)
Chief, Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism; Professor, Internal Medicine; Adjunct Professor, Biochemistry; University of Utah
Residency: Internal Medicine, Harvard University
Clinical specialty: Endocrinology, metabolism
Publications
Franco, Chris (Graduated 2011)
Cardiology Fellow, University of British Columbia
Residency: Internal Medicine, University of British Columbia
Clinical specialty: Cardiology, cell biology of atherosclerosis
Publications
Fuller, Jonathan (Graduated 2019)
PhD Thesis: Institute of Medical Science (Ross Upshur, supervisor) The New Medical Model: Chronic Disease and Evidence-based Medicine. April 2016.
Publications
Ganjavi, Hooman (Graduated 2006)
Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, University of Western Ontario
Staff Psychiatrist, London Health Sciences Centre
Residency: McGill University
Clinical specialty: Psychiatry
Publications
Goldenberg, Neil (Graduated 2011)
Resident (PGY5), Anesthesia, University of Toronto
Residency: Anesthesia, University of Toronto
Haq, Rizwan Graduated 2003
Instructor, Medicine, Harvard Medical School; Principal Investigator, Medical Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute; Attending Physician, Centre for Melanoma, Department of Medical Oncology, Massachusetts General Hospital/Harvard Medical School
Residency: Internal Medicine, Johns Hopkins Hospital
Clinical specialty: Medical oncology
Publications
Hare, Greg (Graduated 1990)
Scientist, Keenan Research Centre for Biomedical Science; Scientist, Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute; St. Michael's Hospital
Associate Professor, Anesthesia; Associate Professor, Physiology; Associate Member, Institute of Medical Science; University of Toronto
Residency: Anesthesia, Dalhousie University
Clinical specialty: Blood conservation; research focus on defining adaptive, and maladaptive, cerebral and cardiovascular regulartory mechanisms in experimental models of acute hemodilution
Publications
Harmsen, Irene (Graduated 2023)
Residency: Neurosurgery, University of Alberta
PhD Thesis: Institute of Medical Science (Dr. Andres Lozano, supervisor), Use of Magnetoencephalography to Examine Cortical Responses to Deep Brain Stimulation.
September 2021.
Publications
Henry, Pauline (Graduated 2005)
Assistant Professor, Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology, University of Toronto
Staff Pathologist, Toronto East General Hospital
Residency: Anatomical Pathology, University of Toronto
Clinical specialty: Anatomical pathology
Publications
Heyn, Chinthaka (Chris) (Graduated 2008)
Assistant Professor, Department of Medical Imaging, University of Toronto
Affiliate Scientist, Sunnybrook Research Institute
Staff Radiologist, Department of Medical Imaging, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre
Clinical specialty: Innovation, translation, attrition
Publications
Howell, Nicholas (Graduated 2021)
Residency: Internal Medicine, University of Toronto
PhD Thesis: Institute of Medical Science (Dr. Gillian Booth, supervisor) Relationships between Urban Environments and Cardiovascular Disease Risk. March 2019.
Publications
Hutson, Janine (Graduated 2014)
Residency: Obstetrics and Gynecology, Western University
PhD Thesis: Institute of Medical Science (Gideon Koren, supervisor) Evaluation of transplacental pharmacology and toxicology from bench to bedside. June 24, 2014.
Hwang, David (Graduated 2000)
Associate Professor Professor, Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology, University of Toronto
Affiliate Scientist, Toronto General Research Institute
Residency: Clinical Biochemistry, University of Toronto
Clinical specialty: Infectious diseases, immunopathology
Publications
Hwang, Peter (Graduated 2007)
Assistant Clinical Professor, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Alberta
Residency: Internal Medicine, University of Alberta
Clinical specialty: Internal medicine
Publications
Hyrcza, Martin (Graduated 2010)
Clinical Fellow, The Canadian Gene Cure Foudation
Residency: Pathology, University of British Colombia
Clinical specialty: Molecular biology, pathology
Publications
Jamal, Alainna(Graduated 2022)
Residency: Internal Medicine, University of Toronto
PhD Thesis: Institute of Health Policy, Management, and Evaluation (Dr. Allison McGeer, supervisor) The Prevention and Control of Carbapenemase-Producing Enterobacterales (CPE) in Ontario, Canada. September 24, 2020.
Publications
Jeong, Danielle (Graduate 2024)
PhD Thesis: Understanding the birth and life of mammalian neural stem cells.
Kalia, Lorraine (Graduated 2006)
Assistant Professor of Neurology, University of Toronto
Clinician Scientist, Toronto Western Hospital, University Health Network with appointments at the Toronto Western Research Institute, Tanz Centre for Research in Neurodegenerative Diseases, and Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology
Residency: University of Toronto
Clinical specialty: Neurology
Publications
Kalia, Suneil (Graduated 2006)
Assistant Professor, Department of Surgery, University of Toronto
Neurosurgeon, Toronto Western Hospital
Scientist, Toronto Western Research Institute, University Health Network
Residency: University of Toronto
Clinical specialty: Movement disorders
Publications
Kennedy, James (Graduated 2010)
Clinical Fellow, Leukemia/MPN Program, Princess Margaret Cancer Centre
Postdoctoral Fellow at Harvard Medical School/Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Residency: Internal Medicine, University of Toronto
Clinical specialty: Hematology
Publications
Khan, Amanda (Amy) (Graduated 2020)
Residency: University of Calgary Radiation Oncology
Supervisors: Dr. Teodor Grantcharov at St. Michael’s Hospital (Department of General Surgery) and Dr. James Drake at Sick Kids Hospital (Department of Neurosurgery).
Graduate Unit: Institute of Biomaterials and Biomedical Engineering (Surgical Engineering
Publications
Kim, Jae (Graduated 1997)Adjunct Professor, Physics, Lakehead University
Clinician Scientist/Research Fellow, Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Centre
Clinical specialty: Radiology
Publications
Kim, Jieun (Graduated 2020)
Residency: University of Alberta Orthopedic Surgery
Thesis: IBBME (Prof. Peter Zandstra), Human Umbilical Cord Blood is a Functionally and Developmentally Relevant Source of Macrophages With Therapeutic Potential. February 2018.
Publications
Kim, Raymond (Graduated 2008)
Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine, University of Toronto
Medical Geneticist, Princess Margaret Cancer Centre/Hospital for Sick Children
Residency: Internal Medicine, University of Toronto
Clinical specialty: Oncology, hereditary cancer
Publications
Kruger, Joshua (Graduated 2004)
Physician (Opthamology); Staff Ophthalmologist, Hadassah Medical Center, Jerusalem
Residency: Harvard Medical School
Clinical specialty: Opthamology
Publications
Kumar, Sachin Anand (Graduated 2023)
Residency: Paediatrics, Harvard University
PhD Thesis: Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology (Dr. Michael Taylor, supervisor), Molecular Biology of Childhood Brain Tumours. July 2021.
Publications
Lam, Grace (Graduated 2014)
Residency: Internal Medicine, Edmonton
PhD Thesis: Institute of Medical Science (John Brumell, supervisor) The Role of Innate Immune Factors, Autophagy and NOX2 NADPH oxidase in L. monocytogenes Pathogenesis. January 18, 2012.
Lane, Natasha (Graduated 2020)
Residency: UBC Internal Medicine
Supervisor: Dr. Walter Wodchis
Graduate unit: Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation
Publications
Li, Madeline (Graduated 1999)
Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry, University Health Network
Clinician Scientist, Department of Psychosocial Oncology and Palliative Care, Princess Margaret Hospital
Residency: Psychiatry, University of Toronto
Clinical specialty: Depression, quality of life, psychosocial oncology, patient experience
Publications
Light, Nicholas (Graduated 2022)
Residency: Internal Medicine, University of Toronto
PhD Thesis: Institute of Medical Science (Dr. David Malkin and Dr. Adam Shlien, supervisor) Studies on the evolution of and mutational processes driving childhood cancer in the context of genetic predisposition. June 25, 2020.
Publications
Lin, Alvin (Graduated 2013)
Residency: General Surgery, University of Toronto
Publications
Lin, Amy (Graduated 2012)
Cardiology Fellow, Harvard Unviersity
Residency: Internal Medicine, University of Toronto
PhD Thesis: Medical Biophysics (Tak Mak, supervisor) Investigations into the biological roles of the E3 ligase Ariadne 2. April 15, 2010.
Publications
Liontos, Larissa (Graduated 2012)
Residency: Haematopathology, University of Toronto
PhD Thesis: Medical Biophysics (Jane McGlade, supervisor) The Role of the Src-like Adaptor Proteins, SLAP and SLAP-2 in Dendritic Cell development and signaling. August 15, 2010.
Publications
Lo, Bryan (Graduated 1999)
Lead Scientist and Medical Director, Molecular Oncology Diagnostics Laboratory, The Ottawa Hospital
Residency: Genetics, University of Toronto
Clinical specialty: Rare genetic syndromes
Publications
Lovegrove, Fiona (Graduated 2010)
Resident (PGY5), Dermatology, University of Toronto
Residency: Dermatology, University of Toronto
Clinical specialty: Dermatology, infectious diseases
Publications
Macklin, Jillian (Graduate 2024)
PhD Thesis: Meeting them where they are: experiences, challenges, and potential solutions for cardiac care delivery to people experiencing homelessness
McQueen, Sydney Amelia (Graduated 2023)
Residency: Neurosurgery, University of Alberta
PhD Thesis: Institute of Medical Science (Prof. Carol-Anne Moulton, supervisor), On Surgeon Stress: An Exploration of Distress and Eustress. August 2021.
Publications
McVeigh, Patrick (Graduated 2016)
Residency: Vascular Surgery, University of Toronto
PhD Thesis: Medical Biophysics (Brian Wilson, supervisor). Development of a platform for surface enhanced Raman scattering endoscopy. July 22, 2014.
Publications
Mirali, Sara (Graduated 2023)
Residency: Plastic Surgery, University of Toronto
PhD Thesis: Institute of Medical Science (Dr. Aaron Schimmer, supervisor),Targeting the Mitochondrial Protease Neurolysin in Acute Myeloid Leukemia. June 2020.
Publications
Mukovozov, Ilya (Graduated 2018)
Residency: Dermatology, University of British Columbia
PhD Thesis: Institute of Medical Science (Lisa Robinson, supervisor), Slit2/Robo-1 Signaling in Monocyte and Macrophage Function: A Role in Vascular Inflammation. October 2015.
Publications
Mylvaganam, Sivakami Meena (Graduate 2024)
PhD Thesis: Biophysical regulation of endothelial functions by a polarized spectrin cytoskeleton.
Nanda, Arvind (Graduated 1998)
Endoscopist, GTA Endoscopy Services, Rouge Valley Health Systems
Residency: General Surgery, University of Toronto
Clinical specialty: Endoscopy, general surgery, cancer surgery
Publications
Nestor, Sean (Graduated 2016)
Residency: Psychiatry, University of Toronto
PhD Thesis: Institute of Medical Science (Prof. Sandra Black), Automated Brain Mapping to Evaluate the Relationship between Neurodegeneration, Cerebral Small Vessel Disease and Structural Covariance Network Disruption in Alzheimer's Disease. July 2016.
Publications
Ng, Enoch (Graduated 2018)
Residency: Psychiatry, University of Toronto
PhD Thesis: Institute of Medical Science (Albert HC Wong and John C Roder, supervisors) The Effects of Neuronal Calcium Sensor-1 Deletion on Mouse Behaviour and Neurophysiology. October 2015.
Publications
O'Blenes, Catherine (Graduated 2001)
Dermatologist
Residency: Plastic Surgery, University of Toronto
Publications
Ouyang, Ben (Graduated 2022)
Residency: Internal Medicine Physician Scientist Track, Harvard University
PhD Thesis: Institute for Biomaterials and Biomedical Engineering (Warren Chan, supervisors) A Theory of Nanoparticle Dosing. August 20, 2020.
Publications
Owen, Dawn (Graduated 2007)
Assistant Professor, Radiation Oncology, University of Michigan Health System
Residency: Radiation Oncology, University of British Columbia
Clinical specialty: Radiation oncology; lung, head and neck cancers; liver and spine stereotactic body radiation therapy (SBRT)
Publications
Pahapil, Peter (Graduated 1992)
Associate Professor of Neurosurgery; Director, Functional Neurosurgery; Medical College of Wisconsin
Residency: Neurosurgery, University of Western Ontario
Clinical specialty: Chronic pain; neuromodulation; deep brain and spinal cord stimulation surgery
Publications
Pasic, Ivan (Graduated 2012)
Residency: Internal Medicine, University of Toronto
PhD Thesis: Institute of Medical Science (David Malkin, supervisor) Molecular characterization reveals novel genes implicated in aetiology and progression of osteosarcoma. June 29, 2012.
Publications
Patel, Kramay Vipulbhai (Graduate 2024)
PhD Thesis: Volitional Self-Regulation of Individual Neurons in Mnemonic Structures of the Brain
Perrin, Andrew (Graduated 2013)
Residency: Psychiatry, BC Children's Hospital
PhD Thesis: Department of Molecular Genetics (Brent Derry, supervisor) DNA Damage-dependent Regulation and Function of akt-1 in Caenorhabditis elegans. January 5, 2011.
Pillai, Dylan (Graduated 2002)
Associate Professor, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Calgary
Residency: Internal Medicine, Stanford University
Clinical specialty: Infectious disease
Publications
Pouget, Jennie (Graduated 2018)
Residency: Psychiatry, University of Toronto
PhD Thesis: Institute of Medical Science (Prof. James Kennedy), Evaluating the Contribution of Immune Gene Variants to Schizophrenia. March 2016.
Publications
Rahman, Anum (Graduate 2024)
PhD Thesis: Modeling Congenital Heart Disease in Mice and Asse using its Effects on Fetal Brain Development
Rappon, Tim (Graduated 2023)
Residency: Internal Medicine, McMaster University
PhD Thesis: Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation (Dr. Whitney Berta, supervisor), The Sustainment and Sustainability of Quality Improvement Initiatives for the Health Care of Older Adults. January 2021
Publications
Randhawa, Varinder (Graduated 2010)
Resident (PGY5), Cardiology, University of Western Ontario
Residency: Cardiology, Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Western Ontario
Publications
Rocca, Antonio (Graduated 2002)
Specialist, Internal Medicine and Cardiology, Polyclinic Family and Specialty Medicine Facility
Courtesy staff appointment in the division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, St Michael's Hospital
Working in the laboratory of Dr. M. Bendeck, Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology, University of Toronto
Residency: Internal Medicine, University of Toronto
Clinical specialty: Cardiology
Publications
Rotin, Lianne (Graduated 2018)
Residency: Internal Medicine, University of Toronto
PhD Thesis: Institute of Medical Science (Dr. Aaron Schimmer). Preclinical evaluation of synergistic drug combinations in acute myeloid leukemia. June 2016.
Publications
Rullo, Jacob (Graduated 2015)
Residency: Opthamology, Queen's University
PhD Thesis: Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology (Myron Cybulsky, supervisor) Leukocyte Structural Adaptations in Response to Hemodynamic-Derived Forces: Tension Transmitted Through VLA-4 Activates Upstream Rap1, PI3K, and Rac-Dependent Actin Polymerization. June 25, 2012.
Publications
Sah, Rajan (Graduated 2004)
Assistant Professor of Internal Medicine, Cardiovascular Medicine; Assistant Professor of Molecular Physiology and Biophysics; University of Iowa
Residency: New York-Presbyterian Hospital
Clinical specialty: Cardiology
Publications
Samuel, Nardin (Graduated 2018)
Residency: Neurosurgery, University of Toronto
PhD Thesis: Department of Medical Biophysics (Profs. David Malkin & Thomas Hudson). Genetic and Epigenetic Crosstalk Define TP53-Mediated Human Cancer Susceptibility. August 2016.
Publications
Saibil, Sam (Graduated 2010)
Postdoctoral Fellow (PGY4)
Residency: Internal Medicine, University of Toronto
Clinical specialty: Medical oncology, immunology
Publications
Schumacher, Paul Andrew (Graduated 2001)
Clinical Instructor, Kooteny Boundry Hospital, University of British Columbia
Residency: General Surgery, University of British Columbia
Clinical specialty: Surgery
Schwindt, Graeme (Graduated 2015)
Residency: Anesthesiology, University of Toronto
PhD Thesis: Institute of Medical Science (Sandra Black, supervisor) Towards Functional Imaging Biomarkers of Alzheimer’s Disease. August 20, 2014.
Seaberg, Raewyn (Graduated 2006)
Lecturer, Head and Neck Surgery; Department of Otolaryngology; University of Toronto
Residency: Toronto
Clinical specialty: Otolaryngology
Publications
Seneviratne, Ayesh (Graduated 2022)
Residency: Internal Medicine, Western University
PhD Thesis: Institute of Medical Science (Dr. Aaron Schimmer, supervisor) Role of Taffazin in Hematopoiesis and Leukemogenesis. January 9, 2020.
Publications
Sindhwani, Shrey (Graduated 2021)
Residency: Internal Medicine, University of Toronto
PhD Thesis: Institute for Biomaterials and Biomedical Engineering (Warren Chan, supervisor) Make Nanoparticles Great Again - By Understanding Biological Barriers. July 19, 2019.
Publications
Soleas, John (Graduated 2021)
Residency: Internal Medicine, University of Alberta
PhD Thesis: Institute for Biomaterials and Biomedical Engineering (Prof. Alison McGuigan, supervisor) Guided Self-Assembly of Human-Pluripotent-Stem- Cell-Derived-Lung-Progenitors into Simplified Developmentally Relevant Architecture. August 29, 2019.
Publications
Skrtic, Marko (Graduated 2014)
Residency: Internal Medicine, University of Toronto
PhD Thesis: Institute of Medical Science (Aaron Schimmer, supervisor) Inhibition of mitochondrial translation as a therapeutic strategy for acute myeloid leukemia. June 22, 2012.
So, Jonathan (Graduated 2013)
Residency: Internal Medicine, Western University
PhD Thesis: Institute of Medical Science (Tony Pawson, supervisor) Data-driven Modeling of Kinase Networks in TRAIL-induced Apoptosis Inform Combination Therapy. May 14, 2013.
Somani, Ally-Khan (Graduated 2002)
Director of Dermatologic Surgery and Cutaneous Oncology Division; Assistant Professor, Department of Dermatology; Adjunct Assistant Professor of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery; Indiana University School of Medicine
Residency: Pathology, University of British Columbia
Clinical specialty: Melanoma, Mohs micrographic surgery; high risk basal cell and squamous cell carcinomas; cosmetic and laser surgery
Publications
Steadman, Patrick (Graduated 2021)
Residency: Neurology, University of Toronto
PhD Thesis: Institute of Medical Science (Prof. Paul Frankland, supervisor) Biological Network Tuning in Memory Systems Consolidation. January 15, 2020.
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Steinberg, Benjamin (Graduated 2011)
Resident (PGY5), Anesthesia, University of Toronto
Residency: Anesthesia, University of Toronto
Clinical specialty: Anesthetics, immunology
Publications
Swartz, Rick (Graduated 2004)
Assistant Professor/Scientist, Department of Medicine, Division of Neurology, University of Toronto/Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre
Residency: Neurology, University of Toronto
Clinical specialty: Neurology
Publications
Tai, Isabella (Graduated 1995)
Senior Scientist, Michael Smith Genome Sciences Centre
Associate Professor, Division of Gastroenterology, University of British Columbia
Residency: Internal Medicine/Gastroenterology, University of Toronto
Clinical specialty: Gastrointestinal cancers, chemotherapy resistance, genomics/proteomics
Publications
Tavares, Grace (Graduated 2001)
Physician, Squamish Community Health Centre
Residency: Family Practice, University of British Columbia
Clinical specialty: Family medicine
Tsang, Brian (Graduated 2023)
Residency: Diagnostic Radiology, University of Toronto
PhD Thesis: Department of Biochemistry (Dr. Julie Forman-Kay, supervisor), Studying the Regulation and Function of Biomolecular Condensates with In vitro Reconstitution.
September 2021.
Publications
Tsui, David (Graduated 2015)
Thoracic Oncology Fellow, University of Colorado
Residency: Internal Medicine, University of Alberta
PhD Thesis: Institute of Medical Science (Fred Miller, supervisor) Molecular Mechanisms Regulating Mammalian Forebrain Development. May 15, 2013.
Valiante, Tauflik (Graduated 1997)
Associate Professor, Neurosurgery, University of Toronto
Staff Neurosurgeon; Surgical Director, Epilepsy Program; Toronto Western Hospital
Residency: Neurosurgery, University of Toronto
Clinical specialty: Electrophysiology, computational neuroscience, optogenetics, cognitive neuroscience, oscillations
Publications
Vanderlaan, Rachel (Graduated 2012)
Residency: Cardiac Surgery, University of Toronto
PhD Thesis: Institute of Medical Science (Tony Pawson, supervisor) The role of ShcA phosphotyrosine signaling in the myocardium. October 15, 2010.
Publications
Vanner, Robert (Graduated 2017)
Residency: Internal Medicine, University of Toronto
PhD Thesis: Molecular Genetics (Peter Dirks, supervisor). Defining the mode of medulloblastoma growth using the Ptch1 heterozygous mouse model. May 26, 2015.
Publications
Vi, Linda (Graduated 2018)
Residency: Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, University of Toronto
PhD Thesis: Institute of Medical Science (Prof. Benjamin Alman). The role of macrophages in bone development, repair and aging. August 2016.
Publications
Walpole, Glenn Franklin Wilson (Graduated 2024)
PhD Thesis: Cell Physiology of Innate Immunity and Its Subversion by Intracellular Pathogens
Wan, Ho Yee (Graduated 2022)
Residency: Plastic Surgery, University of Toronto
PhD Thesis: Department of Medical Biophysics (Dr. Loch Macdonald & Kullervo Hynynen). Etiology of vascular and inflammatory changes after subarachnoid hemorrhage. September 2, 2020.
Publications
Wang, Kevin (Xin) (Graduated 2018)
Residency: Internal Medicine, University of Toronto
PhD Thesis: Department of Biochemistry (Dr. Michael Taylor). Unmasking novel epigenetic mechanisms of medulloblastoma pathogenesis. June 2016.
Publications
Ward, Michael (Graduated 2011)
Resident (PGY5), Cardiology, University of Toronto
Residency: Cardiology, University of Toronto
Clinical specialty: Cardiology
Publications
Wilcox, Jared (Graduated 2017)
Residency: Neurosurgery, University of Toronto
PhD Thesis: Institute of Medical Science (Michael Fehlings, supervisor) Evaluating Stem Cell Transplantation in Novel Models of Bilateral Cervical Spinal Cord Injury. November 2017.
Publications
Wolf, Amparo (Graduated 2012)
Residency: Neurosurgery, University of Western Ontario
PhD Thesis: Institute of Medical Science (Ab Guha, supervisor) Hexokinase 2 is a key mediator of aerobic glycolysis promoting tumour growth in Blioblastoma Multiforme. July 15, 2010.
Publications
Wu, Florence (Graduated 2019)
Residency: Internal Medicine, University of British Columbia
PhD Thesis: Medical Biophysics (Robert Kerbel, supervisor) Targeting the Angiopoietin-Tie2 pathway to inhibit early-stage cancer metastasis. June 2017.
Publications
Wu, Yu (Richard) (Graduated 2020)
Residency: UofT Internal Medicine
Thesis: Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology, (Prof. Philip Sherman), Characterizing effects of prebiotics and human milk oligosaccharides on the intestinal epithelial barrier. July 2017.
Yang, Victor (Graduated 2006)
Associate Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Toronto and Ryerson University
Neurosurgeon, Sunnybrook Hospital
Residency: University of Toronto
Clinical specialty: Optical guidance tomography; intraoperative flourescence imaging; micro-machined electromechanical probes and catheters; medical imaging; surgical guidance
Publications
Yeung, Tony (Graduated 2010)
Research/Clinical Fellow, Gynecologic Pathology, University of Toronto
Residency: Pathology, Harvard University
Clinical specialty: Chemoresistance in ovarian cancer
Publications
Zahr, Siraj (Graduated 2022)
Residency: Anesthesiology, University of Toronto
PhD Thesis: Institute of Medical Sciences (Dr. Freda Miller, supervisor) Mechanisms of Post-Transcriptional Control in Mammalian Neural Stem Cells. June 11, 2019.
Publications
Zaslavsky, Kirill (Graduated 2019)
Residency: Ophthalmology, University of Toronto
PhD Thesis: Molecular Genetics (John Dick, supervisor) Alterations in Transcription and Connectivity in Stem Cell-Derived Neurons of Children with Neurodevelopmental Disorders. March 2017.
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