2017 Honours and Awards
In 2017, many Faculty members won international, national and local awards for their outstanding work.
| Prof. Farhan Asrar | 2017 Award for Young Leaders (Early Career), The Canadian Medical Association |
| Prof. Barbara (Dee) Ballyk | 2017 W. T. Aikins Award for Excellence in Individual Teaching in Large Group |
| Prof. Philippe Bedard | 2017 William E. Rawls Award from the Canadian Cancer Society |
| Prof. Philip Berger | 2017 W. T. Aikins Award for Excellence in Individual Teaching in Large Group |
| Prof. Benjamin Blencowe | Fellow, The Royal Society of Canada |
| Prof. Paolo Campisi | 2017 Gabriel F. Tucker Award, The American Laryngological Association Certificates of Merit, The Canadian Association for Medical Education |
| Daniel De Carvalho | 2017 Bernard and Francine Dorval Prize from the Canadian Cancer Society |
| Prof. Yvonne Chan | Faculty of Medicine’s 2017 Community Based Teaching Awards |
| Prof. Karen Davis | 2017 Outstanding Pain Mentorship Award |
| Prof. John Dick | 2017 Keio Medical Science Prize 2017 Gold Leaf Prize for Discovery, The Canadian Institutes of Health Research |
| Prof. Peter Dirks | Fellow, The Royal Society of Canada |
| Prof. Marjorie Dixon | 2017 Women of Distinction award, YMCA |
| Prof. Daniel Drucker | 2017 Harrington Prize for Innovation in Medicine |
| Prof. Sherif El-Defrawy | 2017 Mentor of the Year, Region 3, by the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada |
| Prof. David Eisen | Faculty of Medicine’s 2017 Community Based Teaching Awards |
| Prof. Sid Feldman | Faculty of Medicine’s 2017 Community Based Teaching Awards |
| Prof. Stuart Foster | Foreign Member, The U.S. National Academy of Engineering |
| Prof. Robert Fowler | 2017 Teasdale-Corti Humanitarian Award, Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada |
| Prof. Michelle French | 2017 University of Toronto President’s Teaching Award |
| Prof. Mary Gospodarowicz | 2017 Women Who Conquer Cancer Mentorship Award from the Conquer Cancer Foundation |
| Prof. Gillian Hawker | 2017 May Cohen Award for Women Mentors, The Canadian Medical Association |
| Prof. Jacqueline James | 2017 W. T. Aikins Award for Excellence in Course/Program Development and Coordination |
| Prof. Lewis Kay | 2017 Canada Gairdner International Award laureate |
| Jeremy Knight | 2017 True Blue Award from the University of Toronto |
| Prof. Mona Loutfy | Excellence in Research Award, The Canadian Association for HIV Research and the Canadian Foundation for AIDS Research |
| Prof. Maureen Lovett | 2017 Samuel Torrey Orton award, International Dyslexia Association |
| Prof. Mathieu Lupien | 2017 Bernard and Francine Dorval Prize from the Canadian Cancer Society |
| Dawn Maracle | 2017 International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination Campaign and Recognition Award from the University of Toronto |
| Prof. James Maskalyk | 2017 Hilary Weston Writers’ Trust Prize for Nonfiction for his memoir, Life on the Ground Floor |
| Barbra MacDonald | 2017 True Blue Award |
| Prof. Robin McLeod | 2017 Duncan Graham Award for Outstanding Contribution to Medical Education |
| Prof. Helen McNeill | Fellow, The Royal Society of Canada |
| Prof. Emeritus Morris Milner | Lifetime Achievement Award, Life Sciences Ontario |
| Dr. Tatyana Mollayeva | 2017 Elio Lugaresi Award for Education |
| Prof. Rosemary Moodie | 2017 Order of Distinction in the Rank of Commander by the Government of Jamaica |
| Prof. Benoit Mulsant | 2017 Distinguished Scientist Award from the American Association for Geriatric Psychiatry |
| Prof. Maria Mylopolous | Certificates of Merit, The Canadian Association for Medical Education |
| Prof. Brian O’Sullivan | 2017 O. Harold Warwick Prize from the Canadian Cancer Society |
| Prof. Beverley Orser | 2017 Gold Medal from the Canadian Anesthesiologists’ Society 2017 Peter Dresel Award from the Department of Pharmacology at Dalhousie University |
| Prof. Amit Oza | 2017 Presidential Medal, The Society of Gynecologic Oncology of Canada |
| Prof. Jason Pennington | 2017 Dr. Thomas Dignan Indigenous Health Award from the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada |
| Prof. Nav Persaud | Canada's Top 40 Under 40 in 2017 by the Business News Network |
| Prof. Milica Radisic | Fellow, The Royal Society of Canada |
| Prof. Lisa Richardson | 2017 Dr. Thomas Dignan Indigenous Health Award from the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada |
| Prof. Graham Roche-Nagle | 2017 W. T. Aikins Award for Excellence in Individual Teaching Performance in Small Group |
| Prof. Janet Rossant | 2017 honorary Doctor of Science degree from Cambridge University |
| Prof. James Rutka | Honorary degree from Queen's University |
| Prof. Paul Santerre | 2017 Governor General’s Innovation Award |
| Dr. Ariel Shafro | 2017 W. T. Aikins Award for Excellence in Individual Teaching Performance in Small Group |
| Leah Scherk | 2017 True Blue Award |
| Prof. Stephen Scherer | 2017 Honorary Doctor of Science degree from the University of Waterloo Honorary Affiliate, Canadian College of Medical Geneticists |
| Prof. Molly Shoichet | 2017 Killam Prize, Canada Council for the Arts |
| Prof. Marla Shapiro | Journalism Award for Excellence in Women’s Health Reporting |
| Prof. Frances Shepherd | 2017 Addario Lectureship Award |
| Prof. Robert Silver | 2017 Clinical Teacher Award, The Association of Faculties of Medicine of Canada |
| Prof. Sanjeev Sockalingham & Team | Phil R. Manning Research Award by the Society for Academic Continuing Medical Education |
| Prof. Peter St George-Hyslop | 2017 Ryman Prize |
| Prof. Donna Steele | 2017 Program Director of the Year Award |
| Prof. Diane Elizabeth Tullis | 2017 Prix d’excellence Specialist of the Year, Region 3, by the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada |
| Dr. Areti Angeliki Veroniki | 2017 John Charles Polanyi Prize in Physiology/Medicine |
| Prof. Aristotle Voineskos | Canada's Top 40 Under 40 in 2017 by the Business News Network |
| Prof. Peter Watson | 2017 Mitchell Max Award for Neuropathic Pain, The American Academy of Neurology |
| Prof. Cynthia Whitehead | Certificates of Merit, The Canadian Association for Medical Education |
| Prof. David Wiljer and Team | Phil R. Manning Research Award by the Society for Academic Continuing Medical Education |
| Prof. Rene Wong | Fox Award, The Society for Academic Continuing Medical Education |
| Prof. George Yousef | 2017 Member, College of New Scholars, Artists and Scientists, by the Royal Society of Canada |
| Centre for Faculty Development | 2017 ASPIRE Award for Excellence in Faculty Development by the Association for Medical Education in Europe |
| UofTMed Magazine | 2017 Gold Award in the category of Special Constituency Magazines, The Council for Advancement and Support of Education |