Alumni Profiles

Meet Our Alumni

Jul 7, 2025
Aura Kagan (PhD ‘99, Institute of Medical Science) is the former executive director of the Aphasia Institute in Toronto and long-time advocate for people living with aphasia. Kagan recently made history as the first-ever speech-language pathologist to be appointed a member of the Order of Canada.
Jul 7, 2025
Jason Shack (MD ’00, PGME Family Medicine) has dedicated 20+ years to rural medicine across northern Canada, emphasizing education, community care, and mentoring future medical professionals.
Jun 19, 2025
While he has held many health care leadership positions, Temerty Medicine alumnus Hugh E. Scully is particularly celebrated for his impact in motorsport medicine and safety worldwide. We talked to Scully about his long and varied career, including his pioneering roles in the fast lanes of cardiac surgery and motorsport.
Jun 19, 2025
How a chance encounter on the street evolved into a mentorship relationship that led now-Temerty Medicine internal medicine resident Amna Zulfiqar to pursue a career as a clinician-scientist.
Mar 17, 2025
Thanks to a unique University of Toronto program that trains learners to bring health-care ideas to market, Temerty Medicine alumna Joana Dos Santos is witnessing the impact of her research in real time in the real world.