Outstanding Teacher Award - Residency

Purpose
The Outstanding Teacher - Residency Award recognizes faculty members who demonstrate outstanding communication, collaboration, empathy, engagement, feedback and/or mentorship to residents in the Department of Medical Imaging.

Award
This award will be presented annually to up to 15 recipients. If there are no nominations by the deadline or the candidates do not meet the standard of excellence required for this award, it will not be given that year. 

The award recipient will be notified directly and receive a certificate.  

Criteria and Nomination Process
The recipient(s) of this award must have a primary appointment Department of Medical Imaging at the University of Toronto; self-nominations are not permitted. Faculty members are eligible to receive this award multiple times.

The recipient of this award must be nominated by at least one resident in Diagnostic Radiology, Nuclear Medicine, Paediatrics, Neuroradiology or Interventional Radiology at the Department of Medical Imaging.  

Nominees for this award must possess the qualities of an outstanding teacher which include:

  • Display an outstanding commitment to teaching residents
  • Demonstrate respect in the learning and healthcare environment with a collaborative approach to the trainee and faculty teaching and learning relationship
  • Encourage and support residents' enquiries
  • Provide effective feedback and assessment of residents  
  • Display a genuine interest in residents’ professional development  
  • Assist in achieving learning objectives 
  • Teaching effectiveness as demonstrated on the LACT scores

Selection Process
This award will be adjudicated by a committee chaired by a designated faculty member in the Department of Medical Imaging.

Selection will include postgraduate Learner Assessment of Clinical Teacher scores, while ensuring a fair representation across sites and divisions.

2021-2022 Awardees

2022 Recipients

Name Division Hospital
Dr. Laila Alshafai Neuroradiology JDMI/Mount Sinai Hospital
Dr. Eric Bartlett Neuroradiology JDMI/Princess Margaret Cancer Centre
Dr. Govind Chavhan Pediatric Imaging The Hospital for Sick Children
Dr. Belinda Curpen Breast Imaging Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre
Dr. Sandeep Ghai Breast Imaging JDMI/Women's College Hospital
Dr. Masoom Haider Abdominal Imaging JDMI/Mount Sinai Hospital
Dr. Kartik Jhaveri Abdominal Imaging JDMI/Princess Margaret Cancer Centre
Dr. Dilkash Kajal Abdominal Imaging JDMI/Women's College Hospital
Dr. Pejman Maralani Neuroradiology Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre
Dr. Myles Margolis Abdominal Imaging JDMI/Mount Sinai Hospital
Dr. Shobhit Mathur Emergency, Trauma and Acute Pain St. Michael's Hospital/Unity Health
Dr. Ali Naraghi Musculoskeletal Imaging JDMI/Toronto Western Hospital
Dr. Lyne Noel de Tilly Neuroradiology St. Michael's Hospital/Unity Health
Dr. Dawn Pearce Musculoskeletal Imaging St. Michael's Hospital/Unity Health
Dr. Vikramaditya Prabhudesai Vascular Interventional Radiology St. Michael's Hospital/Unity Health
Dr. Sadia Qamar Emergency, Trauma and Acute Pain Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre
Dr. David Salonen Musculoskeletal Imaging JDMI/Toronto Western Hospital
Dr. Dipanka Sarma Neuroradiology St. Michael's Hospital/Unity Health
Dr. Thiru Sivakumaran Musculoskeletal Imaging Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre
Dr. Jane Wall Abdominal Imaging Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre
Dr. Matthew Wu Abdominal Imaging St. Michael's Hospital/Unity Health
Dr. Charles Yan Abdominal Imaging Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre
Dr. Eugene Yu Neuroradiology JDMI/Princess Margaret Cancer Centre

Past Winners

2021 Recipients

   
Dr. Jorge Abreu-Gomez Dr. Supriya Kulkarni
Dr. Laila Alshafai Dr. Ashley Leckie
Dr. Ganesh Annamalai Dr. Sebastian Mafeld
Dr. Mostafa Atri Dr. Walter Mak
Dr. Eric Bartlett Dr. Danny Mandell
Dr. Rajesh Bhayana Dr. Pejman Maralani
Dr. Susan Blaser Dr. Demetris Patsios
Dr. Robert Bleakney Dr. Vikram Prabhudesai
Dr. Katrina Bukhanov Dr. Dheeraj Rajan
Dr. Belinda Curpen Dr. Sapna Rawal
Dr. Djeven Deva Dr. Jason Robins
Dr. Ricardo Faingold Dr. Dipanka Sarma
Dr. Kalesha Hack Dr. Robert Willinsky
Dr. Guan Huang Dr. Matthew Wu
Dr. Arash Jaberi  

 

2020 Recipients

   
Dr. Eric Barlett  Dr. Arash Jaberi
Dr. Errol Colak Dr. Korosh Khalili
Dr. Belinda Curpen Dr. Timo Krings
Dr. Djeven Deva Dr. Dorota Linda
Dr. Noah Ditkofsky Dr. Sebastian Mafeld
Dr. Jennifer Fratesi Dr. Rakesh Mohankumar
Dr. Luis Guimaraes Dr. Walter Montanera
Dr. Chris Heyn Dr. Dawn Pearce
Dr. Guan Huang  

 

2019 Recipients

   
Dr. Laila Alshafai Dr. Gevork Mnatzakanian
Dr. Eric Bartlett Dr. Ravi Mohan
Dr. Djeven Deva Dr. Ali Naraghi
Dr. Luis Armando Guimaraes Dr. Martin O'Malley
Dr. Anthony Hanbidge Dr. Vikram Prabhudesai
Dr. Nasir Jaffer Dr. David Salonen
Dr. Walter Mak Dr. Laurie Vlachou
Dr. Pejman Maralani Dr. Robert Willinsky