Honours & Awards
Timothy Daniels (OrthSurg), Johnny Lau (OrthSurg),
Mark A.Glazebrook, Alastair Younger, Murray J. Penner, Kevin J.Wing, Ross Leighton
and Michael Dunbar, members of the Canadian Orthopaedic Foot & Ankle Society (COFAS),
were awarded the 2007 Roger A. Mann, MD, Award for paper entitled: "Comparison of
Health Related Quality of Life Between Patients with End Stage Arthritis and Hip
Arthritis" presented at The American Orthopaedic Foot & Ankle Society (AOFAS) Annual
Summer Meeting in Toronto, on July 12 to 15, 2007. Not only a great honour, but
the occasion was unique in that this award was given to MDs outside of the United
States for the second time in the 25-year history of the AOFAS.
Eleftherios Diamandis (Surg) has received a Cancer Care Ontario,
Cancer Research Network Award ($130,000) for project titled: "Identification of
Specific, Small Molecular Weight Inhibitors of Human Tissue Kallikrein Enzymes by
High-throughput Screening".
Peter Dirks (NeurSurg) has received a Cancer Care Ontario, Cancer
Research Network Award ($130,000) for project titled: "High-throughput Screening
of Human Brain Cancer Stem Cells".
Jaime Escallon (GenSurg) has been awarded the "Maestros de la cirugia
Colombiana" translation: "Masters of Surgery in Colombia". It is the greatest honour
that the Association of Surgeons of Colombia gives to a surgeon in recognition of
his life's work, devoted teaching and the great support he has given to the Association,
not only as a surgeon but as an individual.
Neil Fleshner (UrolSurg) has received an award from the Prostate
Cancer Research Foundation of Canada for project: "Impact of Antioxidants on MRI
Markers of Cell Proliferation and Hypoxia Among Men on Active Surveillance With
Early Stage".
Daryl Kucey (VascSurg) has been installed as President of the Canadian
Society for Vascular Surgery. This honour brings pride to the Department, the Division
of Vascular Surgery and Sunnybrook.
Robert Nam (UrolSurg) has been awarded the Early Research Award
($150,000) by the Ontario Ministry of Research and Innovation, formerly the Premier's
Research Excellence Award.
Raja Rampersaud (OrthSurg) has been awarded the 2007 Arbor Award
for outstanding volunteer service to UofT and the Spine Journal Outstanding Paper
Award: Surgical Science ($10,000) presented at the annual North American Spine Society
(NASS) meeting.
Sandro Rizoli (GenSurg) was awarded the Best Speaker Award for
the 2006-2007 Principles of Surgery Lecture Series.
Charles Tator (NeurSurg) is the recipient of the 2007 Arbor Award
for outstanding volunteer service to the University of Toronto.
Michael Taylor (NeurSurg) is the recipient of a 3-year Sontag Foundation
Distinguished Scholar Award for his work on: "Multiple Genetic Events Converge to
Target Histone 3 Lysine 9 Methylation in Pediatric Medulloblastoma".
Vasundara Venkateswaran (Research) on behalf of the Canadian Institutes
of Health Research (CIHR), has been invited to become a member of the "Nutrition,
Food & Health" Grants Committee. She was recommended for this appointment by peers
in recognition of her reputation in the field and demonstrated excellence in science.
The initial term of this appointment is from 1 July 2007 to 30 June 2008 and renewable
for an additional 2 years. As you know, one of CIHR's major activities is the assessment
of applications for support.
Alexandre Zlotta (UrolSurg) has received an award from the Prostate
Cancer Research Foundation of Canada for project: "Prevalence and Age Distribution
of Prostate Carcinoma and its Precursor lesions in African, Asian and Caucasian
Men in Autopsy Specimens: A Prospective Comparative International Study with Central
Pat".
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Ronald Zuker (PlasSurg) has been awarded the 2007 Art of Listening
Award. This award honours a health professional who models the importance of caring
receptive professionals in the lives of individuals and families living with genetic
conditions. He was nominated by the Mobius Syndrome through the Genetic Alliance
and was selected from over 50 nominations. The Genetic Alliance is a genetic advocacy
organization based in Washington, DC.
Ivan Diamond (GenSurg Resident) was awarded 2nd Prize in the Resident
Clinical Paper Competition at the annual meeting of the Canadian Pediatric Surgical
Association for paper titled: "Changing the Paradigm: Omegaven for the Treatment
of Liver Failure in Pediatric Short Bowel Syndrome".
The Resident Trauma Papers Competition from Western [Region XI] and Eastern [Region
XII] Canada was held at the Canadian Surgical Forum meeting in Toronto on Sept.
8th. The winning papers for Region XII were:
Barbara Haas (GenSurg Resident, Supervisor: A. Nathens) received
Award for Clinical Science Category for paper titled: "The Survival Advantage in
Trauma Centres: Expeditious Intervention or Experience?"
Ann Parr (NeurSurg Resident, Supervisor: C. Tator) received Award
for Basic Science Category for paper titled: "Transplantation of Adult Neural Stem/Progenitor
Cells and Bone Marrow Derived Mesenchymal Stromal Cells in the Injured Rat Spinal
Cord".
Congratulations to both winners and all the residents who participated. The two
winning papers will be submitted to the American College of Surgeons Committee on
Trauma who will chose one of these 2 papers to represent Region XII in the international
competition to be held in March 2008 in Washington DC.
Betty Kim (NeurSurg Resident) has been awarded the National Cancer
Institute of Canada Diamond Anniversary Student Research Award, the Joseph M. West
Family Memorial Fund, the Charles F. Fell Fund and Javenthey Soobiah Scholarship.
Paul Kongkham (NeurSurg Resident) is winner of the Resident Research
1st Prize Award of the American Academy of Neurological Surgery. He will be presenting
his work: "A Combined Epigenetic and Genetic Genome-wide Screen Identifies SPINT2
as a Novel Tumour Suppressor Gene in Medulloblastoma" at the upcoming meeting at
the Ritz Carlton in Lake Las Vegas, Nevada. This resident research prize is the
most highly sought after prize for all residents as the American Academy of Neurological
Surgery is the most prestigious group of neurosurgeons in the world.
Adrian Laxton (NeurSurg Resident) received the Miriam Neveren Memorial
Award and the Joseph M. West Family Memorial Fund through the Postgraduate Medicine
Awards Committee of the Faculty of Medicine, UofT.
Demitre Serletis (NeurSurg Resident) was awarded the Miriam Neveren
Memorial Award and the Joseph M. West Family Memorial Fund by the Postgraduate Medicine
Awards Committee of the Faculty of Medicine, UofT.
Jensen Tan (GenSurg Resident) has been awarded the 2007-2008 Joseph
M. West Family Memorial Fund ($4,980.52) by the Postgraduate Medicine Awards Committee,
Faculty of Medicine, UofT.
Patrick Tawadros (GenSurg Resident) has been awarded the prestigious
Starr Medal by the 2007-2008 Postgraduate Medicine Awards Committee of the Faculty
of Medicine.
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