Welcome New Surgical Residents

Ronald Levine

A fantastic cohort of new residents has beaten the competition to enter the Gallie Program in July, 2008. They have diverse and interesting backgrounds.

The Department of Surgery continues to grow with expansion of the number of trainees in many of the surgical specialties. The expertise and enthusiasm of their teachers and resident colleagues promises that our residents will be the best taught ever.

Forty-three residents have entered the department - 32 male and 11 female. Thirty-two have come through the CaRMS match and are Canadian Medical School graduates. Eight have come through the IMG match and include Canadians who have studied abroad and are returning to Canada for their surgical training as well as Permanent Residents who have obtained their MD in foreign countries and will be practicing in Ontario. Three are "visa trainees," who will return to their home countries following training. What a great gift this diverse group of bright young minds brings to our department.

Welcome new residents!

Ronald H. Levine
Director, Postgraduate Surgical Education

Saad Al Qahtani - P/S	Mohammed Albugeaey - C/S	Gregory Bodie - G/S	Christopher Daigle - G/S	Charles de Mestral - G/S	Omar Dessouki - O/S
Julius Ebinu - N/S	Milan Ernjakovic - G/S	Aria Fallah - N/S	Nicholas Gaudet - G/S	Nicole Golda - U/S	Matthew Gunton - O/S
Ahmed Haddad - U/S	Usman Hameed - G/S	Kathryn Howe - N/S	Marvin Hsiao - G/S	George Ibrahim - N/S	Kunaal Jindal - P/S
Mara Jones - O/S	Stewart Lo - G/S	Elaine Mau - O/S	Chloe McAlister - G/S	Fred Nicholls - O/S	Nathan Perlis - U/S
Matthew Plant - P/S	Bheeshma Ravi - O/S	David Santone - O/S	Raj Satkunasivam - U/S	Mehdi Shahideh - N/S	Ron Somogyi - P/S
Megha Suri - G/S	Luke Szobota - G/S	Sara Temple - U/S	Kim Tsoi - O/S	Robert Tutino - P/S	Sara Ward - O/S
Andrew Watt - O/S	Julian Winocur - G/S	Bobby Yanagawa - C/S	Boris Zevin - G/S	Jing Zhang - P/S
Missing from Photos: Thamer Al-Abbassi - G/S, Niloofar Dehghan - O/S

"Medical science and medical practice represent a culturally sanctioned accumulation and refinement of specialized knowledge, literally passed from hand to hand across the ages. Unless patients are willing to play a role in training subsequent generations of medical professionals, each of us will be at risk for limited access to future medical care."

From "Do unto others: Justice in Surgical Education." in James W. Jones, Laurence B. McCullough, and Bruce W. Richman. The Ethics of Surgical Practice, 2008, pp 85-87.

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