Recognition
All NOSM University Faculty Awards of Excellence and Scholarship recipients will be publicly acknowledged at The NOSM University Achievement Celebration as part of Northern Constellations/Connections/Lights. Northern Constellations/Connections/Lights is a faculty and preceptor development conference provided by the Continuing Education and Professional Development (CEPD) Portfolio each Spring. Award recipient names will also be published in the bi-weekly resident bulletin, The Script, the weekly NOSM U’s newsletter, The Pulse, and the bi-weekly faculty newsletter, The Faculty Communiqué.
For further information, please read the NOSM University Faculty Awards of Excellence and Scholarship Information Package
If you have further questions, please email:
Ms. Anita Arella, Director of Faculty Affairs at aarella@nosm.ca,
Ms. Amanda Mihalus, Executive Assistant to the Associate Dean of Faculty Affairs, at amihalus@nosm.ca.
NOSM University Faculty Award of Excellence and Scholarship Recipients
Professor Honorarius – Emeritus
| Title | First Name | Last Name | Division | Section | Current Rank | Bestowment Date |
| Dr. | Joel | Lanphear | Human Sciences | Education/Organizational Psychology | Professor Emeritus | 2013-07-01 |
| Dr. | Jacques | Abourbih | Clinical Sciences | Surgery – Other | Professor Honorarius | 2014-07-01 |
| Dr. | Garry | Ferroni | Medical Sciences | Medical Microbiology | Professor Emeritus | 2015-07-01 |
| Dr. | Hermann | Falter | Medical Sciences | Biochemistry | Professor Honorarius | 2019-07-01 |
| Dr. | Diarmuid | McLoughlin | Clinical Sciences | Radiology | Professor Honorarius | 2019-07-01 |
| Dr. | Lois | Hutchinson | Clinical Sciences | Psychiatry | Associate Professor Honorarius | 2021-07-01 |
| Dr. | Janice | Willett | Clinical Sciences | OB-GYN | Associate Professor Honorarius | 2021-07-01 |
| Dr. | Malcolm | Wilson | Clinical Sciences | Internal Medicine | Associate Professor Honorarius | 2021-07-01 |
| Dr. | Victor | Clulow | Medical Sciences | Anatomy/Physiology | Professor Honorarius | 2022-07-01 |
| Dr. | Scott | Sellick | Human Sciences | Psychology | Associate Professor Honorarius | 2022-07-01 |
| Dr. | Catherine | Cervin | Clinical Sciences | Family Medicine | Professor Emerita | 2023-02-17 |
NOSM University Faculty Awards of Excellence and Scholarship
| Title | First Name | Last Name | Division | Section/Discipline | Award Received | Year Received |
| Dr | Nicholas | Escott | Clinical Sciences | Pathology | Faculty/Preceptor Recognition | 2007 |
| Dr | Carita | Lanner | Medical Sciences | Molecular Genetics | Faculty/Preceptor Recognition | 2007 |
| Dr | Jacques | Abourbih | Clinical Sciences | Surgery | Faculty/Preceptor Recognition | 2008 |
| Dr | Geoffrey | Hudson | Human Sciences | Historian of Medicine | Faculty/Preceptor Recognition | 2008 |
| Dr | Jacques | Abourbih | Clinical Sciences | Surgery | Faculty/Preceptor Recognition | 2009 |
| Dr | John | Kargbo | Clinical Sciences | Emergency Medicine | Faculty/Preceptor Recognition | 2009 |
| Dr | Chris | Kupsh | Clinical Sciences | Emergency Medicine | Faculty/Preceptor Recognition | 2009 |
| Dr | Pierre | Mikhail | Clinical Sciences | Emergency Medicine | Faculty/Preceptor Recognition | 2009 |
| Dr | Chris | Decker | Clinical Sciences | Surgery – General | Faculty/Preceptor Recognition | 2010 |
| Dr | Sam | Fratesi | Clinical Sciences | Surgery – Other | Faculty/Preceptor Recognition | 2010 |
| Dr | Raymond | Jacques | Clinical Sciences | Family Medicine | Faculty/Preceptor Recognition | 2010 |
| Dr | Saleem | Malik | Clinical Sciences | Internal Medicine | Faculty/Preceptor Recognition | 2010 |
| Dr | Yvon | Gagnon | Clinical Sciences | Family Medicine | Faculty/Preceptor Recognition | 2011 |
| Dr | Tom | Kovala | Medical Sciences | Biochemistry | Faculty/Preceptor Recognition | 2011 |
| Dr | Richard | Kvas | Clinical Sciences | Family Medicine | Faculty/Preceptor Recognition | 2011 |
| Ms | Donna | Newhouse | Medical Sciences | Anatomy/Physiology | Faculty/Preceptor Recognition | 2011 |
| Dr | Tara | Baron | Clinical Sciences | Pediatrics | Faculty/Preceptor Recognition | 2012 |
| Dr | John | Kargbo | Clinical Sciences | Emergency Medicine | Faculty/Preceptor Recognition | 2012 |
| Dr | Claire | Perreault | Clinical Sciences | Surgery – General | Faculty/Preceptor Recognition | 2012 |
| Dr | Richard | Senior | Clinical Sciences | Family Medicine | Faculty/Preceptor Recognition | 2012 |
| Dr | Jean | Anawati | Clinical Sciences | Family Medicine | Faculty/Preceptor Recognition | 2013 |
| Dr | David | Clarke | Clinical Sciences | Family Medicine | Faculty/Preceptor Recognition | 2013 |
| Dr | Tara | Baron | Clinical Sciences | Pediatrics | Clinical Teacher Award | 2014 |
| Dr | Chris | Kupsh | Clinical Sciences | Emergency Medicine | Medical Educator Award | 2014 |
| Dr | Sarah | Newbery | Clinical Sciences | Family Medicine | Academic Leader Award | 2014 |
| Dr | Steven | Socransky | Clinical Sciences | Emergency Medicine | Clinical Scholar Award | 2014 |
| Dr | Jo-Anne | Clarke | Clinical Sciences | Internal Medicine | Clinical Teacher Award | 2015 |
| Dr. | Jo-Anne | Clarke | Clinical Sciences | Internal Medicine | Medical Educator Award | 2015 |
| Dr | Brent | Kennedy | Clinical Sciences | Anaesthesia | Clinical Teacher Award | 2015 |
| Dr | David | MacLean | Medical Sciences | Physiology | Academic Leader Award | 2015 |
| Dr | David | Mutrie | Clinical Sciences | Emergency Medicine | Faculty/Preceptor Recognition | 2015 |
| Dr | John | Coccimiglio | Clinical Sciences | Family Medicine | Faculty/Preceptor Recognition | 2015 |
| Dr | Jack | Haggarty | Clinical Sciences | Psychiatry | Faculty/Preceptor Recognition | 2015 |
| Dr | Frank | Nigro | Clinical Sciences | Internal Medicine | Faculty/Preceptor Recognition | 2015 |
| Dr | Aaron | Rothstein | Clinical Sciences | Family Medicine | Faculty/Preceptor Recognition | 2015 |
| Dr | Lee | Toner | Clinical Sciences | Emergency Medicine | Faculty/Preceptor Recognition | 2015 |
| Dr | Alexandria | Peel | External | Internal Medicine/Geriatrics | Faculty/Preceptor Recognition | 2015 |
| Dr | Ammanuel | Abara | Clinical Sciences | Surgery – Other | Faculty/Preceptor Recognition | 2015 |
| Dr | Harshad | Telang | Clinical Sciences | Surgery – General | Faculty/Preceptor Recognition | 2015 |
| Ms | Crystal | Morra | External | Dietician | Faculty/Preceptor Recognition | 2015 |
| Dr | Maurianne | Reade | Clinical Sciences | Family Medicine | Faculty/Preceptor Recognition | 2015 |
| Dr | Kirsti | Reinikka | Clinical Sciences | Health Sciences | Clinical Scholar Award | 2015 |
| Dr | TC | Tai | Medical Sciences | Physiology/Pharmacology | Scholar Award | 2015 |
| Dr. | Richard | Almond | Clinical Sciences | Family Medicine | Academic Leader Award | 2016 |
| Dr. | Kristen | Jacklin | Human Sciences | Medical Anthropology | Scholar Award | 2016 |
| Dr | Patrick | Martel | Clinical Sciences | Emergency Medicine | Medical Educator Award | 2016 |
| Dr. | Eliseo | Orrantia | Clinical Sciences | Family Medicine | Clinical Scholar Award | 2016 |
| Dr. | David | VanderBurgh | Clinical Sciences | Emergency Medicine | Clinical Teacher Award | 2016 |
| Ms | Gabrielle | Erickson | Learner | PGY3 EM 2022-23 | Learner – Peer Teaching | 2017 |
| Dr | Erle | Kirby | Clinical Sciences (retired) | Family Medicine | Clinical Teacher Award | 2017 |
| Mr | Geordie | Linford | Clinical Sciences | Internal Medicine | Learner – Advocate/Leader | 2017 |
| Dr | Marion | Maar | Human Sciences | Medical Anthropology | Scholar Award | 2017 |
| Dr | Janet | McElhaney | Clinical Sciences | Internal Medicine(deceased) | Clinical Scholar Award | 2017 |
| Ms. | Denise | Raftis | Clinical Sciences | Health Sciences | Academic Leader Award | 2017 |
| Dr | Richard | Senior | Clinical Sciences | Family Medicine | Learner Nominated Teacher | 2017 |
| Dr | Deborah | Smith | Clinical Sciences | Family Medicine | Medical Educator Award | 2017 |
| Dr | John | Coccimiglio | Clinical Sciences | Family Medicine | Learner – Peer Teaching | 2018 |
| Dr | David | Jerome | Clinical Sciences | Family Medicine | Learner – Advocate/Leader | 2018 |
| Dr | Moira | Mangatal | Clinical Sciences | Family Medicine | Clinical Teacher Award | 2018 |
| Dr | Dave | McLinden | Clinical Sciences | Family Medicine | Academic Leader Award | 2018 |
| Dr | Adam | Moir | Clinical Sciences | Family Medicine | Learner Nominated Teacher | 2018 |
| Ms | Niharika | Shahi | Clinical Sciences | UG learner | Learner – Scholarly Activity | 2018 |
| Dr | Robert | Smith | Clinical Sciences | Surgery – General | Academic Leader Award | 2018 |
| Dr | Josee | Theriault | Clinical Sciences | Internal Medicine | Medical Educator Award | 2018 |
| Dr. | Dave | Allen | Clinical Sciences | Family Medicine | Medical Educator Award | 2019 |
| Ms. | Ananya | Beruar | Learner | UG learner | Learner – Advocate/Leader | 2019 |
| Dr. | Hilary | Bohler | Clinical Sciences | Psychiatry | Learner – Scholarly Activity | 2019 |
| Dr. | Tom | Crichton | Clinical Sciences | Family Medicine | Academic Leader Award | 2019 |
| Dr. | Joseph | Dooley | Clinical Sciences | Family Medicine | Clinical Scholar Award | 2019 |
| Dr. | Katherine | Kauffeldt | Clinical Sciences | Family Medicine | Clinical Teacher Award | 2019 |
| Dr. | Vincent | Le | Learner | Internal Medicine Resident | Learner – Peer Teaching | 2019 |
| Dr. | Simon | Lees | Medical Sciences | Physiology/Cell Biology | Scholar Award | 2019 |
| Dr. | Damian | Micomonaco | Clinical Sciences | Surgery – Other | Clinical Scholar Award | 2019 |
| Dr. | Stephen | Viherjoki | Clinical Sciences | Family Medicine | Learner Nominated Teacher | 2019 |
| Dr. | Rony | Atoui | Clinical Sciences | Internal Medicine | Clinical Scholar Award | 2020 |
| Dr. | Erin | Cameron | Human Sciences | Medical Education | Scholar Award | 2020 |
| Dr. | Vincent | Le | Learner | Internal Medicine Resident | Learner – Scholarly Activity | 2020 |
| Dr. | Liisa | Levasseur | Clinical Sciences | Family Medicine | Clinical Teacher Award | 2020 |
| Dr. | Mary | Olsten | Clinical Sciences | Family Medicine | Academic Leader Award | 2020 |
| Dr. | Richard | Senior | Clinical Sciences | Family Medicine | Learner Nominated Teacher | 2020 |
| Ms | Niharika | Shahi | Learner | UG Learner | Learner – Advocate/Leader | 2020 |
| Dr. | Chi | Cheng | Clinical Sciences | Psychiatry | Clinical Scholar Award | 2021 |
| Dr. | Alex | Moise | Medical Sciences | Pharmacology | Scholar Award | 2021 |
| Ms. | Donna | Newhouse | Medical Sciences | Anatomy/Physiology | Medical Educator Award | 2021 |
| Dr. | Zach | Suntres | Medical Sciences | Pharmacology/Toxicology | Academic Leader Award | 2021 |
| Dr. | Stacy | Desilets | Clinical Sciences | Family Medicine | Academic Leader Award | 2022 |
| Dr. | Robert | Ohle | Clinical Sciences | Emergency Medicine | Clinical Scholar Award | 2022 |
| Dr. | Jennifer | Macmillan | Clinical Sciences | Surgery – General | Clinical Teacher Award | 2022 |
| Dr. | Jennifer | McPhail | Clinical Sciences | Family Medicine | Medical Educator Award | 2022 |
| Dr. | Anjali | Oberai | Clinical Sciences | Family Medicine | Community Champion | 2022 |
| Dr. | Sheena | Branigan | Clinical Sciences | Family Medicine | Faculty Mentorship Award | 2022 |
| Dr. | Lily | DeMiglio | Clinical Sciences | Family Medicine | Learner-Nominated Teacher Award | 2022 |
| Dr. | Hazem | Elmansy | Clinical Sciences | Urology | Clinical Scholar Award | 2023 |
| Dr. | Lacey | Pitre | Clinical Sciences | Oncology | Clinical Teacher Award | 2023 |
| Dr. | Julie | Boucher | Clinical Sciences | Family Medicine | Community Champion Award | 2023 |
| Dr. | Chris | Meilleur | Clinical Sciences | Family Medicine | Community Champion Award | 2023 |
| Dr. | Darryl | Vance | Clinical Sciences | Psychiatry | Faculty Mentorship Award | 2023 |
| Dr. | Kirsten | Jewell | Clinical Sciences | Emergency Medicine | Medical Educator Award | 2023 |
| Dr. | Lorrilee | McGregor | Human Sciences | Indigenous Health | Scholar Award | 2023 |
External Awards
| Title | First Name | Last Name | Division | Section/Discipline | Award Received | Year Received |
| Dr. | Amer | Aref | Clinical Sciences | Radiology | Certificate of Merit Award (Radiological Society of North America – RSNA) | 2021 |
| Dr. | Tara | Baron | Clinical Sciences | Pediatrics | Community Partnershp Award 2021 (sudbury.com) | 2021 |
| Dr. | Chi | Cheng | Clinical Sciences | Psychiatry | NOSM Award of Excellence and Scholarship – Clinical Scholar Award | 2021 |
| Dr. | Jane | Fogolin | Clinical Sciences | Family Medicine | RCPSC – Competence by Design (CBD) Innovator | 2021 |
| Dr. | Robert | Hamilton | Clinical Sciences | Family Medicine | OMA Life Membership Award | 2021 |
| Dr. | Edward | Hirvi | Clinical Sciences | Family Medicine | CAME Award | 2021 |
| Dr. | Brent | Kennedy | Clinical Sciences | Anaesthesia | PCTA Leadership Award | 2021 |
| Dr. | Roy | Kirkpatrick | Clinical Sciences | Surgery | Rural Specialist Merit Award (SRPC) | 2021 |
| Dr. | Louisa | Marion-Bellemare | Clinical Sciences | Family Medicine | Ontario College of Family Physicians (OCFP) 2021 Award of Excellence | 2021 |
| Dr. | Michael | Mason | Clinical Sciences | Emergency Medicine | PARO – Excellence in Clinical Teaching Award | 2021 |
| Dr. | Janet | McElhaney | Clinical Sciences | Internal Medicine | Jonas Salk Award | 2021 |
| Dr. | Alex | Moise | Medical Sciences | Pharmacology | NOSM Award of Excellence and Scholarship – Scholar Award | 2021 |
| Dr. | Sarah | Newbery | Clinical Sciences | Family Medicine | Rural Medical Education Award (Society of Rural Physicians of Canada) | 2021 |
| Dr. | Donna | Newhouse | Medical Sciences | Anatomy/Physiology | NOSM Award of Excellence and Scholarship – Medical Educator Award | 2021 |
| Dr. | Venkadesan | Rajendran | Clinical Sciences | Health Sciences | Centenary Medal of Distinction (Canadian Physiotherapy Association) | 2021 |
| Dr. | Julie | Samson | Clinical Sciences | Family Medicine | Ontario College of Family Physicians (OCFP) 2021 Award of Excellence | 2021 |
| Dr. | David | Savage | Clinical Sciences | Emergency Medicine | Junior Investor Grant (CASP) | 2021 |
| Dr. | Zacharias | Suntres | Medical Sciences | Pharmacology/Toxicology | NOSM Award of Excellence and Scholarship – Academic Leader Award | 2021 |
| Dr. | Sarita | Verma | Clinical Sciences | Family Medicine | Medical Post Canadian Healthcare Network 2021 Physician Power List | 2021 |
| Dr. | Stephen | Viherjoki | Clinical Sciences | Family Medicine | Rural Service Award (SRPC) | 2021 |
| Dr. | Janice | Willett | Clinical Sciences | OB-GYN | OMA Section Service Award | 2021 |
| Dr. | Barb | Zelek | Clinical Sciences | Family Medicine | Rural Mentorship Award | 2021 |
| Dr. | Barb | Zelek | Clinical Sciences | Family Medicine | OCFP Ontario Family Physician of the Year | 2021 |
| Dr. | Ranjit | Baboolal | Clinical Sciences | Pediatrics | TBRHSC Professional Staff Award | 2022 |
| Dr. | Ranjit | Baboolal | Clinical Sciences | Pediatrics | TBRHSC Professional Staff Award | 2022 |
| Dr. | Lisa | Bishop | Clinical Sciences | Health Sciences | 2022 lewirokwas Cape Award for Midwives | 2022 |
| Dr. | Teresa | Bruni | Clinical Sciences | Pediatrics | 2022 Canadian Pediatric Society’s Distinguished Paediatrician Award | 2022 |
| Dr. | Erin | Cameron | Human Sciences | Medical Education | NOMINEE_CAME Meredith Marks New Educator Award | 2022 |
| Dr. | James | Chau | Clinical Sciences | Family Medicine | Ontario MD – 2022 Luminary Award for Excellent Patient Care | 2022 |
| Dr. | Jo-Anne | Clarke | Clinical Sciences | Geriatirics | Ontario MD – 2022 Luminary Award for Excellent Patient Care | 2022 |
| Dr. | Kenneth | Foster | Clinical Sciences | Surgery | G. William N. Fitzgerald Award for Excellence in Rural Surgery | 2022 |
| Dr. | Vicki | Kristman | Human Sciences | Epidemiology | $367,200 from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) | 2022 |
| Dr. | Pawan | Kumar | Clinical Sciences | Surgery | Golden Heart Award (NBRHC) | 2022 |
| Dr. | David | Marsh | Clinical Sciences | Family Medicine | MITACS Accelerated Grant for Research | 2022 |
| Dr. | Janet | McElhaney | Clinical Sciences | Internal Medicine | Ronald Cape Distinguished Service Award – Canadian Geriatric Society | 2022 |
| Dr. | Adam | Moir | Clinical Sciences | Family Medicine | Community Educator of the Year Award | 2022 |
| Dr. | Adam | Moir | Clinical Sciences | Family Medicine | OCFP Community Educator of the Year | 2022 |
| Dr. | Adam | Moir | Clinical Sciences | Family Medicine | Ontario College of Family Physicians – Community Educator of the Year | 2022 |
| Dr. | Christopher | Mushquash | Clinical Sciences | Psychology | Clinical Section Award for Clinical Excellence – Canadian Psychological Association (CPA) | 2022 |
| Dr. | Sarah | Newbery | Clinical Sciences | Family Medicine | Certificate of Merit (CAME) | 2022 |
| Dr. | Nisha | Nigil Haroon | Clinical Sciences | Endocrinology | Distinguished Alumni Award – Trivandrum Medical College | 2022 |
| Dr. | Anjali | Oberai | Clinical Sciences | Family Medicine | OCFP’s Regional Family Physician of the Year Award | 2022 |
| Dr. | Anjali | Oberai | Clinical Sciences | Family Medicine | Reg L. Perkin Family Physician of the Year Award (CFPC) | 2022 |
| Dr. | Anjali | Oberai | Clinical Sciences | Family Medicine | Ontario College of Family Physicians – Physician of the Year | 2022 |
| Dr. | Richard | Painter | Clinical Sciences | Psychiatry | Clinical Teaching Award (PARO) | 2022 |
| Dr. | Laura | Power | Clinical Sciences | OB-GYN | Community Votes Thunder Bay – Physicians and Surgeons | 2022 |
| Dr. | Patricia | Smith | Clinical Sciences | Behavioural Medicine | Ministry of Health ($274, 800 +$140,000) | 2022 |
| Dr. | Sujeenthar | Tharmalingam | Medical Sciences | Molecular Biology | Rene Guilbeault Research Award | 2022 |
| Dr. | Christopher | Thome | Medical Sciences | Radiation Biology | Minister’s Award of Excellence (Rising Star) Ontario’s Minister of Colleges and Universities | 2022 |
| Dr. | Sarita | Verma | Clinical Sciences | Family Medicine | Honoured by the Sudbury Multicultural Folk Arts Association | 2022 |
| Dr. | Shannon | Wiebe | Clinical Sciences | Emergency Medicine | Canadian Association of Emergency Physicians – Emergency Physician of the Year | 2022 |
| Dr. | Barbara | Zelek | Clinical Sciences | Family Medicine | SRPC Rural Long Service Award | 2022 |