UTDRO Celebrates 25 Years at Annual General Meeting

On October 26, 2016, UTDRO faculty members and staff celebrated 25 years of the Department at the Annual General Meeting. Over one hundred people from the UTDRO community and Dean Trevor Young attended the celebratory dinner at the Faculty Club.

 

 

 

 

 

The hosts of the evening, Drs. Gerard Morton and Tom Purdie, started the evening with remembering Dr. Michael Sharpe, who passed away earlier this year. U of T Faculty of Medicine's Dean Trevor Young congratulated the Department on this milestone and highlighted how important UTDRO is to the medical community. UTDRO Chair Dr. Fei-Fei Liu also congratulated the community and shared some major milestones from the last 25 years. She also honoured Dr. Mary Gospodarowicz, UTDRO's second chair, with a portrait which will be installed in the UTDRO boardroom.

Three alumni from around the world sent in videos to congratulate UTDRO on this milestone anniversary. 

Following the video, UTDRO's Vice-Chair, Clinical Affairs, Dr. Shun Wong shared updates on new appointments and promotions. Then, Dr. Rebecca Wong, Vice-Chair, Education, presented education awards to outstanding faculty members. Lastly, Dr. Mike Milosevic, Vice-Chair, Research, presented research awards.

Awards 

Best Annual Research Performance Award - Robert Bristow

Excellence in Research Leadership - The Palliative Radiotherapy Team (Odette Cancer Centre)

Excellence in Research Leadership - The Palliative Radiotherapy Team (Princess Margaret Cancer Centre)

Outstanding Research Potential Award - Scott Bratman

Sustained Excellence in Research Award - Bradly Wouters

Medical Radiation Sciences Program, Best Guest Lecturer Award - Peter Rakaric

Medical Radiation Sciences Program, Excellence in Classroom Teaching Award - Kieng Tan

Medical Radiation Sciences Program, Excellence in Research Supervision Award - Vickie Kong

Postgraduate Advocacy & Mentorship Award - Stanley Liu

Postgraduate Medical Education, Excellence in Research Supervision Award - Edward Chow

Cummings Education Leadership Award - Michael Sharpe

Professional Development & CME Award - Lisa Di Prospero

Postgraduate Teaching Award - Tim Craig

Postgraduate Teaching Award - Gerard Morton

Undergraduate Medical Education, Outstanding Contribution to the Program - John Cho

Undergraduate Medical Education, Best Clinical Teaching - Normand Laperriere