UTDRO Annual General Meeting 2025

We are pleased to share highlights from our Annual General Meeting (AGM) 2025, held on Wednesday, November 19. The evening was a wonderful opportunity to celebrate our department’s achievements over the past year and to recognize the extraordinary work happening across our clinical, research, education, and leadership programs. We extend our sincere appreciation to our Vice-Chairs and Education Program Directors - their leadership and dedication to our learners continue to be vital to UTDRO’s success.

A special thank you to our co-hosts, Drs. Hossein Afsharpour and John Hudson, and to Drs. Laura Dawson, May Tsao, and David Hodgson, whose presentation of awards added so much to the evening.

This year, we were proud to recognize the largest promotion cohort in UTDRO’s history. Please join us in congratulating our newly appointed faculty, colleagues who achieved junior and senior promotions, those newly designated as Affiliated Scientists, and all of our UTDRO award recipients from this year’s AGM.

New Appointments

Radiation Oncologists

• Dr. John Hudson - Assistant Professor, Odette Cancer Centre
• Dr. Badr Id Said - Assistant Professor, Princess Margaret Cancer Centre
• Dr. Amir Safavi – Assistant Professor, Odette Cancer Centre
• Dr. Michael Tjong - Assistant Professor, Odette Cancer Centre
• Dr. Kang Liang Zeng - Assistant Professor, Odette Cancer Centre
• Dr. Nafisha Lalani - Assistant Professor, Lakeridge Health

Medical Physicists

• Dr. Syed Bilal Ahmad - Assistant Professor, Lakeridge Health
• Dr. Dylan Breitkreutz - Assistant Professor, Odette Cancer Centre
• Dr. Aaron Vandermeer - Assistant Professor, Lakeridge Health

Radiation Therapist

• Ms. Carrie Lavergne - Lecturer, Lakeridge Health

Emeritus Appointments

• Dr. Anthony Fyles - Princess Margaret Cancer Centre
• Dr. Ewa Szumacher - Odette Cancer Centre
• Dr. Lawrence Paszat - Odette Cancer Centre

Junior Promotions

• Dr. Hossein Afsharpour - Assistant Professor, Princess Margaret Cancer Centre
• Dr. Vickie Kong - Assistant Professor, Princess Margaret Cancer Centre

Senior Promotions

Professor

• Dr. Catherine Coolens - Medical Physicist, Princess Margaret Cancer Centre

Associate Professors

• Dr. Jennifer Croke - Radiation Oncologist, Princess Margaret Cancer Centre
• Dr. Benjamin Lok - Radiation Oncologist, Princess Margaret Cancer Centre
• Dr. Alexandra Rink - Medical Physicist, Princess Margaret Cancer Centre
• Dr. Danielle Rodin - Radiation Oncologist, Princess Margaret Cancer Centre
• Dr. Teodor Stanescu - Medical Physicist, Princess Margaret Cancer Centre
• Dr. Danny Vesprini - Radiation Oncologist, Odette Cancer Centre

Affiliated Scientists

• Dr. Jean-Pierre Bissonnette - Medical Physicist, Princess Margaret Cancer Centre
• Dr. Stephen Breen - Medical Physicist, Odette Cancer Centre
• Dr. James Chow - Medical Physicist, Princess Margaret Cancer Centre
• Dr. Brige Chugh - Medical Physicist, Odette Cancer Centre
• Dr. Leigh Conroy - Medical Physicist, Princess Margaret Cancer Centre
• Dr. Catherine Coolens - Medical Physicist, Princess Margaret Cancer Centre
• Dr. Warren Foltz - Medical Physicist, Princess Margaret Cancer Centre
• Dr. Vickie Kong - Radiation Therapist, Princess Margaret Cancer Centre
• Dr. Marianne Koritzinsky - Senior Scientist, Princess Margaret Cancer Centre
• Dr. Thomas Purdie - Medical Physicist, Princess Margaret Cancer Centre
• Dr. Alexandra Rink - Medical Physicist, Princess Margaret Cancer Centre
• Dr. Tara Rosewall - Radiation Therapist, Princess Margaret Cancer Centre
• Dr. Mark Ruschin - Medical Physicist, Odette Cancer Centre
• Dr. Arman Sarfehnia - Medical Physicist, Odette Cancer Centre
• Dr. Monica Serban - Medical Physicist, Princess Margaret Cancer Centre
• Dr. Jan Seuntjens - Medical Physicist, Princess Margaret Cancer Centre
• Dr. Teodor Stanescu - Medical Physicist, Princess Margaret Cancer Centre
• Dr. Tony Tadic - Medical Physicist, Princess Margaret Cancer Centre
• Dr. William Tran - Radiation Therapist, Odette Cancer Centre
• Dr. Yat Tsang - Radiation Therapist, Princess Margaret Cancer Centre
• Dr. Michael Velec - Radiation Therapist, Princess Margaret Cancer Centre
• Dr. Robert Weersink - Medical Physicist, Princess Margaret Cancer Centre
• Dr. Jeffrey Winter - Medical Physicist, Princess Margaret Cancer Centre
• Dr. Bradly Wouters - Senior Scientist, Princess Margaret Cancer Centre

Award Recipients 2025

Education Awards

Medical Radiation Sciences (MRS) Program

• Excellence in Classroom Teaching Award
  • Ms. Natalie Rozanec
  • Ms. Michelle Sharma
• Best Guest Lecturer Award – Ms. Grace Lee
• Excellence in Research Supervision Award – Ms. Natasha Moran
• Excellence in Clinical Supervision Award
  • Ms. Jennifer Gibson
  • Mr. Michael Prendergast
  • Ms. Giovanna Wu

Undergraduate Medical Education  

• Best Clinical Teaching Award
  • Dr. Aishah Alqaderi
  • Dr. Jennifer Kwan
• Outstanding Contribution to the Program Award
  • Dr. Hanbo Chen
  • Dr. Inhwa Kim (PGY4 RadOnc Resident)

Postgraduate Medical Education     

• Classroom Teaching Award
  • Dr. Moti Paudel
  • Dr. Benjamin Lok
• Advocacy & Mentorship Award
  • Dr. Rachel Glicksman
  • Dr. Dana Keilty
  • Dr. Alexandra Rink
• Excellence in Research Supervision Award – Dr. Andrew McPartlin

Leadership & Development Award

• Cummings Educational Leadership Award – Dr. Gerard Morton
• Professional Development & CME Award – Dr. Marianne Koritzinsky

Clinical and Experimental Radiobiology Course

• Excellence in Radiobiology Education Award – Dr. Monica Serban

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Research Awards

• Best Annual Research Performance Award – Dr. Benjamin Lok
• Sustained Excellence in Research Award
  • Dr. Edward Chow
  • Dr. Andrew Loblaw 
• Excellence in Research Leadership Award – Dr. Scott Bratman
• Bernard J. Cummings Award for Research Excellence by a UTDRO Trainee for Sustained Excellence and Research Potential – Dr. Iymad Mansour (Medical Physics Resident Alumni)
• Rising Star Award for Outstanding Research Potential – Dr. Jelena Lukovic​​​​​​​​​​

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Pamela Catton Award for Inter-Professional Education and Care for Outstanding Contribution to Radiation Medicine and the UTDRO Community

• Dr. Meredith Giuliani​​​​​​​​​​​​​​