May 2017 Newsletter

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    Celebrating Excellence

    This year’s celebration brought together a group of talented award recipients who show true dedication and commitment to the School. The evening was a celebration of collaboration, collegiality and pride...

  • decorative imageWe Speak Update
    In the coming weeks, Schulich Medicine & Dentistry faculty and staff will begin to receive more news and information about the We Speak survey results. Departmental results will be shared directly with Department leaders in order to review their outcomes...

  • decorative imageA rite of passage
    On May 12, the Medicine Class of 2017 officially entered the medical profession. Dr. Peter Mugyenyi was the recipient of an Honorary Degree, and Drs. Jerry Battista, David Lee, Patricia Morley-Forster, Fiona Ralley and Witek Zaleski received their Professor Emeritus status...

  • decorative imageDr. Marina Salvadori honoured as YMCA Woman of Excellence
    Dr. Salvadori's work as a paediatrician and a faculty member, as well as her national advocacy work was recognized with a 2017 YMCA Women of Excellence Award...

  • decorative imageYour May desktop background download is now available
    A special thank you to David Driman, professor, Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, for the May desktop background...

  • decorative imageCelebrating your achievements
    Congratulations to Michael Rieder, the Collaborative Research Seed Grant recipients, Kelly Anderson, Eric Arts, Robert Bartha, Lakshman Gunaratnam, David Heinrichs, Julio Martinez-Trujillo, Anthony Nichols, Lena Palaniyappan, Silvia Penuela, Rithwik Ramachandran, Stephen Renaud, John Ronald, Cheryle Seguin, Rennian Wang, Donald Welsh, Manuel Montero Odasso, David Edgell, Paul Gribble, Elizabeth Osuch, Frederick Dick, Maria Drangova and more...

  • decorative imageSpearheading humanitarian surgical missions: Dr. Toni Zhong, MD’02
    Spearheading humanitarian surgical missions to developing countries, alumna Dr. Toni Zhong, MD’02, is featured in a video that recently won an award from the News Photographers Association of Canada...

  • decorative imageCelebrating the Medicine Class of 2017 with Yousif Atwan
    Yousif Atwan, Medicine Class of 2017, is graduating this month with pride, gratitude and optimism about his future in orthopaedic surgery. He reflects on his journey through medical school and the relationships he built along the way...

  • decorative imageImproving x-ray technology to better detect and diagnose disease: Tomi Nano, PhD Candidate
    Tomi Nano, PhD Candidate, is looking at improving x-ray technology to better detect and diagnose breast cancer. Supervised by Ian Cunningham, the Medical Biophysics trainee is inspired by the environment and people at Robarts...

  • decorative imageCollaborating to strengthen medical education: 2017 Education Conference
    From mentoring to managing bias to simulation training, the 2017 Education Conference delivered a wide range of medical education topics and learnings to faculty from across Southwestern Ontario. This year’s Conference theme was Competency Based Medical Education...

  • decorative imageResident spotlight: Dr. Matthew Cecchini, Anatomical Pathology
    A resident in anatomical pathology, Dr. Matthew Cecchini, aims to 'tell the story' of his patients through the specimens he examines...

  • decorative imageAwards of Excellence award recipient profiles
    Congratulations to the 34 Awards of Excellence recipients. Learn more about their accomplishments...

  • Canadian Medicare 2017: Historical Reflections, Future Directions
    As a board member of the Associated Medical Services, Dr. Mithu Sen is proud to join them in celebrating their 80th anniversary in May 2017. We’re pleased to share a five-part series of Op-Ed pieces they’ve written for the Globe and Mail...

  • Celebrating Medical Excellence: London 2018
    Mission statements from our Medicine Classes 2017-2020 are featured in a video introduction shared at the Canadian Medical Hall of Fame Ceremony in Quebec City. We're excited to be hosting the 2018 event next year in London...

  • Mansour Haeryfar and colleagues unlock the ‘shocking’ truth about TSS
    Once thought of as a hero, now also a villain - that’s the way researchers are now looking at a cytokine called interleukin IL-17A and its role during certain infections that lead to Toxic Shock Syndrome (TSS)...

  • Chinese delegates travel to Western University for Medical Education Symposium
    Schulich Medicine & Dentistry welcomed delegates from Nanjing Medical University on May 16, where new collaborative goals for the future and emerging practices in medicine were discussed...

  • Ten students heading to Kenya with the Global MINDS Summer Institute
    Congratulations to Michelle Quaye and Gunjan Mhapankar, Medicine Class of 2020, on being chosen as two of the 10 Western University students taking part in the first ever Global MINDS Summer Institute in Machakos Town, Kenya...

  • decorative imageTweets of the month
    Catch up on the best 140-character thoughts from our faculty, staff and students, including tweets from Elizabeth Mazza, Alison Allan, Susanne Schmid, George Kim, Glenn Bauman and more...

  • decorative imageTips and tricks for Outlook
    Progress continues with the School-wide migration from GroupWise to Outlook. Information about training sessions, resources and how-to documents can be found on the IS website...

  • decorative imageUpcoming events
    On August 16, learn the latest in sport related brain injury evaluation and treatment. See the Line includes a full-day CME, as well as an afternoon Community Symposium that will educate you on the latest in concussion research...