Welcome and congratulations to faculty and staff
Welcome to new faculty who joined the Department of Medicine between July 2021 and February 2022
- Sukhi Bains, Division of Emergency Medicine
- Arvand Barghi, Division of Hematology
- John Basmaji, Division of Critical Care
- Anurag Bhalla, Division of Respirology
- Christopher Byrne, Division of Emergency Medicine
- Paul Cameron, Division of Critical Care Medicine
- Mark Chandy, Division of Cardiology
- Mason Curtis, Division of Emergency Medicine
- Maged Elrayes, Division of Cardiology
- Joanne Jiang, Division of Rheumatology
- Mohammed (Qasim) Khan, Division of Gastroenterology
- Rachel Kyle, Division of Geriatric Medicine
- Erik Leci, Division of Emergency Medicine
- Aleksandra Leligdowicz, Division of Critical Care Medicine
- Kelly Lien, Division of Emergency Medicine
- Khaled Lotfy, Division of Nephrology
- Jennifer McGuire, Division of Emergency Medicine
- Brad Rostas, Division of Emergency Medicine
- Huma Saeed, Division of Infectious Diseases
- John Teefy, Division of Emergency Medicine
- Lawrence Yau, Division of Emergency Medicine
- Rongbo Zhu, Division of Clinical Immunology & Allergy
Faculty promotions (July 2021)
Promoted to Associate Professor:
- Pari Basharat, Division of Rheumatology
- Sabe De, Division of Cardiology
- Pallav Garg, Division of Cardiology
- Steven Gryn, Division of Clinical Pharmacology
- Sameer Mal, Division of Emergency Medicine
- Keith McIntosh, Division of Gastroenterology
Promoted to Professor:
- Nilesh Chande, Division of Gastroenterology
- Shahar Lavi, Division of Cardiology
Department of Medicine Awards of Excellence
- Junior Teaching: Dr. Tayyab Khan, Division of Endocrinology
- Senior Teaching: Dr. Sameer Elsayed, Division of Infectious Diseases
- Research: Dr. Mark Goldszmidt, Division of General Internal Medicine
- Innovation: Dr. Megan Devlin, Division of Infectious Diseases and Dr. J. Michael Nicholson, Division of Respirology
- Administration: Dr. Laura Foxcroft, Division of Emergency Medicine
- Distinguished Clinician: Dr. Michael Borrie, Division of Geriatric Medicine
Academic Realignment Initiative Awards, London Health Sciences Centre
- Limited Term Chair: Inpatient Medicine Continuous Quality Improvement – Dr. Mark Goldszmidt
- Clinician-scientist Award: Virtual Care: Learning from the Past, Planning for the Future – Dr. Natasha McIntyre
- Advanced Practice Fellowship: Innovative Clinical Research and Optimizing Quality Care in Dialysis – Fellow Jarrin D. Penny; Supervisor Dr. Chris McIntyre
- Clinical Fellowship: Improving the Care of Women who Become Pregnant after Kidney Donation – Fellow Dr. Carol Wang; Supervisor Dr. Amit Garg
- Advanced Practice Fellowship: Introducing Coaching for Renal Staff to Optimize Resiliency and Agility post-pandemic – Fellow Julie Ann Lawrence (Renal Nurse Practitioner), Kidney Care Centre
Awards and honours
- Kristin Clemens received the PSO Leadership Development Award.
- Jackie Ernst was appointed Chair of the Indigenous Student Sub-Committee for the Admissions Office of the Doctor of Medicine (MD) program at Schulich Medicine & Dentistry.
- Mark Goldszmidt was appointed the Department of Medicine Site Chief at University Hospital.
- Lakshman Gunaratnam was appointed as the Dr. Robert Zhong Chair in Translational Transplant Research.
- Kang Howson-Jan is recognized for distinguished service as Chair, Division of Hematology (2015-2021).
- Alejandro Lazo-Langner was appointed Chair/Chief, Division of Hematology (July 2021).
- Christie MacDonald is the recipient of the LHSC Medical Advisory Committee Award in recognition and appreciation of outstanding contributions.
- William (Bill) McCauley, Sanjay Mehta and Paul Marotta celebrated 25 years of service at Western University.
Best wishes for retirement
- Anthony (Tony) Jevnikar, Division of Nephrology
- Claude Kortas, Division of Nephrology
- David Leasa, Division of Critical Care Medicine
- William (Bill) Moote, Division of Clinical Immunology & Allergy
- Marika Wilton, Department of Medicine Administrative Staff (Education Office)
