Current Residents

The residency program is designed to create a supportive and personally enriching experience. Through many academic and recreational activities, you have the opportunity to form tight-knit bonds with one another. At Western, you will find there is no “typical” resident. Residents come from across the globe with many educational and cultural backgrounds to enhance learning through exposure to different perspectives.

Residents enjoy a wide range of activities, including group discussions, going to movies, dining out, biking on the Thames Valley Parkway, exploring local trails and conservation areas, board game nights, music festivals such as Rock the Park, and more. See Resident Wellness and A Day in the Life of our residents for more!

  • Chief Resident - Erik Ge and Ryan Pyrke (London) - Harsha Aujla (Windsor)
  • President and Assistant Chief Resident - Mohnish Rao
  • Coordinator of Psychiatry Education (COPE) representative - Alexandria Dicosimo
  • Senior Residents: Madeleine Farquhar, Iulia Cornila, Ahmed Habib & Samira Choudhury
  • CaRMs (London)- Erik Ge, Ryan Pyrke, Mohnish Rao, Alexandria Dicosimo, Melina MacLean, Jenny Chan, Salman Choudhry, Anita Shah
  • CaRMs (Windsor) - Harsha Aujla, Mariska Batohi, Nikki Wong
  • STACER Committee - Eric Toyota
  • Child Psychiatry Representative - Nicholas Laird (Windsor)
  • Continuing Professional Development - Erik Ge, Ryan Pyrke, Sara Pender (London), Harsha Aujla (Windsor)
  • Forensics Committee - Amy Liu, Ryan Waterman (London), Gagandeep Saini (Windsor)
  • Geriatric Psychiatry Representative - Anita Shah, Jenny Chan, Stuart Cameron 
  • Psychotherapy Representative - Eric Toyota, Sara Pender, Celina Liu (London), Hasan Hawilo (Windsor)
  • Research Representative - Hoda Seens, Mahek Shergill (London), Abhishek Achunair (Windsor)
  • Evaluations Committee - Alexandria Dicosimo, Erik Ge, Ryan Pyrke, Mohnish Rao, Eric Toyota, Tenzin Norzin (London), Harsha Aujla (Windsor)
  • Cultural Psychiatry Committee + Interest Group - Salman Choudhry, Marim Ibrahim, Mahek Shergill, Tenzin Norzin, Maddy Chidiac, Mohnish Rao (London), Nicholas Laird, Megha Kodancha (Windsor)
  • Wellness Representatives - Erik Ge, Ryan Pyrke, Mohnish Rao, Mahek Shergill (PGY1), Samira Choudhury (PGY2), Salman Choudhry (PGY2), Nicole Willis (PGY2), Anita Shah (PGY2), Tenzin Norzin (PGY2), Alex Dicosimo (PGY3), Amy Liu (PGY4), Jenny Chan (PGY4), Ryan Waterman (PGY4), Maddy Chidiac (PGY4), Landi Zhou (PGY5) 
  • Safety Committee - Erik Ge, Ryan Pyrke, Stuart Cameron, Tenzin Norzin (London), Harsha Aujla (Windsor)
  • EDID - Hoda Seens, Maddy Chidiac, Salman Choudhry, Anita Shah, Tenzin Norzin, Mohnish Rao

Please contact your resident representative with any issues you would like brought forward at the relevant committee meeting. You may share your concerns with your current Chief Resident, Iulia Cornila, and she will delegate them to the correct committee.