Department of Medicine Awards
Each year, the UBC Department of Medicine honours faculty and staff members who have made significant and meaningful contributions to education, teaching, research, quality and innovation, mentorship and clinical practice. These prizes and awards celebrate our faculty and staff members and recognize the local and global impact of the UBC Department of Medicine.
If you would like to nominate a faculty or staff member for a UBC Department of Medicine Award, please contact the Administrative Coordinator to the Department Head
To view past announcements, please visit: 2022/2021/2020
Faculty Awards
Martin M Hoffman Award for Excellence in Research (Past Recipients)
Martin M Hoffman Award for Excellence in Research
St. Paul’s Hospital
1993 – Tony R. Bai
1994 – Keith R. Walley
1995 – Brian Conway
1996 – Julio S.G. Montaner
1997 – Adeera Levin
1998 – Stephan Van Eeden
1999 – Brad Munt
2000 – Ronald G. Carere
2001 – Anita Palepu
2002 – Sammy Chan
2003 – James A. Russell
2004 – Stephan van Eeden
2005 – Don Sin
2006 – Andy Sandford
2007 – Julio Montaner
2008 – Karin Humphries
2009 – John Gill
2010 – Nadia Khan
2011 – John Webb
2012 – Peter Dodek
2013 – Evan Wood
2014 – Jonathon Leipsic
2015 – Richard Harrigan
2016 – Thomas Kerr
2017 – Andrew Krahn
2018 – Najib Ayas
2019 – Brad Quon
2020 – Jag Gill
2021 – Nadia Fairbairn
2022 – Gordon Francis
Vancouver Hospital
1992 – Michael J. Barnett
1993 – Steven L. Pelech
1994 – Vincent Duronio
1995 – Vincent C. Ho
1996 – Charles Krieger
1997 – Howard Feldman
1998 – Donald Paty
1999 – Jon Stoessl
2000 – Frank R. Jirik
2001 – Jan P. Dutz
2002 – Yu Tian Wang
2003 – Doris J. Doudet
2004 – Gary Quamme
2005 – Diane Lacaille
2006 – Jolanda Cibere
2007 – Jason Barton
2008 – Stephen Lam
2009 – Donna Hogge
2010 – Jaime Guzman
2011 – Neil Reiner
2012 – Mark FitzGerald
2013 – Eric Yoshida
2014 – Agnes Lee
2015 – Chris Carlsten
2016 – Anthony Traboulsee
2017 – Adeera Levin
2018 – Thalia Field
2019 – Helen Tremlett
2020 – no award given
2021 – Judy Illes
2022 – Agnes Lee
The Department of Medicine Martin M Hoffman Award for Excellence in Research is awarded to a full-time faculty member in recognition of outstanding research and scholarly contributions
Fay Dirks Award for Excellence in Teaching (Past Recipients)
Fay Dirks Award for Excellence in Teaching
St. Paul’s Hospital
1993 – Richard R. Arseneau
1994 – John H. Ward
1995 – Richard L. Pardy
1996 – Clifford Chan-Yan
1997 – Linda M. Vickars
1998 – Val Montessori
1999 – Tony Bai
2000 – Andrew P. Ignaszewski
2001 – Pearce G. Wilcox
2002 – Robert D. Keyes
2003 – Lindsay M. Lawson
2004 – John Kelsall
2005 – Rose Hatala
2006 – Krishnan Ramanathan
2007 – Irene Ma
2008 – Debbie Rosenbaum
2009 – Natasha Press
2010 – Iain McCormick
2011 – Adam Peets
2012 – Mustafa Toma
2013 – Stephane Voyer
2014 – Dr. Anna Rahmani
2015 – Richard Strzamko
2016 – Martha Spencer
2017 – Janice Leung
2018 – James Tessaro
2019 – Kevin Ong
2020 – Barry Chan
2021 – Krishnan Ramanathan
2022 – Marc Deyell
Vancouver Hospital
1992 – W. Barret Benny
1993 – C. Francis Ryan
1994 – Stephanie G. Ensworth
1995 – Juan J. Ronco
1996 – David M. Thompson
1997 – Kenneth G. Gin
1998 – Barry O. Kassen
1999 – Stephen Nantel
2000 – Larry Dian
2001 – Dean R. Chittock
2002 – Jennifer Sunderwood
2003 – Vinay K. Dhingra
2004 – Hartmut Henning
2005 – Roger Wong
2006 – Anthony Fung
2007 – Phil Teal
2008 – Jennifer Yao
2009 – Jeff Beckman
2010 – Charles Li
2011 – Andrew Chalmers
2012 – Iain McCormick
2013 – Gerald daRoza
2014 – Luke Chen
2015 – Peter Weerasinghe
2016 – Andrea Townson
2017 – Kam Shojania
2018 – Seonaid Nolan *SPH
2019 – Cary Cuncic
2020 – Shane Arishenkoff
2021 – Tricia Tang
2022 – Sharmistha Das
The Department of Medicine Fay Dirks Award for Excellence in Teaching is intended to recognize department members who have a sustained record and reputation for excellence in teaching
Donald M Whitelaw Award for Outstanding Grand Rounds Presentation (Past Recipients)
Donald M Whitelaw Award for Outstanding Grand Rounds Presentation
St. Paul’s Hospital
1993 – John M. Onrot
1994 – Barbara E.M. Nakielna
1995 – G.E. Wilkins
1996 – Richard R. Arseneau
1997 – Anita Pelepu
1998 – Brad Munt
1999 – Adeera Levin
2000 – Laird C. Birmingham
2001 – Robert A. Enns
2002 – Sabrina Gill
2003 – Robert D. Levy
2004 – John Webb
2005 – Julio Montaner
2006 – Peter Pare
2007 – Jake Onrot
2008 – Alnoor Ramji
2009 – Robert Enns and Jennifer Telford
2010 – Dean Johnston
2011 – Rose Hatala
2012 – Wendy Cook
2013 – Kristine Chapman
2014 – John Webb
2015 – Jonathan Leipsic
2016 – Matt Kula
2017 – Nathan Brunner/John Swiston/Robert Levy
2018 – Jocelyn Chase
2019 – Jake Onrot
2020 – Val Montessori
2021 – Janarthanan Sathananthan
2022 – Natasha Press
Vancouver Hospital
1993 – Stephen Sacks
1993 – J. Mark Fitzgerald
1994 – James R. Busser
1995 – Barry J. Snow
1996 – Harvey Lui/Stephen H. Nantel
1997 – Jerry Shapiro
1998 – Jan Dutz
1999 – Sandra Sirrs
2000 – Andrew R. Woolfenden
2001 – John D. Shepherd
2002 – Kamran Shojania
2003 – Robert Reynolds/Mark Lysyshyn
2004 – Philip Teal
2005 – Heather Finlayson/Andrew Travlos/Russell O’Connor
2006 – Anthony Chow
2007 – Neil Reiner
2008 – Leslie Zypchen
2009 – John Wade
2010 – Larry Dian
2011 – A. Jon Stoessl
2012 – Nadia Zalunardo
2013 – Andrew Krahn
2014 – John Shepherd
2015 – Tara Sedlak
2016 – Kevin Song
2017 – Steve Nantel
2018 – Jan Hajek
2019 – Howard Lim
2020 – Luke Chen
2021 – Jason Andrade
2022 – Jonathan Loree
The Department of Medicine Donald M Whitelaw Award for Outstanding Grand Rounds Presentation is awarded to a faculty member for outstanding grand rounds (corroborated by score on Grand Rounds evaluation)
UBC Department of Medicine Master Teacher Award (Past Recipients)
UBC Department of Medicine Master Teacher Award
St. Paul’s Hospital
1997 – Howard Stein
1998 – Hugh Chaun
1999 – Lawrence Halparin
2000 – Graeme E. Wilkins
2001 – Peter Phillips
2002 – Barry O. Kassen
2003 – Peter D. Pare
2004 – Clifford Chan-Yan
2005 – Barry Kassen
2006 – John Onrot
2007 – Richard Arsenau
2008 – Ron Werb
2009 – Pearce Wilcox
2010 – Mark Tyndall
2011 – Adeera Levin
2012 – Iain Mackie
2013 – Rose Hatala
2014 – Kam Shojania
2015 – Anita Palepu
2016 – Val Montessori
2017 – Adam Peets
2018 – Jane McKay
2019 – Barry Kassen
2020 – Stephane Voyer
2021 – Barry Chan
2022 – Krish Ramanathan
Vancouver Hospital
1997 – Iain Mackie
1998 – Sverre Vedal
1999 – Joseph Connors
2000 – Noel A. Buskard
2001 – Victor Huckell
2002 – H. Grant Stiver
2003 – Paul Champion
2004 – Gillian Gibson
2005 – Jeff Beckman
2006 – Victor Huckell
2007 – Frank Ryan
2008 – Barrett Benny
2009 – Hugh Anton
2010 – Saul Isserow
2011 – J. Mark Roberts
2012 – Roger Wong
2013 – Victor Huckell
2014 – Philip Teal
2015 – Ken Gin
2016 – Steve Nantel
2017 – Graydon Meneilly
2018 – Silke Cresswell
2019 – Graham Wong
2020 – Thomas Nevill
2021 – Parvathy Nair
2022 – Kevin Eva
The Department of Medicine Master Teacher Award is intended to recognize faculty members who make outstanding contributions to the learning environment of the Department of Medicine and who excel at teaching
Graydon Meneilly Award for Excellence in Mentoring (Past Recipients)
Graydon Meneilly Award for Excellence in Mentoring
2017 – Anita Palepu
2018 – John Cairns
2019 – no award given
2020 – Jon Stoessl
2021 – Kam Shojania
2022 – Diane Lacaille
Introduced in 2017, the Department of Medicine Graydon Meneilly Award for Excellence in Mentoring is intended to recognize a faculty member for their exemplary leadership as a mentor, fostering excellence in others (faculty, residents, students or staff) and/or advancing the equity agenda of the Department
Staff Awards
Staff Award of Excellence for CUPE2950 (Past Recipients)
Staff Award of Excellence for CUPE2950
2011 – Kitty Pong (Neurology)
2012 – Sabina Fitzsimmons (DOM Administration)
2013 – Pat Heck (Respiratory Medicine)
2016 – Heidi Chan (Hematology)
2017 – Annamaria Oliveri (Cardiology)
2019 – Pattie Chow (Respiratory Medicine)
2019 – Marianne Bacani (Neurology)
2021 – Melanie Parris (Infectious Diseases)
2022 – Kelsie Atwater (DOM Administration)
The Department of Medicine Staff Award of Excellence for CUPE2950 is intended to recognize CUPE 2950 staff members who have demonstrated sustained excellence in service over the course of their career and to celebrate their outstanding contributions to the Department of Medicine
Staff Award of Excellence for M&P
2010 – Gale Tedder (Geriatric Medicine)
2011 – Jeanne Brown (DOM Human Resources)
2012 – Yvonne Ng (Neurology)
2012 – Kathy Bishop (Infectious Disease)
2013 – Michelle Eisner (Neurology)
2014 – Maria Canvin (Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation)
2016 – Kathy Standeven (DOM Education)
2017 – Mary Liu (DOM Administration)
2019 – Yvonne Ng (Neurology)
2020 – Anna Meredith (DOM Research)
2021 – Cathy Chabot (Social Medicine) and Agnes Yuen (Respiratory Medicine)
The Department of Medicine Staff Award of Excellence for M&P is intended to recognize M&P staff members who have demonstrated sustained excellence in service over the course of their career and to celebrate their outstanding contributions to the Department of Medicine
Staff Award of Excellence for Non-union Technical Staff (Past Recipients)
Staff Award of Excellence for Non-union Technical Staff
2010 – Tariq Aziz (Neurology)
2011 – Alice Fok (Nephrology)
2012 – Yuping Li (Neurology)
2015 – Marion Santos (Respiratory Medicine)
2019 – Marilyn Robertson (Infectious Disease)
The Department of Medicine Staff Award of Excellence for Non-union Technical is intended to recognize technical staff members who have demonstrated sustained excellence in service over the course of their career and to celebrate their outstanding contributions to the Department of Medicine.
Staff Career Excellence Award
2011 – Hazel Wilcox (DOM Education)
2012 – Karen Hermkens (Hematology)
2013 – Aleta Allen (Endocrinology)
2021 – Kathy Standeven (DOM Education)
2022 – Yvonne Ng (Neurology)
The Department of Medicine Staff Career Excellence Award is intended to recognize staff with a minimum of 15 years of continuous service in the Department who have demonstrated sustained excellence in service over the course of their career and to celebrate their outstanding contributions to the Department of Medicine
Staff Early Career Excellence Award (Past Recipients)
Staff Early Career Excellence Award
2010 – Mandy Pui (Respiratory Medicine)
2011 – Donna Combs (DOM Administration)
2012 – Paola Martens (DOM Education)
2013 – Jeffrey Helm (Infectious Diseases)
2014 – Laurie Golding (DOM Administration)
2015 – Jody Swift (DOM Research)
2016 – Jane Zhang (DOM Human Resources)
2017 – Sonia Sacilotto (Hematology)
2019 – Ginny Mak (DOM Administration)
2020 – Laura Moss (DOM Education)
2021 – Vishaldeep Sidhu (Cardiology)
2022 – Anam Sial (DOM Administration)
The Department of Medicine Staff Early Career Excellence Award is intended to recognize staff who have demonstrated excellence early in their career and to celebrate their outstanding contributions to the Department of Medicine
Staff Award for EDI (Equity, Diversity & Inclusion) Advancement (Past Recipients)
Staff Award for EDI (Equity, Diversity & Inclusion) Advancement
2022 – AJ Lowik (Social Medicine)
Introduced in 2021, the Department of Medicine Staff Award for EDI Advancement is intended to recognize staff who have demonstrated EDI Advancement and to celebrate their outstanding contributions to the Department of Medicine
If you would like to nominate a faculty or staff member for a UBC Department of Medicine Award, please contact the Administrative Coordinator to the Department Head