2020 Professorial Promotions Ceremony recognizes faculty members

Faculty of Medicine
A man presents an award to a woman while another man watches.
The Faculty of Medicine formally recognized its 2019-2020 professorial promotions during a ceremony at Roger Guindon Hall last evening.

The Faculty of Medicine formally recognized its 2019-2020 professorial promotions during a ceremony in Amphitheatre 2005 of Roger Guindon Hall last evening.

The Professorial Promotions Ceremony honours faculty members who have been promoted in their academic ranks as a result of demonstrating excellence in their respective fields and contributing to life at the Faculty, and to officially acknowledge them with the presentation of a certificate.

The evening also celebrated exceptional contributions to the Faculty of Medicine.

Congratulations to all!

Visit the Faculty of Medicine’s Flickr account to view the photos of the ceremony.

Those formally recognized include the following:

Associate Professor

Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine 
Dr. Robert Chen 
Dr. Naveen Eipe

Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine
Dr. Antonio Colavita

Department of Diagnostic Radiology
Dr. Miller MacPherson 

School of Epidemiology and Public Health 
Dr. Manisha Kulkarni
Dr. Monique Potvin Kent 

Department of Family Medicine 
Dr. Lise Bjerre
Dr. Douglas Gruner 

Department of Medicine
Dr. Shirley Bush 
Dr. Thais Coutinho 
Dr. Carol Gonsalves 
Christopher Johnson
Dr. Michael Karl Hartwick
Dr. Tiago Mestre
Dr. Smita Pakhale
Dr. Calum Redpath 

Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Dr. Innie Chen
Dr. Tania Dumont
Dr. Johanne Weberpals 

Department of Ophthalmology
Dr. Michael O'Connor

Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
Dr. Bibianna Purgina 

Department of Pediatrics
Dr. Maala Bhatt
Dr. Gina Neto
Dr. Sarah Reid 
Dr. Julie Richer
Dr. Sarah Sawyer
Dr. Erick Sell
Dr. Christina Vadeboncoeur 
Dr. Sunita Venkateswaran

Department of Psychiatry
Dr. Bradley Booth 
Dr. Colin Cameron

Department of Surgery
Dr. Fady Balaa
Dr. Kristy Boyd 
Dr. Vincent Chan 
Dr. Guillaume Martel  
Dr. Daniel Peters 
Dr. Adam Sachs

Full Professor 

Department of Biochemistry, Microbiology and Immunology
Dr. Thien-Fah Mah  
Dr. Julie St-Pierre

Department of Diagnostic Radiology
Dr. Matthew McInnes 

School of Epidemiology and Public Health 
Dr. Jamie Brehaut
Dr. Ian Colman

Department of Medicine
Dr. David Grimes 
Dr. Heather Lochnan
Dr. Lisa Mielniczuk
Dr. Frank Molnar
Dr. Derek So

Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Dr. Sukhbir Singh

Department of Pediatrics 

Dr. Gary Goldfield
Dr. Robert Jankov
Dr. Daniela Pohl 
Dr. James William King 
Dr. Roger Zemek

Department of Surgery 
Dr. Sebastien Gilbert 
Dr. Wade Gofton

 

Photos: Kate Jaimet

Main photo: Dr. Robert Chen receives his promotion of associate professor from Dean Bernard Jasmin and Dr. Colin McCartney, Chair of the Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine

A man presents an award to another man.

 

A man presents an award to a woman.

 

A man presents an award to a woman while another man watches.

 

A man presents an award to a man while a man and a woman watch.