Colin R. Woolf Awards: Successful Recipients

2022-2023
Colin Woolf Award for Excellence in Program Development and Coordination
Shaheen Darani (Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry) and Latika Nirula (Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry) for The Centre for Faculty Development (CFD) Workshops for Psychiatry Teachers and Educators: What We Learned from Needs Assessment to Program Evaluation

Colin Woolf Award for Longterm Contributions to Continuing Professional Development (CO-WINNERS)
Barbara-Ann Millar (Assistant Professor, Department of Radiation Oncology)
Yvonne Chan (Associate Professor, Department of Otolaryngology)

2021-2022
Colin Woolf Award for Excellence in Program Development and Coordination
Dr. Raj Rasasingham (Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry) for 2021 University of Toronto Psychopharmcology Conference

Colin Woolf Award for Longterm Contributions to Continuing Professional Development
Dr. Mark Rapoport (Professor, Department of Psychiatry)

2020-2021
Colin Woolf Excellence in Program Development + Coordination
Clinical and Experimental Radiobiology Program 2021 (Program Director: Dr. Marianne Koritzinsky, Associate Professor, Department of Radiation Oncology, Temerty Faculty of Medicine)

Colin Woolf Longterm Contributions to CPD
Dr. Ewa Szumacher, Professor, Department of Radiation Oncology, Temerty Faculty of Medicine

2019-2020
Colin Woolf Excellence in Program Development and Coordination:
Centre for Faculty Development for Stepping Stones: A Foundational Faculty Development Program
(Committee Leads: Dr. Lindsay Baker, Program Director and Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry; Sameena Ahmed, Education Program Coordinator)

Colin Woolf Longterm Contributions to CPD
Dr. Yvonne Buys (Professor, Ophthalmology and Vision Sciences)

2018-2019
Colin Woolf Excellence in Program Development and Coordination
Mark Feldman (Associate Professor, Department of Paediatrics) for Annual Paediatric Update

Colin Woolf Longterm Contributions to CPD
Rene Wong (Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine)

Colin Woolf Sustained Teaching Excellence in CPD
Kenneth Fung (Associate Professor, Department of Psychiatry)

2017-2018
Excellence in Teaching of CPD
Dr. Andrea Waddell (Assistant Professor, Psychiatry)

Excellence in Program Development and Coordination
Dr. Sanjeev Sockalingam (Associate Professor, Psychiatry) and Project Team
Medical Psychiatry Collaborative Care Certificate (MP3C)

Long-term Contributions to CPD
Dr. Ivan Silver (Professor, Psychiatry)

2016-2017
Teaching Excellence
Barbara-Ann Millar, Assistant Professor, Radiation Oncology

Course Coordination
Evan Propst, Associate Professor, Otolaryngology – Course Coordination (7th Toronto International Pediatric Endoscopic/3rd Toronto International Pediatric Open Airway)

Long-Term Commitment to Continuing Education
Diana Kljenak, Assistant Professor,

2015-2016
Teaching Excellence
Jonathan Pirie Associate Professor, Department of Paediatrics

Course Coordination (co-winners)
Cindy Grief Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry
Lisa Sokoloff Lecturer, Department of Speech-Language Pathology

Long-Term Commitment to Continuing Education (co-winners)
Lisa DiProspero Professor, Department of Radiation Oncology
Kieng Tan Assistant Professor, Department of Radiation Oncology

2014-2015
Teaching Excellence
No award given

Course Coordination
Drs. Yvonne Chan, Allan Vescan, John Lee (Department of Otolaryngology): “Rhinology Update 2015”

Long-Term Commitment to Continuing Education (co-winners)
Dr. Shelly Weiss, Associate Professor, Department of Paediatrics
Dr. Vincent Chan, Professor, Department of Anaesthesia

2013-2014
Teaching Excellence
No award given

Course Coordination
Dr. Milan Gupta, Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine: “CCRN State of the Heart Program”

Long-Term Commitment to Continuing Education
Dr. Douglas Wooster, Professor, Department of Surgery

2012-2013
Teaching Excellence
Dr. Miriam Weinstein, Associate Professor, Department of Paediatrics

Course Coordination
Drs. David Jaffray (Professor), Pamela Catton (Professor), and Nicole Harnett (Associate Professor), Department of Radiation Oncology: “Princess Margaret Hospital Accelerated Education Program”

Long-Term Commitment to Continuing Education
Dr. Paula Ravitz, Associate Professor, Department of Psychiatry

2011-2012
Teaching Excellence
Dr. Marcus Burnstein, Department of Surgery

Course Coordination
Dr. Al Chiodo, Department of Otolaryngology: “Otolaryngology Update”

Long-Term Commitment to Continuing Education
Dr. Mary Bell, Department of Medicine

2010-2011
Teaching Excellence
Dr. Douglas Moseley

Course Coordination
Drs. Edward Etchells, Chaim Bell, Olavo Fernandes, Lawrence Librach, Anne Matlow, Kaveh Shojania, Vandad Yousefi: “Patient Safety and Quality Improvement Certificate Course”

Long-Term Commitment to Continuing Education
Dr. Jagdish Butany

2009-2010
Teaching Excellence
Dr. Peter Slinger

Course Coordination
Dr. Julia Alleyne: “Five Weekend Musculoskeletal Medicine Certificate Program”

Long-Term Commitment to Continuing Education
Dr. John Axler and Dr. Jeremy Freeman (Co-Winners)

2008-2009

Teaching Excellence
Dr. Greg Dubord
Dr. Neil Rector

Course Coordination
Dr. Robert Cardish, Dr. Shelley McMain, Dr. Carmen Wiebe: “Dialectical Behaviour Therapy Certificate Course”

Long-Term Commitment to Continuing Education
Dr. Tatyana Barankin

2007-2008

Teaching Excellence
No recipient

Course Coordination
Dr. Anita Singh, Dr. Dori Seccareccia, and Dr. Kerri Knickle: “Heart to Heart: Communication Skills Essential to Palliative Care”

Long-Term Commitment
Dr. Shav Keshavjee

2006-2007

Teaching Excellence
Zindel Segal

Course Coordination
Co-Winners:
1) Morris Freedman
2) Peter Selby / Marilyn Herie

Long-Term Commitment to Continuing Education
Douglas Wooster

2005-2006

Course Coordination
Dr. Rachel Shupak

Long-Term Commitment to Continuing Education
Dr. Arnold Noyek
Debbie Hebert

2004-2005

Teaching Excellence
Fay Weisberg: Saturday at the University

Course Coordination
Zane Cohen: Update in General Surgery 2005

Jacqueline James: Diabetes Update 2005

Long-Term Commitment to Continuing Education
Barney Giblon

2003-2004

Teaching Excellence
John Fowler: Day in Primary Eye Care

Course Coordination
Alan Campbell: 17th Annual Update in Emergency Medicine

Long-Term Commitment to Continuing Education
Sagar Parikh

2002-2003

Teaching Excellence
Wendy Roberts: Paediatric Update 2003

Course Coordination
Jay Keystone: Travel Medicine Update 2002

Long-Term Commitment to Continuing Education
Ian Witterick

2001-2002

Teaching Excellence
David McNeely: Saturday at the University

Course Coordination
Jeremy Freeman: 4th Biennial Course on the Management of Thyroid Nodular Disease and Cancer

Long-Term Commitment to Continuing Education
Anna Jarvis: For innovation in course development and teaching over the past 15 years, and participation on the Emergency Medicine Continuing Education Committee

2000-2001

Teaching Excellence
Paul Oh: Saturday at the University, Clinical Pharmacology Grand Rounds

Course Coordination
Norman Marcon: International Course on Therapeutic Endoscopy

Long-Term Commitment to Continuing Education
Robert S. Lester: Long term commitment in continuing education including contributions to dermatology and the NORTH network

1999-2000

Teaching Excellence
Kevin Kain: Tropical and Therapeutic Medicine

Course Coordination
David Chitayat: Developments in Prenatal Diagnosis and Medical Genetics

Long-Term Commitment to Continuing Education
S. Lawrence Librach

1998-1999

Teaching Excellence
Anne Kenshole: The New Diabetes Guidelines

Course Coordination
Andres M. Lozano: Surgery for Movement Disorders
Denis Daneman: Diabetes Update – Challenges and Opportunities

Long-Term Commitment to Continuing Education
Bryce Taylor

1997-1998

Teaching Excellence
Jerry Tenenbaum: Saturday at the University Series

Course Coordination
Jonathan Hellman: Paediatric Update 1998

Long-Term Commitment to Continuing Education
Sender Herschorn

1996-1997

Teaching Excellence
Liz Mullan: Self Employment & Private Practice Seminar for Occupational Therapists
Anna Jarvis: Saturday at the University Series

Course Coordination
Sagar Parikh: Primary Care Psychiatry Course

Long-Term Commitment to Continuing Education
Alan Campbell

1995-1996

Teaching Excellence
Sylvia Asa: Current Concepts in Management of Thyroid Nodular Disease

Course Coordination
Gary Sibbald: Impact Study on a Practice-Based Learning Strategy for Family Medicine in Dermatology Continuing Education

Long-Term Commitment to Continuing Education
Fred Fallis

1994-1995

Teaching Excellence
Ethne Nussbaum: Therapy Modalities: Trying to Keep Up

Course Coordination
Christine M. Derzko: Perimenopause: Women in Transition

Long-Term Commitment to Continuing Education
Yvonne de Buda

1993-1994

Teaching Excellence
Bernice Krafchick: Paediatric Annual Update

Course Coordination
Rose Kung: Video-Laparoscopic Link to Operating Room
Kay Lie, Jerry Shime (awarded jointly)

Long-Term Commitment to Continuing Education
Amir Hanna

1992-1993

Teaching Excellence
Harriet Kahn: Telemedicine Canada’s Patholody Rounds

Course Coordination
No recipient

Long-Term Commitment to Continuing Education
Edward Kassel

1991-1992

Teaching Excellence
Stephanie Wilson: Organ Imaging Review 1991, Topic: Acute Abdomen

Course Coordination
Stanley Zlotkin: An Intensive Course in Paediatric Clinical Nutrition

Long-Term Commitment to Continuing Education
No recipient

1990-1991

Teaching Excellence
Steven Strasberg: Update on Digestive Diseases, Topic: Cholecystectomy – The Gold Standard and Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy

Course Coordination
Dominic Pantalony: Hematopathology Update 1990

Long-Term Commitment to Continuing Education
No recipient

1989-1990

Teaching Excellence
Jay Keystone: Infectious Diseases Update 1989, Topic: Advice to Travelers

Course Coordination
Joseph Schatzker: AO/ASIF Basic and Advanced Fracture Courses

Long-Term Commitment to Continuing Education
No recipient

1988-1989

Teaching Excellence
Brian Goldman: Emergency Update for Family Physicians, Topic: Recognizing the Drug Seeker

Course Coordination
Barbara Carthew: Currently Speaking: An Update in Electrotherapy

Long-Term Commitment to Continuing Education
No recipient