Celebration of Excellence 2026

Sumantra Monty Ghosh, Governor General's Innovation Award

Valerie Taylor, Canadian Academy of Health Sciences, Fellowship

Robert Quinn, Canadian Academy of Health Sciences, Fellowship

Mary Brindle, Canadian Academy of Health Sciences, Fellowship

Bruce Pike, Royal Society of Canada, Fellowship

Frank Stahnisch, Royal Society of Canada, Fellowship

Chad Bousman, Royal Society of Canada, College of New Scholars, Artists, and Scientists

Anthony Seto, Alberta College of Family Physicians, Recognition of Excellence

Braedon McDonald, Canadian Institutes of Health Research - Bhagirath Singh Early Career Prize in Infection and Immunity

Antonia Morris, Alberta College of Family Physicians, Recognition of Excellence

Mehwish Warsi, Alberta College of Family Physicians, Recognition of Excellence

Janice Pasieka, Government of Alberta, Dr. Peter B. R. Allen Lifetime Achievement Award in Health

Subrata (Monty) Ghosh, Community-Based Research Canada, Excellence in Community-Campus Research Partnership Award

Ward Flemons, Canadian Medical Association, Dr. William Marsden Award in Medical Ethics and Professionalism

Claire Barber, Alberta Innovates, Health Innovation Award, Health System Innovation Champion

Steven Boyd, Arthritis Society of Canada, Top 10 Research Advances

Sarah Manske, Arthritis Society of Canada, Top 10 Research Advances

Irene Ma, Association of Faculties of Medicine of Canada, Clinical Teacher Award

Erin Brennand, Association of Faculties of Medicine of Canada, May Cohen Equity, Diversity, and Gender Award and American Urogynecologic Society, Raymond A. Lee Lectureship

Jane Lemaire, Association of Faculties of Medicine of Canada, Wellness Award

Nathalie Jette, Association of Faculties of Medicine of Canada, Clinician-Scientist Award

Rachel Ellaway, Association for the Study of Medical Education, Gold Medal

Julie Kromm, Canadian Association of Medical Education, Meridith Marks New Educator Award

Zarah Goodarzi, Canadian Geriatrics Society, Janet McElhaney Mid-Career Research Award

Mary Brindle, Canadian Undergraduate Surgical Education Committee, Outstanding Postgraduate Surgical Education Award

Juliet Guichon, Massey College, Adrienne Clarkson Laureateship

Christopher Novak, Canadian Paediatric Society, Early Career Pediatrician Award

Lara Leijser, Canadian Paediatric Society, Emerging Leader in Neonatology

Nicole Johnson, Canadian Paediatric Society, Michel Weber Education Award

William (Bill) Stell, State University of New York College of Optometry, Honorary Doctor of Science

Charlene Lyndon, Health Quality Council of Alberta, Patient Innovation Award

Kara Nerenberg, Canadian Women’s Heart, Brain and Vascular Health, Mid-Career Investigator Award

Stephen Freedman, Pediatric Emergency Research Canada, Amy Plint Mentorship Award

Antoine Dufour, Oswego Alumni Association, Distinguished Alumnus Award

Oluwabukola Salami, University of Windsor, Alumni Award of Merit; Children’s Healthcare Canada, EDI Excellence Award; Canadian Association for Global Health, Vic Neufeld Mentorship Award in Global Health

Julie Kromm, Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada, Early Career Leadership Award in Medical Education

Allison Brown, Canadian Association for Medical Education, Certificate of Merit

Anthony Seto, Canadian Association for Medical Education, Certificate of Merit

Erika Vorhies, Canadian Association for Medical Education, Certificate of Merit

Stephen Congly, American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases, Fellowship

Joseph Dort, Alberta Medical Association, Medal for Distinguished Service

Amy Metcalfe, Alberta Medical Association, Medal of Honor

Lynne Robertson, Canadian Dermatology Association, Practitioner of the Year

David Campbell, Diabetes Canada and CIHR Institute of Nutrition, Metabolism and Diabetes - Early Career Researcher Partnership Award

Prisca Kizito, Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada, RCCI M. Andrew Padmos International Collaboration Award (Team Award)

Andrew Battison, Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada, RCCI M. Andrew Padmos International Collaboration Award (Team Award)

Margriet Greidanus, Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada, RCCI M. Andrew Padmos International Collaboration Award (Team Award)

Kathryn Birnie, Canadian Institutes of Health Research - IMHA, Inclusive Patient Engagement Prize

Jonathan Somerville, Alberta Medical Association, Medal for Excellence and Achievement in Rural/Remote Medicine

Heather Armson, Alberta Medical Association, Medal for Distinguished Service

Vesta Michelle Warren, Alberta College of Family Physicians, Family Physician of the Year Award

Amanda Wang, Alberta College of Family Physicians, Outstanding New Professional Award

Lee Rehak, Alberta College of Family Physicians, Recognition of Excellence

Omid Pour-ahmadi, Alberta College of Family Physicians, Recognition of Excellence

Jayna Holroyd-Leduc, Canadian Institutes of Health Research Institute of Aging, Betty Havens Prize in Knowledge Mobilization

Nicole Johnson, Canada International Black Women Excellence, Canada’s Top 100 Black Women to Watch

Julie McKeen and Peter Sargious, Diabetes Canada, National Advocacy Leadership Award

David Campbell, Diabetes Canada, Innovator Award

Arthur Clark, City of Calgary, Grant MacEwan Lifetime Achievement Award

Lisa Welikovitch, WXN’s Global Alliance for Inclusive Leadership (GAIL) Canada’s Most Powerful Women: Top 100 (Professional)

Oluwabukola Salami, Government of Alberta, Alberta Immigrant Impact Award – Career and Academic Contributions

Cody Dunne, Citizen CPR Foundation, Top 40 Under 40 Award

Marvin Fritzler, Avenue Magazine, Calgary Top 7 Over 70 Award

Cheryl Barnabe, Killam Annual Professorship

Suzanne Tough, Killam Annual Professorship

Marcello Tonelli, Order of the University of Calgary

Pamela Roach, Killam Emerging Research Leader Award and Grant

Fabiola Aparicio-Ting, McCaig-Killam Teaching Award

Vithya Gnanakumar, Undergraduate Medical Education

Julia Haber, Postgraduate Clinical Education

Gordon McNeil, Continuing Medical Education

Ronak Kapadia, Long Term Education Contributions

Collin Luk, Research (Basic Science)

Eliana Castillo, Research (Clinical)

Geoffrey Gotto, Research (Clinical)

Ranita Manocha, Research (Clinical)

Nikhil Srivalsan, Avenue Magazine, Top 20 under 20

Branavan Manoranjan, Alberta Neurosurgical Society - Basic Science Research Award

Runze Yang, Alberta Neurosurgical Society - Basic Science Research Award

Jenna Mann, Alberta Neurosurgical Society - Clinical Research Award

Laurel Ford, 2025 Rural Medical Student Awards

Adam Guthrie, 2025 Rural Medical Student Awards

Janelle Wai, 2025 Dr. Chuck Carson Memorial Endowment

Isabelle Poitras, Banting Postdoctoral Researchers 2024-2025

Arazdeep Minhas, Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarship

Jessica Scheufen, Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarship

Madison Fullerton, Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarship

Zainab Khan, Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarship

Eddie Guo - CMA Award for Young Leaders (student)

Chaten Jessel - Dr. Brian Brodie Organizational Leadership Development Award (student)

Katarzyna Dudek, Killam Postdoctoral Laureates

Isabelle Poitras, Killam Postdoctoral Laureates

Kapilan Panchendrabose, 2025 Family Medicine Resident Leadership, Alberta College of Family Physicians

Erin Zader, Student Leadership Rising Star Award, Alberta College of Family Physicians