PGME Awards for Excellence

Each year Postgraduate Medical Education invites residents, faculty, and program staff to nominate individuals for one of several Awards of Excellence. The nominations are reviewed by a committee including PGME representatives, and previous faculty award recipients.

Dr. Lisa Welikovitch is pleased to announce the recipients of the 2021 PGME Awards for Excellence in Postgraduate Medical Education.

Outstanding Commitment to Residency Education Award

This award recognizes the outstanding contributions made by an individual to Residency Education through teaching, administration, program development and/or contributions to educational research which benefit residency education.

Recipients:

• Dr. Lindsay Jantzie    Family Medicine    2-4 Year Program
• Dr. Catherine Patocka    Emergency Medicine    5-6 Year Program
• Dr. Laurie Lemieux    Palliative Medicine    Subspecialty Program

Award for Resident Mentorship

This award recognizes the outstanding contributions of a faculty member who serves as mentor, role model, and/or advocates for residents.

Recipients:

• No Nominations    2-4 Year Program
• Dr. Grant Moffatt    General Surgery    5-6 Year Program
• Dr. Nauzer Forbes    Advanced Endoscopy    Subspecialty Program

Service in Support of Residency Education

This award recognizes the outstanding contributions made by an individual to Residency Education through ongoing administrative support and/or innovative approaches to program administration.

Recipients:

• No nominations    2-4 Year Program
• Patti Sullivan    Neurosurgery    5-6 Year Program
• Renee Ryan     Infectious Diseases    Subspecialty Program

We usually like to acknowledge the recipients at a reception during which the awards are presented. For the second year in a row, due to the pandemic we have had to forgo these events. We will have a combined reception for the 2020 and 2021 recipients in the spring of 2021.

Congratulations to all the recipients!

List of Previous PGME Award Recipients