THE RDoC MIKHAEL AWARD FOR MEDICAL EDUCATION

RDoC is proud to honour those who, with enthusiasm, passion, and proficiency, have contributed to improving undergraduate and postgraduate medical education in Canada. During his time on the Board of Directors, Dr. Joseph Mikhael worked tirelessly to represent the interests of all residents in Canada, refocusing our role in medical education. The Board has presented this award in honour of his achievements since 2005. Beginning in 2012, the Award has been presented in two categories: Staff and Resident.

Before February 2015, this award was known as the Dr. Joseph Mikhael CAIR Award for Medical Education.

Award Eligibility

Staff category: Physicians, including program directors, educators, or others; any other individual(s), programs, or organizations closely associated with medical education in Canada. In situations where an organization is being nominated, please provide a contact name for that organization on the application.

Resident category: Resident doctors registered in any Canadian PGME program. Nominees for the resident categories must have been a resident doctor training in Canada within the past 12 months to be eligible for consideration.

Award Criteria

To qualify, nominees must:

• demonstrate a firm commitment to medical education through specific actions and initiatives;
• exemplify creativity and leadership in taking action to improve and promote medical education; and
• bring about change that has the potential to result in positive, long term improvement to medical education in Canada.

Recipients

	Resident Physician Category	Staff Physician Category
2023	Doctor Adom Bondzi-Simpson University of Toronto	Doctor Michael Kenyon University of British Columbia
2022	Doctor Hadal El-Hadi University of British Columbia	Doctor Aaron Prystupa University of Saskatchewan
2021	Doctor Ariel Gershon University of Toronto	Doctor Ming-Ka Chan University of Manitoba
2020	Doctor Malika Ladha University of Calgary	Doctor Terri Aldred University of British Columbia
2019	Doctor Conrad Tsang University of British Columbia	Doctor Stuart Murdoch University of Toronto
2018	Doctor Bruce Fage University of Toronto	Doctor Warren Cheung University of Ottawa
2017	Doctor Mary Beth Bissell Memorial University	Doctor Michael Froeschl University of Ottawa
2016	Doctor Kathryn Darras University of British Columbia	Doctor Barry Kassen University of British Columbia
2015	Doctor Nada Gawad University of Ottawa	Doctor Sharon Peters Memorial University
2014	Doctor Darren de SA McMaster University	Doctor George Porfiris Toronto East General Hospital
2013	Doctor Farhan Asrar McMaster University	Doctor Marika Hohol University of Toronto
2012	Doctor Charles Kassardjian University of Toronto	Doctor Keith Goulden University of Alberta
2011	Doctor Lara Cooke University of Calgary
2010	Doctor Rishi Gupta* University of Ottawa
2009	Doctor George Elleker University of Alberta
2008	Doctor Colin Chalk McGill University
2007	Doctor Brian Hodges University of Toronto
2006	Doctor Alecs Chochinov The Canadian Medical Association
2005	Doctor Nadia Mikhael The Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada

*First resident recipient