Resident Profiles

These first-person accounts are intended to help learners with their career decision-making process. The story-telling format presents a “true-to-life” description of what it is really like to be a trainee or practicing physician in various specialties by presenting the personal experience of a Resident Doctor or New-in-Practice Physician.

Disclaimer: These specialty profiles illustrate some aspects of the lives of individual residents/physicians, and convey their personal perspectives on the challenges, opportunities, and rewards of their chosen fields. These views may not be shared by all residents, as there is tremendous diversity in lifestyle, experience, and interest among the residents in each specialty.

Please note, RDoC will not provide contact details for any of the physicians who’s profiles are published on our website. Should you wish to get in contact with one of the physicians featured on our website please consult the applicable provincial College of Physicians and Surgeons to locate their current office contact information.


Dr. Kevin An

PGY-5 Cardiac Surgery


Dr. Melanie Bechard

PGY-1 Pediatrics


Dr. Justin Cottrell

PGY-2 Otolaryngology


Dr. Tony Eskander

New-in-Practice, Otolaryngology


Dr. Tariq Esmail

PGY-2 Anaesthesiology


Dr. Bruce Fage

PGY-2 Psychiatry


Dr. Andreea Gheorghe

PGY-2 Psychiatry


Dr. Melini Gupta

PGY-1 Family Medicine


Dr. Kimberly Lazare

New-in-Practice, Family Medicine, Obstetrics, and Academic Medicine


Dr. Simone Lebeuf

PGY-5 Adolescent Medicine


Dr. Gordon Locke

PGY-1 Radiation Oncology


Dr. Anthony Lott

PGY-2 Internal Medicine


Dr. Marina Abdel Malak

PGY-2 Family Medicine


Dr. Tom McLaughlin

PGY-3 Pediatrics


Dr. Elizabeth Niedra

New-in-Practice, Geriatric Medicine; Care of the Elderly


Dr. Amir Safavi

PGY-2 Radiation Oncology


Dr. Sarah Smith

PGY-2 Psychiatry


Dr. Sarah Smith

PGY-5 Child and Adolescent Psychiatry


Dr. Brandon Tang

PGY-3 Internal Medicine


Dr. Marissa Tsoi

PGY-1 Rural Family Medicine


Dr. Carl White Ulysse

PGY-1 Anaesthesiology


Dr. Nishi Varshney

New-in-Practice, Geriatrician


Dr. Kevin Zuo

PGY-2 Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery