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Dear Residents and Faculty,
The Resident Awards Night took place on November 21, 2022. We would like to thank the MPRA and the Department of Psychiatry for making this a special evening where we were able to honor Faculty, Residents and Administrative Staff achievements. It was truly a pleasure to be able to celebrate again in-person. Congratulations to all this year’s winners!
Faculty Awards
Best Clinical Supervisor for Junior residents
Winner: Dr. Alexandru Traicu
Nominees: Drs. Dominique Elie, Marilyn Segal, Maria Di Tomasso, Louise Evans,
Nasr Farooqi, Ronald Fraser, Judy Glass, Karin Goddard, Sawsan Kalache,
Alexandru Traicu, Dafna Wajszilber & Daniel Zigman
Best Clinical Supervisor for Senior residents
Winner: Dr. David Bloom
Nominees: Drs. David Bloom, Michel Elie, Toby Measham,
Cecile Rousseau, Rosemarie Soucy, Zoe Thomas, Alexandru Traicu,
Judy Vogel & Gerald Wiviott
Best Resident Advocate
Winner: Dr. Joanne Joly
Nominees: Drs. Robert Biskin, Jean-Philippe Carmel,
Ronald Fraser, Joanne Joly, Toby Measham, Marie-Christine Noël
& Susan Wisebord
Best Staff Role Model
Winner: Dr. Christian Desmarais
Nominees: Drs. Elisabeth Banon, David Bloom, Natacha Deleva,
Christian Desmarais, Pascale Desrosiers, Maria Di Tomasso,
Sofie Mauger, Toby Measham, Louis Pinard, Rosemarie Soucy,
Warren Steiner, Maria Tuineag, Gerald Wiviott & Daniel Zigman
Staff Awards
Outstanding Administrator Award
Winner: Terri Iazzo
Nominees: Luisa Ferreira, Terri Iaizzo & Milton Magill
Resident Awards for Clinical and Educational Excellence
Outstanding Junior Clinician
Winner: Dr. Catherine Lavigne
Nominees: Drs. Krystel Arpin-Gemme, Marianne Côté-Olijnyk, Lauren Kay,
Catherine Lavigne, Aurélie Montagne, Camille Paradis & Ghassen Soufi
Outstanding Senior Clinician Award
Winner: Dr. Jake Prillo
Nominees: Drs. Danny Diep, Klara Meierer,
Catherine Ouellet, Jake Prillo & Gabriel Souza
Outstanding Leader Award
Winner: Dr. Camille Paradis
Nominees: Drs. Sarah Hanafi, Catherine Ouellet
& Camille Paradis
Outstanding Teacher Award
Winner: Dr. Gabriel Souza
Nominees: Drs. Emilie Guay, Rameeshay Mubasher & Gabriel Souza
Dennis Engels Awards for Excellence in Psychotherapy
Winner: Dr. Aurélie Montagne
Nominees: Drs. Michael Destounis, Danny Diep, Cédrik Gignac,
Catherine Lavigne & Aurélie Montagne
Outstanding Junior Clinician in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Award
Winner: Dr. Michael Destounis
Nominees: Drs. Michael Destounis & Cédrik Gignac
Ingrid Gold Award in Geriatric Psychiatry
Winner: Dr. Emilie Guay
Nominees: Drs. Emilie Guay, Sarah Hanafi, Rameeshay Mubasher,
Camille Paradis & Vincent Paquin
Outstanding Academic Award
Winner: Dr. Christophe Moderie
Nominees: Drs. Marianne Côté-Olijnyk, Christophe Moderie
& Vincent Paquin
Resident Awards for the Best Scholarly Paper
Chairman’s Prize
Dr. Salam El-Majzoub
Gabrielle Weiss Prize
Dr. Vincent Paquin
Innovative Publication Prize
Dr. Vincent Paquin
Serge Bikadoroff Prize
Dr. Jake Prillo
Kind Regards,
Nancy Low, MD, MSc, FRCPC
Postgraduate Program Co-Director, Department of Psychiatry
Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry
Attending Staff, Department of Psychiatry, McGill University Health Center
Marie-Christine Noël, MD, FRCPC
Postgraduate Program Co-Director, Department of Psychiatry
Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry
Attending Staff, Department of Psychiatry, St-Mary’s Hospital Center, CIUSSS ODIM
