The Awards for Young Leaders are given out to up to six CMA members each year: two students, two residents and two early-career physicians (five years post-residency).
Recipients have demonstrated exemplary dedication, commitment and leadership in one of the following areas: political, clinical, educational, or research and community service.
Award recipients have also:
- exemplified creativity, initiative and shown commitment to "making a difference"
- been active and effective at the local, provincial/territorial and/or national level
- acted as a positive and effective role model for their peers and colleagues
Recipients
Student
2023 Maxine Joly-Chevrier and Owen Luo
2022 Armaghan (Army) Alam and Angela Huynh
2021 Dr. Meghan Kerr and Dr. Dax Bourcier
2020 Vivian Tsang and Niharika Shahi
2019 Philip Edgcumbe and Charles-Antoine Barbeau-Meunier
2018 Aline Demirdjian Khatchikian and Lerly Luo
2017 Bing Yu Chen and Amy Li
2016 Azalea Lehndorff and Latif Murji
2015 Soniya Sharma
2014 Peter Gill
2013 Rithesh Ram
2012 Colin Casault
2011 David Campbell
2010 Laura Drudi
2009 Juliet Emamaullee, PhD, and Charlotte Kfoury
2008 Sagar Dugani
2007 Evan Wood
2006 Ryan Sommers
2005 Lanette Prediger
2004 Julielynn Wong
Resident
2023 Dr. Victor Do and Dr. Miles Marchand
2022 Dr. Shane Arsenault and Dr. Amit Persad
2021 Dr. Thomas Brothers and Dr. Brandon Tang
2020 Dr. Kimberly Williams and Dr. Anthea Lafreniere
2019 Dr. Sheila Wang and Dr. Ali Damji
2018 Dr. Blair Bigham and Dr. Christopher Charles
2017 Dr. Aravind Ganesh and Dr. Colm McCarthy
2016 Dr. Debraj Das and Dr. Vera Krejcik
2015 Dr. Amol Verma
2014 Dr. Farhan Asrar
2013 Dr. Paul Singh Dhillon
2012 Dr. Brock Debenham
2011 Dr. Abdullah Saleh
2010 Dr. Laura Stinton
2009 Dr. Devesh Varma
2008 Dr. Jerry Maniate
2007 Dr. Roona Sinha
2006 Dr. Karin Dymond Kerfoot
2005 Dr. Danielle Martin
2004 Dr. Adam Natsheh
Early career
2023 Dr. Franco Rizzuti and Dr. Brent Young
2022 Dr. Boluwaji Ogunyemi and
Dr. Shannon Ruzycki
2021 Dr. Ashley Miller and Dr. Monty Ghosh
2020 Dr. Naheed Dosani and Dr. Vanessa Poliquin
2019 Dr. David-Martin Milot
2018 Dr. Cara Bablitz and Dr. William Cherniak
2017 Dr. Farhan Asrar and Dr. Paul Dhillon
2016 Dr. André Bernard and Dr. Meredith Giuliani
2015 Dr. Alika Lafontaine
2014 Dr. Samir Sinha
2013 Dr. Kathryn Andrusky
2012 Dr. Sanjeev Sockalingam
2011 Dr. Michal S. Kalisiak
2010 Dr. Ann R. Vaidya
2009 Dr. Jordan Cohen
2008
2007
2006 Dr. Michael Pollanen
2005 Dr. Robert Siemens
2004 Dr. Christopher Simpson