Award Winner Archive

Clinician Practitioner

Dr. Heather Dean

The Pediatric Chairs of Canada congratulate Dr. Heather Dean as PCC’s recipient of the 2016 Pediatric Academic Leadership - Clinician Practitioner Award.

This award is being presented to Dr. Dean, of the University of Manitoba, in recognition as an outstanding clinician in pediatric endocrinology and metabolism, and as an academic leader and researcher for 32 years. Dr. Dean has made significant and influential contributions as the first pediatric endocrinologist in Manitoba, including the exemplary vision to establish an inter-professional Diabetes Education Resource for Children and Adolescents. 

Through exemplary work with the First Nations in Manitoba, Dr. Dean was the first to describe Type 2 diabetes in children at a time when few thought this was possible. Her passion also lead her to establish the internationally recognized Maestro, one of the first transition programs in Canada for adolescent patients with Type 1 and 2 diabetes moving to adult care. An exceptional awardee and Dr. Dean's academic career is a reflection of her tremendous success!

It is with enthusiasm that Dr. Dean's colleagues recognize and celebrate her contributions to the international and national pediatric healthcare communities!

Clinician Educator

Dr. Farhan Bhanji

The Pediatric Chairs of Canada congratulate Dr. Farhan Bhanji as PCC’s recipient of the 2016 Pediatric Academic Leadership - Clinician Educator Award.

This award is being presented to Dr. Bhanji, of McGill University, in recognition of his multiple leadership roles in medical education at the local, national and international level. It is said that he always seeks to find the “teaching moment” that rewards learners. Dr. Bhanji is also acknowledged as one of the first physicians to undergo formal post-graduate training in education. Equally impressive is that he has transcended the discipline of paediatrics in his leadership role at the Royal College which is a rare accomplishment.  

Dr. Bhanji's outstanding success in simulation education and his role with the American Heart Association as well as the Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada, is quite remarkable. His efforts are actively shaping how resuscitation after cardiac arrest is both undertaken and taught. Dr. Bhanji's impact on a daily basis serves as a role model to his peers and younger physicians. His has an impressive track record as a dually certified clinician, administrator, researcher and renowned educator.

It is with enthusiasm that Dr. Bhanji's colleagues recognize and celebrate his contributions to the local, national and international pediatric healthcare communities!

Clinician Investigator

Dr. Michael Rieder

The Pediatric Chairs of Canada congratulate Dr. Michael Rieder as PCC’s recipient of the 2016 Pediatric Academic Leadership - Clinician Investigator Award.

This award is being presented to Dr. Rieder, of the University of Western Ontario, in recognition of his outstanding achievements in Pediatric Clinical Pharmacology and the many leadership roles he has successfully undertaken. His focus on drug safety and critical findings surrounding adverse drug events in children and adults has assured him a place of distinction amongst his peers. The numerous awards Dr. Rieder has received are a testament to his leadership as an educator, mentor and researcher.  

It is notable that Dr. Rieder is the only endowed Chair in Pediatric Clinical Pharmacology in Canada as well as a key member of the Canadian Pharmacogenomics Network for Drug Safety.  

It is with enthusiasm that Dr. Rieder's colleagues recognize and celebrate his contributions over the past 25 years to the international and national pediatric healthcare communities!

Clinician Practitioner

Dr. Ronald D. Barr

The Pediatric Chairs of Canada congratulate Dr. Ronald D. Barr as PCC’s recipient of the 2014 Pediatric Academic Leadership - Clinician Practitioner Award. The career of Dr. Ronald D Barr is a testament of a lifetime commitment to the care of child and youth health. He has an international reputation for his work in pediatrics and has achieved great influence as a devoted clinician, rigorous researcher, teacher, mentor and administrator. His significant accomplishments are in the establishment of the Pediatric Oncology Group of Ontario (POGO). This group has had a major influence on research and surveillance of survivors of childhood cancer. He also co-chaired the Canadian National Task Force on Adolescent and Young Adults with Cancer funded by the Canadian Partnership Against Cancer. He has also worked to address the challenge of poor availability of safe, cost-effective chemotherapy in developing countries. He has authored more than 350 papers and his worked has impacted the identification of late effects of cancer treatment and measurement of health status and health-related quality of life.

Dr. Barr is known for his unwavering and complete support for the provision of care to children. His leadership in numerous child and youth health initiatives has resulted in improved education and trainee opportunities and significant advancements in clinical practice. The international paediatric healthcare community has benefited from his vision and leadership for many years and we are pleased to recognize and celebrate his contributions.

Clinician Educator

Dr. Saleem Razack

The Pediatric Chairs of Canada congratulate Dr. Saleem Razack as PCC’s recipient of the 2014 Pediatric Academic Leadership - Clinician Educator Award. Clinically Dr. Razack has close to 20 years of service as an attending at Montreal Children’s Pediatric Intensive Care Unit. All would agree that he has exemplified the very best of professionalism and physicianship in what are challenging clinical milieus always providing a tangible and direct role model for trainees and colleagues.

Academically he is presently an Associate Professor and Associate Chair (Education) in the Department of Pediatrics. Since 2009 he has also served as Assistant Dean (Admission, Diversity & Equity) in the Faculty of Medicine with direct overall responsibility for the management of the Faculty selection process for each incoming medical school class.

While Residency Program Director, he translated our emerging awareness and sensitivity to the particular health care needs of vulnerable populations to develop Canada’s first mandatory core rotation and fellowship in social pediatrics that has served as a model for other training programs.

At the undergraduate level of medical education, Dr. Razack has been active within the context of formulating join inter-professionalism training that combines medical, rehabilitation and nursing students on the topic of cultural awareness. He has also engaged in the scholarship of education. He also has significant awards for his work which includes the national award of May Cohen Gender Equity Award in 2012.

Clinician Investigator

Dr. Ronald G. Barr

The Pediatric Chairs of Canada congratulate Dr. Ronald G. Barr as PCC’s recipient of the 2014 Pediatric Academic Leadership - Clinician Investigator Award. Dr. Ronald G Barr is truly one of North America’s most accomplished academic developmental-behavioral pediatricians. He career ‘describes a unique arc from clinical pediatrics through basic behavioral and observational investigations incorporating multiple disciplines to a practical and translational community-based prevention for infant abuse and shaken baby syndrome.’

He is a Canada Research Chair, Tier 1. He has over 200 publications and a significant history of successful grants, which have significantly led to the development of Developmental and Behavior Pediatrics as an academic field. He has been elected to the Canadian Academy of Health Sciences and was a member of its Royal Society of Canada expert panel report on Early Childhood Development.

He has been a member of more than a dozen editorial boards of academic journal in pediatrics, development and anthropology and has served on provincial, national and international advisory boards.

In addition to his leadership in international research societies, his commitment has been expressed through his roles within his home hospitals and associated research institutes. His Child development Laboratory at BC Children’s Hospital is a preferred site for pursuing future academic goals through staff positions.

He has been described by colleagues as an ‘intellectual giant, a visionary, a pioneer, tireless advocate and a warm and passionate human being who is highly deserving of recognition for his exemplary academic leadership in pediatric clinical investigation’.

Clinician Practitioner

Dr. Emmet Francoeur

The Pediatric Chairs of Canada congratulate Dr. Emmet Francoeur of McGill University and Montreal Children’s Hospital as PCC’s recipient of the 2013 Pediatric Academic Leadership - Clinician Practitioner Award. Dr Francoeur is both a general pediatrician maintaining a busy and respected office practice, and an academic with an interest in Developmental and Behavioural Pediatrics. He worked hard at the national level to get the specialty recognized and was one of the first to qualify once it became a Royal College specialty. He has been a leader in interdisciplinary care and has worked with rehabilitation specialist, neurologists and psychiatrists in both scientific endeavours and development of networks for the care of neurocognitively impaired children. He is a Coinvestigator on a CIHR grant of 1 million dollars around the treatment of ADHD. Dr Francoeur has also been a keen educator of the public, giving many talks and writing on developmental, behavioural and general pediatric issues. He is perhaps best known and has had the most national impact in his longstanding leadership in the Canadian Pediatric Society where he has been President, chair of the nominating committee and a member of their Early Childhood Development Task Force. He has mentored many young people through these activities and he received the Society’s Certificate of merit in 2010. He has since been awarded the Life Membership Award. On top of all this activity he also serves as Vice-Chair of the Department of Pediatrics at McGill and Montreal Children’s Hospital. He is seen as a pediatrician to whom peers will entrust their own children. Through all of this he has been a role model to countless trainees at all levels of education and his mentorship has been sustained over three decades.

Clinician Educator

Dr. Rayfel Schneider

The Pediatric Chairs of Canada congratulate Rayfel Schneider as PCC’s recipient of the 2013 Pediatric Academic Leadership - Clinician Educator Award. Dr. Schneider has had a consistent interest in education since 1989. He spent 9 years as director of undergraduate medical education at Toronto and by all reports had a great impact. He then took on the role of postgraduate medical education director for his specialty area, Rheumatology and helped propel that program into the premier training site for pediatric Rheumatologists in the country. In 2007 he became the Associate Chair, Medical Education for the Department at Sick Kids and has held that position ever since. He has introduced innovative programs and developed and academic group to design and study innovations in education. He is considered to have ben highly influential in raising the status of residency training in Toronto. At the national level he has been involved in promoting the national CaRMS matching process. He has mentored a number of leaders in medical education. He personally seems to have won almost all the available teaching awards at U of T and the programs that he supports are frequently recognized with awards. With his academic group he has recently begun to publish peer-reviewed articles on education, most notably on inter-professional care. His personal qualities including his thoughtfulness are often cited as reasons for his success and influence. All of this adds up to a life-time achievement of sustained support for education.

Clinician Investigator

Dr. Sylvain Chemtob

The Pediatric Chairs of Canada congratulate Dr. Sylvain Chemtob from the Universite de Montreal and L’Hopital Ste Justine as PCC’s recipient of the 2013 Pediatric Academic Leadership - Clinician Investigator Award. Dr Chemtob, who is still in the prime of his career, had 189 peer-reviewed publications at the time of submitting his CV. Many of these were in very high impact journals. In addition to running a busy laboratory for basic science studies, he is a pediatrician and neonatologist and still continues to provide clinical service. He is an internationally recognized expert in vascular biology of the premature infant. Many of his discoveries have been translated into practical applications and are having an impact at the bedside. Dr Chemtob has an innate natural curiosity and this leads to his constantly pursuing new questions. He holds 14 patents, has written 20 book chapters and has been a visiting professor in many places around the world. His achievements alone are meritorious for an award as Clinician Investigator. However, what most distinguishes Dr. Chemtob from a crowded field of talented nominees is his mentorship of students. In his brief career he has mentored 67 graduate students who have obtained Masters and PhD degrees. Many of them have gone on to be well recognized experts in their fields. This sustained creation of environments that nurture and supports young people in the fields is in large part what these awards are meant to recognize.

Clinician Practitioner

Dr. Pierre Déry

The Pediatric Chairs of Canada congratulate Dr. Pierre Déry as PCC’s recipient of the 2012 Pediatric Academic Leadership - Clinician Practitioner Award. Pierre is a well-known figure in Canadian Pediatric health care. He remains a clinician and teacher in Quebec city after more than 40 years of advocacy and administrative leadership. He has significant accomplishments in all areas of academic endeavour including research and the building of an environment for research (99 publications and a roll as a founder of the Infectious Disease Research Unit at Laval), he practices in his discipline and is a respected teacher. The terms of reference for this award emphasize leadership (“Excellence in Leadership will be primarily focused on the clinician whose clinical practice has served as an outstanding environment for the education of trainees and the advancement of practice through knowledge translation and dissemination and leadership within the discipline”.) When viewed from the perspective of a lifetime career, leadership practically defines Pierre’s work. He has been a passionate advocate for the care of children in eastern Quebec where he has consistently promoted the development of a full range of child health services. Without Pierre Déry’s continuous and steady leadership, advocacy and persistence, the organization of pediatric care, consolidated as it is at CHUL, would not be the thriving environment that it is today. His steady leadership has made it possible for others to practice in all areas of pediatrics in an integrated service. Pierre has also played an important role at the national level and is well known outside his home province. His many years as Chair of Pediatrics at Laval lead to his interaction with other Pediatric Chairs where he played a leadership role in the establishment of the Pediatric Chairs of Canada from a very loose informal association to its current organization. It is because of this leadership role in building the pediatric environment in Quebec and Canada that the committee enthusiastically recommends Dr Pierre Déry over several other outstanding clinician practitioners in this year’s nominations.

Clinician Educator

Dr. Mona Jabbour

The Pediatric Chairs of Canada congratulate Dr. Mona Jabbour as PCC’s recipient of the 2012 Pediatric Academic Leadership - Clinician Educator Award. Dr. Jabbour completed her MD at McMaster and her Pediatric Residency and Emergency Medicine Fellowship in Ottawa in 1995. She then went on to take a Masters degree in Higher Education at OISE and has used the skills developed to promote education in each role she has played. She was Pediatric Residency Program Director for 5 years from 1999 – 2004 and has been Vice-Chair, Education, for the Department of Pediatrics in Ottawa since 2004. She was also Director of Continuing Medical Education for CHEO for 11 years from 1998-2009. She became the Medical Director of the Emergency Department in 2006 and held that post until last year when she became the Vice-Chair of the Department of Pediatrics. She has played and active role in Pediatric Education at the national level including her work with the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons. She is currently the Chief Examiner for the Pediatric Examination Board and has been on the examination committee continuously since 2000 as well as serving on numerous additional committees. She has also been active with the Medical Council of Canada. She is active in outreach pediatric education to emergency departments in community hospitals where children are seen by generalists. Her efforts have been recognized by her peers, winning the Resident Advocate Award on two occasions and an Award for Excellence and Innovation in Postgraduate Medical Education from the University of Ottawa. Dr. Jabbour is also active in several research projects to improve education in child health care including being Co-Director of TREKK, the large CUHR - funded KT program to improve Emergency care, and as a Co-Investigator in an MOHLTC-funded study to enhance the Pediatric Curriculum using a Teaching File and the development of an internet-based program for Anxious Youth. She has also published educationally relevant manuscripts in the peer – reviewed literature. On the basis of her consistent local, national and academic interest in pediatric education we feel Mona Jabbour merits the award for 2012.

Clinician Investigator

Dr. Victor Han

The Pediatric Chairs of Canada congratulate Dr. Victor Han as PCC’s recipient of the 2012 Pediatric Academic Leadership - Clinician Investigator Award. Dr Han came to Canada for pediatric training in 1980 after medical training in Burma and Postgraduate training in the UK. He left to do a research fellowship in North Carolina and returned to London in 1986 as a neonatologist and perinatal researcher the University of Western Ontario where he has been ever since. While continuing to practice as a Neonatologist, Dr. Han has been continuously funded for his research in fetal and placental growth and molecular mechanisms of preeclampsia. He was awarded a Canada Research Chair Perinatal Research in 2001. His CV indicates 140 peer-reviewed publications and many of them have high impact. His role as a mentor and builder is also legendary. He has been director of the Children’s Health Research Institute at U of WO and is currently Associate Dean of Research for the faculty of Medicine and Dentistry where he has selflessly promoted inquiry into child health problems in all trainees. He has served on many national and international committees aimed at promoting child health research. Two quotes from Dr Filler’s nomination letter sums up how many people feel about Dr Han’s contribution: “He is continually helping to establish linkages between basic scientists, clinician scientists and clinicians with the aim to optimize the sharing of ideas, skills and knowledge across different fields of expertise and to foster collaborative interdisciplinary working relationships” and “….has the unique ability to engage his learners while teaching even the most complex molecular mechanisms, while making linkages and highlighting relevance to clinical medicine.” Dr Han has applied his talents at the national level as well as in his home department and has influenced many young researchers across the spectrum of pediatrics, not just in Neonatology. The committee was in complete consensus on awarding this year’s Clinical Investigator Award to Victor Han.

Clinician Practitioner

Dr. Reeni Soni

The Pediatric Chairs of Canada congratulate Dr. Reeni Soni as PCC’s recipient of the 2011 Pediatric Academic Leadership - Clinician Practitioner Award. Referring back to the Terms of reference for this award, the awardee will be“the clinician whose clinical practice has served as an outstanding environment for the education of trainees and the advancement of practice through knowledge translation and dissemination and leadership within the discipline.”The committee feels that Dr. Soni’s practice fits this description very well. Dr. Soni practices pediatric cardiology at the Winnipeg Children’s Hospital. She joined the department in 1998 immediately upon completing her training in the UK. She stepped in to the aftermath of the problems resulting from the release of the inquest report into the deaths of a number of babies after cardiac surgery in 1994. With the publication of the report several of the established cardiologists chose to leave Winnipeg and a very inexperienced section was left behind. By the year 2000, Dr. Soni, with just two years of practice experience, took on the role of section head and leader, at a time when it seemed that no cardiologists would ever relocate to Winnipeg. The absence of a surgery program, and the negative reputation and high level of public scrutiny were all factors that discouraged interest. She has carefully and systematically re-built cardiac care and played a lead role in the development of the Western Regional Children’s Heart Network (with centralization of  Pediatric cardiac surgery in Edmonton and a collaborative approach to care and decision-making), to the benefit of the large number of children with cardiac disease in the population served by Manitoba. Her compassion for patients, and her ability to provide high quality education to all levels of students without compromising patient safety, and her ability to work with other staff and to gain their trust and collaboration have all been cited as outstanding qualities in her nomination letter. We note that she has won at least four teaching awards at the University of Manitoba and that she has been directly involved in improving quality of care in the network. In many ways Dr. Soni embraced a trend that has spread – the closing of cardiac surgery in smaller centres and the development of systems of care that support families while ensuring that surgery is performed in centres that have sufficient volume to get the best results. The results are better by all measures, but it takes a special kind of physician to operate in this type of system – one who is truly focused on what is best for patients. Dr. Soni fits this mold.

Clinician Educator

Dr. Robert Thivierge

The Pediatric Chairs of Canada congratulate Dr. Robert Thivierge as PCC’s recipient of the 2011 Pediatric Academic Leadership - Clinician Educator Award. Dr. Thivierge is a general pediatrician who initially practiced in the community of Trois Rivieres and then moved to CHU Sainte-Justine in 1984 and has practiced emergency pediatrics for almost three decades while developing a special expertise in Pedagogy. He has focused much of his work on Continuing medical Education and Continuing professional Development. It is notable that he has done significant work and been a supporter of interdisciplinary care. He is described as a charismatic and innovative teacher who has influenced many students to pursue a career in Pediatrics and has mentored some who have gone on to become outstanding leaders. His work in the areas of CME/CPD has been influential not only on Quebec, but across Canada (he worked with the group that developed the Royal college MOCOMP Program), and he has been invited to participate in educational activities in Europe. He has been recognized with numerous awards for these efforts including   two by the Quebec Council on CME (2007) (an award for excellence in CME research and an award for excellence in CME Innovation) and one by the Canadian Association for Medical Education-AFMC (2007): for excellence in medical education. His career has moved beyond Pediatrics and he has been a Director and subsequently Vice Dean for Continuing Medical Education at the University of Montreal Faculty of Medicine. During his time in the dean’s office he has also developed a successful research partnership with others interested in the study of innovations in CME and problem-based learning. On the basis of these local, provincial national and international contributions in the area of education the committee selects Dr. Thivierge to be this year’s recipient of the Award for Clinician Educator.

Clinician Investigator

Dr. Peter Rosenbaum

The Pediatric Chairs of Canada congratulate Dr. Peter Rosenbaum as PCC’s recipient of the 2011 Pediatric Academic Leadership - Clinician Investigator Award. Dr. Rosenbaum is a Developmental pediatrician whose prolific research career has been in the field of developmental disability. In fact, he has really been a pioneer who has made this area of research attractive to young Canadian researchers and his establishment of Canchild at McMaster has been a home for many of the from across a wide range of disciplines to hone their skills. He has more than 240 peer-reviewed publications, many of which have had huge global impact. His success as a researcher has lead to a Canada Research Chair. His work has lead to a number of validated instruments for assessing children with disabilities that are used widely. He has done groundbreaking studies in the area of the lives of children with disabilities and their families. He has been a tireless advocate for Family-Centred Services for these families and has developed ways of measuring the effectiveness of this type of care. He has also had a major role in disseminating knowledge about disability and the care of children with disability. However, these accomplishments, notwithstanding their importance, would not be sufficient to merit this prestigious award. The main criterion is that the candidate should create “environments that foster opportunity for child health research” and“demonstrate(d) outstanding leadership in an administrative role within the clinical and/or academic community.” Dr. Rosenbaum has been a supervisor or committee member of more than 50 graduate students’ degrees. Even a cursory scan of the list of names reads like a who’s who of child health research in Canada. He has also been in demand as an external examiner for theses from around the world. His establishment and leadership of Canchildhas already been mentioned as creating an environment where research on disabilities flourished. For more than a year he was Acting Chair of the department of pediatrics at McMaster and since 2007 he has been the inaugural director of the McMaster Institute of Child Health as a research administrator. These activities are proof that Dr. Rosenbaum meets the criteria for this award and we are delighted to award it to him.

Clinician Practitioner

Dr. Daune McGregor

The Pediatric Chairs of Canada congratulate Dr. Daune McGregor as PCC’s recipient of the 2010 Pediatric Academic Leadership - Clinician Practitioner Award.

The committee chose Daune McGregor as the award recipient for this year. The terms of reference state that the awardee will be “the clinician whose clinical practice has served as an outstanding environment for the education of trainees and the advancement of practice through knowledge translation and dissemination and leadership within the discipline.” Daune McGregor’s practice has been at the Hospital for Sick Children in the Department of Pediatric Neurology. In addition, she is the Associate Chair (Clinical)
where she has broad impact throughout the various subspecialities. She has won a number of teaching awards including twice winning the coveted Harry Bain award within her own institution and the Teacher of the Year in Child Neurology at HSC on three other occasions. She has clearly spent time and interest on trainees throughout her career and has twice been nominated for the PAIRO Resident Advocate Award. She has been Postgraduate Education Director for three years and is considered a mentor by two generations of students and trainees. Both her clinical teaching and her lectures are said
to be outstanding and highly popular. She has given numerous invited talks around the world. She is also described as “a gifted diagnostician….a skilled therapist and a remarkable communicator with children, their families and all other health professionals.” I think these facts speak directly to her merit in having a clinical practice that has served as an outstanding environment for the education of trainees. Daune McGregor has also had an impact in advancement of practice through knowledge translation and dissemination. First of all she has been directly involved in knowledge creation through a strong record in research and more than 60 peer-reviewed publications. She has also authored 16 book chapters or other monographs for continuing education. She is described as a “superb scholar and life-long learner” whose practice and teaching are always evidence-based and family- and child-centred – a rare combination. She is also an innovator and advocate. She has promoted the links between Neurology and Child Development, and was one of the first to involve herself in the importance of rehabilitation services for children with neurological and developmental issues. Her involvement with and support for the fledgling Division of Developmental Pediatrics at the Bloorview Children’s Rehabilitation Centre as it evolved into an Ontario-wide resource were critical as is her ongoing involvement in the Board of that facility’s Foundation.

Clinician Educator

Dr. David Eisenstat

The Pediatric Chairs of Canada congratulate Dr. David Eisenstat as PCC’s recipient of the 2010 Pediatric Academic Leadership - Clinician Educator Award.

The committee recommends Dr David Eisenstadt for this award. Although Dr. Eisenstadt represents a different type of leader than previous awardees in this category, he clearly has provided some unique leadership in the area of education and training at a relatively early stage in his career, all the while performing as an excellent clinician and developing a very strong research career. His major contribution has been in the area of educating for, and stimulating interest in research among students ranging from the high school level, through undergraduate students, medical students and postgraduate students at the Masters and PhD levels. He took on the role of Director of the Advanced Degrees in Medicine Program in 2007. This program brings together a number of disparate programs at the University of Manitoba and has combined them in an innovative entity that is greater than the sum of its former parts. The MD/PhD program is invigorated, and the BSc Med Program, which has been around for decades but was a small program of 20 students per summer, has been expanded to 50 students who are enthused about research. Many of these students already have a bachelor’s degree, and are taking a second one because of the opportunity to receive additional training in health-related research within a program that offers outstanding value. Another example of his innovative spirit was the establishment of the first ever National Medical Student Research Day. This will become an annual event and seems to be enthusiastically endorsed by national student bodies. David has also taken his enthusiasm for health research to the high schools. He has mentored a number of students who have been successful in science fairs locally and nationally. He encourages other to work with high school students. He also teaches at all levels in the Faculty of Medicine and teaches graduate level courses and supervises 11 graduate students. He won the Mentor of the Year Award from the Health Sciences Graduate Student in 2006. David Eisenstadt is still just in early mid-career and we felt that his educational accomplishments were quite significant for this amount of time. He is a traditional “triple threat” in that he has outstanding achievements in clinical medicine, education and research. Although he has not pursued research in the area of pedagogy, he has already made a unique contribution to health research education in Manitoba and nationally.

Clinician Investigator

Dr. Michael Kramer

The Padiatric Chairs of Canada congratulate Dr. Michael Kramer as PCC’s recipient of the 2010 Pediatric Academic Leadership - Clinician Investigator Award.

Dr Michael Kramer is the suggested recipient of this award for this year. Dr. Kramer is recognized nationally and globally as one of the leading perinatal epidemiologists in the world. His peer-reviewed publications (305 and counting) and the number of citations of his work (more than 30 per article) testify to the prolific nature and impact of his work. But this outstanding record of research would not be sufficient to merit this award. The main criterion is that the candidate should create “environments that foster opportunity for child health research” and “demonstrate(d) outstanding leadership in an administrative role within the clinical and/or academic community.” Dr. Kramer has held a variety of research administration positions. He has been Vice Chair and Chairman of the Research Committee at the McGill-Montreal Children’s Hospital Research Institute. He has worked on committees of FRSQ to promote epidemiological research in Quebec.

He has taught undergraduates and graduate students at McGill and has supervised many PhD students. However, his greatest contribution has been since he accepted the position of Scientific Director of the Institute of Human Development and Child and Youth health (IHDCYH) Health at CIHR in 2003. Under his leadership the IHDCYH has created and promoted environments and a climate that fosters child health research. This has been a period of great growth in child health research. Among other accomplishments, his personal support for and involvement in two national child health initiatives (The Canadian Child and Youth health Coalition and the Maternal, Infant, Child and Youth Health Network) are appropriately cited as evidence that he has provided administrative leadership in fostering environments that allow child health research to flourish in Canada. In our view Dr. Kramer meets the criteria for this award in spades.

Clinician Practitioner

Dr. Jean Labbé

The Pediatric Chairs of Canada congratulate Dr. Jean Labbé as PCC’s recipient of the 2009 Pediatric Academic Leadership - Clinician Practitioner Award.

Jean Labbé was selected for the Clinician Practitioner Award for many reasons. Perhaps the most remarkable consideration was his pioneering work and many contributions in the field of Childhood Abuse and Neglect. Thirty years ago, when he started this work, child abuse and neglect had been largely ignored. His work to develop guidelines and establish committees in Quebec to deal with unexplained death of children were landmark. The concepts and processes he developed are now used throughout the Francophone world. He also worked with medical students, pediatric residents, pediatricians, family physicians, nurses, social workers, teachers, lawyers, police officers, and the general public to increase awareness of child abuse. He is also an outstanding teacher and has been nominated previously for a PCC Leadership Award as Clinician Educator. He co-founded the Quebec branch of TIPS (Teaching Improvement Projects System). For many years, he was the Director of the Continuity Clinic for Pediatric Residents, as well as being in charge of the weekly conference regarding ambulatory pediatrics. He has played an active role in the Canadian Paediatric Society; on the Indian and the Inuit Committee, on the Editorial Board of the journal, and in issues related to child abuse and neglect. His work has been recognized by the Canadian Paediatric Society with an advocacy award, by the “l’Association des medicines de langue française du Canada, and by the Académie des Grand Québecois (as the first recipient for the new health section). He appears to be one of those people who “steps up to the plate” to fill gaps in a service, education and leadership role, including everything from Northern Health to an Enuresis Clinic—always doing an outstanding job. As a clinical practitioner for Québec City, he has served as a consultant for government and public health authorities. He has demonstrated outstanding, innovative, and community leadership by advocating for the underserved and modeling superb clinical skills.

Clinician Educator

Dr. Susan Tallet

The Pediatric Chairs of Canada congratulate Dr. Susan Tallet as PCC’s recipient of the 2009 Pediatric Academic Leadership - Clinician Educator Award.

Dr. Susan Tallet was nominated for her international leadership in pediatric education. She has a remarkable breadth of interest in education and has made sustained contributions locally, nationally, and internationally. She has been the Director of the Core Pediatrician training program at the University of Toronto, Associate Chair of Education in Pediatrics and chaired a number of University Postgraduate Education Committees. Nationally, Sue was the Chair of the Canadian Pediatric Program Directors group for many years as well as being Chair of the Canadian Paediatric Society Sub-Committee on Education. She has also made enormous contributions to the Medical Council of Canada and the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada. In addition, her emphasis on patient safety within the Royal College has been landmark. She has published a remarkable number of articles on education and research in education. Perhaps most remarkable of all is that SickKids has developed a Sick Kids Learning Institute (the first children’s hospital in Canada and perhaps in the world to do so) and Sue is now the Chief of Education of that Learning Institute. The quintessential clinical educator, her tireless efforts on behalf of the children and youth of Canada will be appropriately recognized by the PCC Clinical Educator Award.

Clinician Investigator

Dr. Norman Rosenblum

The Pediatric Chairs of Canada congratulate Dr. Norman Rosenblum as PCC’s recipient of the 2009 Pediatric Academic Leadership - Clinician Investigator Award.

Dr. Norman Rosenblum was nominated for the PCC Clinical Investigator Award because he has shown enormous leadership locally, nationally and internationally. He has been the Associate Chair for Research in the Department of Pediatrics for seven years, the SickKids Research Institute’s Clinician Scientist Training Program and currently is in charge of the University of Toronto’s MD PhD program.  At the same time, he maintained his own outstanding research lab, selflessly committed himself to the Department, his trainees and the SickKids Research Institute. He initiated new mentorship training positions for trainees, a research training fellowship, and a faculty development program for research within the department. Nationally, he is the Principal Investigator of the CIHR funded Canadian Child Health Clinician Scientist Program. In addition, he has been part of the North American – wide Pediatric Scientist Development Program (PSDP) , and he has interacted with the program in the Netherlands. For his passion and commitment, his organizational skills, and his innovative leadership, we recommend him as a model for the PCC Clinician Investigator Award.

Clinician Practitioner

Dr. Paul Thiessen

The Pediatric Chairs of Canada congratulate Dr. Paul Thiessen as PCC’s recipient of the 2008 Pediatric Academic Leadership - Clinician Practitioner Award.

Dr. Paul Thiessen, a community based pediatrician in Vancouver, was selected because of his role as advocate, scholar, and educator. He has helped to create an academic environment for medical students and residents. He has been the Medical Director of the level 2 newborn care nursery, and has been Medical Director of the Spinal/Meningomycele program for many years and provided exemplary care. He has excelled as a teacher of both residents and medical students and received many teaching awards. He has been recognized for his work in “Partners in Care”, promoting family centered care initiatives at BC Children’s Hospital. He has championed breast feeding, baby friendly initiatives, and a smoke free hospital. In addition, he has helped implement the recommendation of a Fetus and Newborn Committee of the Canadian Paediatric Society and he has established an intrauterine growth restriction chart for the population of British Columbia. He has been active in the Canadian Paediatric Society, and also involved in the Editorial Board of Pediatric Reviews and Contemporary Pediatrics. He has served as the editor of the bi-annual newborn letter in BC for many years. Within the Department of Pediatrics, Dr. Thiessen has served as division head, responsible for organizing Grand Rounds, and responsible for the scientific program at the CPS meetings. His contributions have been truly remarkable, innovative, and varied and he has demonstrated enormous leadership and administrative abilities.

Clinician Educator

Dr. Wendy MacDonald

The Pediatric Chairs of Canada congratulate Dr. Wendy MacDonald as PCC’s recipient of the 2008 Pediatric Academic Leadership - Clinician Educator Award.

Dr. Wendy MacDonald was chosen for the Clinical Educator Award because of her remarkable contributions to the undergraduate program at McGill, and her long standing interest in medical education. Her outstanding contributions include: the McGill University Curriculum Committee, Director of the Pediatric Residency Program, and Director of Medical Education within a Department of Pediatrics. She has served the Royal College on numerous occasions and was Chair of the Test Committee in Pediatrics. She has received the Canadian Association of Medical Education Certificate of Merit. In addition, she has served as Assistant Dean of Student Affairs at McGill. In each of those positions, she has been an innovator and created new successful programs. At McGill the Clinical Clerkship in Pediatrics has been rated the best Clerkship repeatedly, and the Pediatric Undergraduate Teaching Program in Pediatrics at McGill is rated highest in Canada for many years. Finally, she has received the Osler Teaching Award from McGill graduating medical students on two occasions. No faculty member has ever received this honor more than once. For all of these reasons, and in particular her innovation, dedication, and sense of excellence, we nominated her for the Clinical Educator Award.

Clinician Investigator

Dr. Charles Scriver 

The Pediatric Chairs of Canada congratulate Dr. Charles Scriver as PCC’s recipient of the 2008 Pediatric Academic Leadership - Clinician Researcher Award.

Dr. Charles Scriver was selected for the Clinical Investigator Award because of his truly remarkable contribution to creating an environment of research in Genetics not only at McGill, but across the country. He has served on numerous Boards, holds five honorary degrees, is a Companion of the Order of Canada, and a Grand Officer of the Order of Quebec. He has served as President and Council Member of numerous Pediatric and Genetic organizations. However, the award is really aimed at his remarkable administrative contributions, years of international collaborations on metabolic disease, and his development of a number of awards to be given to younger colleagues. His extraordinary long career of many contributions is appropriately recognized by this award.

Clinician Practitioner

Dr. Lionel Dibden

The Pediatric Chairs of Canada congratulate Dr. Lionel Dibden as PCC’s inaugural recipient of the 2007 Pediatric Academic Leadership - Clinician Practitioner Award.

This award recognizes Dr. Dibden as an exemplary model of a Community Based Pediatrician who has had a significant impact in bringing together the general pediatricians in his community and integrating them within the academic pediatric community. We would also like to recognize Dr. Dibden's achievements in the development of an outstanding program for adolescent medicine and child protection at the University of Alberta. As this year’s award recipient, PCC also recognizes Dr. Dibden as an outstanding teacher, who has had a significant impact on the standard of care in the province of Alberta, in creating an outstanding environment for the education of trainees.

Clinician Educator

Dr. Bosco Paes

The Pediatric Chairs of Canada congratulate Dr. Bosco Paes as PCC’s inaugural recipient of the 2007 Pediatric Academic Leadership - Clinician Educator Award.

This award recognizes Dr. Paes's many achievements and distinguished career in graduate training, highlighted by the innovative educational methods that have resulted in improving the quality of teaching related to newborns. PCC would also like to recognize Dr. Paes's exemplary leadership role resulting in the development of an educational program for nurse practitioners and advanced neonatal nursing at McMaster University. Dr. Paes's career has advanced neonatal care at McMaster Children’s Hospital, and has provided many residents and graduate students in a broad variety of disciplines with an outstanding educational experience.

Clinician Investigator

Dr. Aubrey Tingle

The Pediatric Chairs of Canada congratulate Dr. Aubrey Tingle as PCC’s inaugural recipient of the 2007 Pediatric Academic Leadership - Clinician Researcher Award.

PCC is honored to recognize Dr. Aubrey Tingle for his longstanding leadership role and many innovative achievements in developing an environment that has fostered and facilitated many advancements in paediatric health. As a Researcher, Developer of a Children's Hospital Research Institute, as well as the Founder and President of The Michael Smith Foundation for Health Research, this award recognizes Dr. Tingle's excellence in leadership and innovation in fostering multiple environments that have advanced child and youth health research in Vancouver, the Province of British Columbia, and across Canada.