Committees
The smooth running of our Department is contingent on several committees, all of whom work together to orchestrate innovation in education, faculty development, research, and other areas. The following committees operate within our Department:
- Executive Committee
- Academic Half-Day Subcommittee
- Advocacy Committee
- Competence-By-Design Subcommittee
- Continuing Professional Development/Faculty Development (CPD/FD) Committee
- Department Appointments Committee
- Fellowship Directors Committee
- Promotions and Awards Committee
- Quality Improvement & Patient Safety (QuIPS) Committee
- Research Committee
- Residency Program Committee
- Undergraduate Medical Education Committee
- Wellness Subcommittee
Executive Committee
The following individuals are members of the Executive Committee:
- John Kingdom · Chair, Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology
- Lisa Allen · Vice Chair, QuIPS (Gynaecology); Head, Division of Paediatric and Adolescent Gynaecology; Chair, Promotions Committee
- Jon Barrett · Vice Chair, QuIPS (Obstetrics)
- Adrian Brown · Community Affiliate Hospital Representative
- Theodore Brown · Interim Head, Division of Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility; Deputy Chair, Research Committee
- Salvo Candela · Business Manager
- Allan Covens · Head, Division of Gynaecologic Oncology
- Michèle Farrugia · Chair, Residency Program Committee; Residency Program Director
- Dini Hui · Chair, Undergraduate Medical Education Committee; Undergraduate Program Director
- Patricia Lee · Head, Division of Urogynaecology
- Cynthia Maxwell · Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Officer
- Filomena Meffe · Chief of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, St. Michael’s Hospital
- Joan Murphy · Chief of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Trillium Health Partners
- Kellie Murphy · Vice Chair, Research
- Nanette Okun · Head, Division of Maternal-Fetal Medicine
- Richard Pittini · Vice Chair, Education
- Abheha Satkunaratnam · Chief of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, North York General Hospital
- Mathew Sermer · Chief of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Sinai Health System/University Health Network/Women’s College Hospital
- Rachel Spitzer · Vice Chair, Global Women’s Health and Advocacy
- Rory Windrim · Director of Continuing Professional Development
- Suzanne Wong · Director of Faculty Development
- Arthur Zaltz · Chief of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre; Chair, Appointments Committee
Academic Half-Day Subcommittee
- Sari Kives, Co-Chair
- Donna Steele, Co-Chair
- Olga Kciuk
- Akanksha Kulshreshtha
- Anand Lakhani
- Siddhi Mathur
- Jessica Smith
Advocacy Committee
- Rachel Spitzer, Chair
- Michèle Farrugia
- Tatiana Freire-Lizama
- Claire Jones
- Elyse Lackie
- Noor Ladhani
- Heather Millar
- Nan Okun
- Melanie Ornstein
- Amanda Selk
- Emma Skolnik
- Tiffany Zigras
- Rebecca Zur
Competence-By-Design Subcommittee
- Janet Bodley, Chair
- Nicolette Caccia
- Michèle Farrugia
- Ernesto Figueiro-Filho
- Lilian Gien
- Anand Lakhani
- Julie Nguyen
- Andra Nica
- Alisha Olsthoorn
- Wusun Paek
- Richard Pittini
- Miguel Russo
- Donna Steele
- Evan Tannenbaum
Continuing Professional Development/Faculty Development (CPD/FD) Committee
- Suzanne Wong, Co-Chair
- Rory Windrim, Co-Chair
- Janet Bodley
- Nicolette Caccia
- Filomena Meffe
- Richard Pittini
Department Appointments Committee
- Arthur Zaltz, Chair
- Lisa Allen
- Adrian Brown
- Ted Brown
- Lilian Gien
- Kellie Murphy
- Nathan Roth
- Jonathon Solnik
- Rory Windrim
Fellowship Directors Committee
- Richard Pittini, Chair
- Howard Berger
- Marie Czikk
- Tomer Figenberg
- Ally Murji
- Sari Kives
- Stephane Laframboise
- Patricia Lee
- Clifford Librach
- Kimberly Liu
- Danny Lovatsis
- Mary Melchior
- Deborah Robertson
- Stefania Ronzoni
- Amanda Selk
- Jonathon Solnik
- Rachel Spitzer
- Wendy Wolfman
- Herbert Wong
Promotions and Awards Committee
- Lisa Allen, Chair
- Jon Barrett
- Ted Brown
- Al Covens
- Sarah Ferguson (until 2019)
- Filomena Meffe
- Nan Okun
- Richard Pittini
- Rachel Spitzer
- Rory Windrim
- Arthur Zaltz
Quality Improvement & Patient Safety (QuIPS) Committee
- Lisa Allen, Co-Chair
- Jon Barrett, Co-Chair
- Genevieve Bouchard-Fortier
- Nirmala Chandrasekaran
- Filomena Meffe
- Leslie Po
- Jackie Thomas
- Georgina Wilcock
Research Committee
- Kellie Murphy, Chair
- May Alarab
- Melanie Audette
- Theodore Brown
- Isabella Caniggia
- Crystal Chan
- Kristin Connor
- Allan Covens
- Maria Cusimano
- Sarah Ferguson
- Zachary Ferraro
- Sari Kives
- Noor Ladhani
- Stephen Lye
- Stephen Matthews
- Colleen McDermott
- John Snelgrove
- Mark Yudin
Residency Program Committee
- Michèle Farrugia, Chair
- Anjali Aggarwal
- Shivji Azra
- Clarissa Bambao
- Anouk Benseler
- Janet Bodley
- Lilian Gien
- Shira Gold
- Michelle Jacobson
- Sari Kives
- Karen Levy
- Siobhan Mark
- Siddhi Mathur
- Elizabeth Miazga
- Richard Pittini
- Leslie Po
- Stefania Ronzini
- Amanda Selk
- Heather Shapiro
- Kalpana Sharma
- Dana Soroka
- Donna Steele
- Mark Yudin
Undergraduate Medical Education Committee
- Dini Hui, Chair
- Kelly Chu
- Maria Cusimano
- Karthika Devarajan
- Louise-Helene Gagnon
- Tommy Hana
- Julia Hollingsworth
- Ana Iancu
- Brian Liu
- Carmen McCaffrey
- Kendra Newell
- Melanie Ornstein
- Richard Pittini
- Sara Porisky
- Rajiv Shah
- Susan Shinoff
- Mara Sobel
- Scott Tigert
- Danielle Vicus
- Chelsie Warshafsky
Wellness Subcommittee
- Janet Bodley, Chair
- Michael Chaikof
- Shirin Dason
- Darl Edwards
- Elaine Herer
- Elyse Levinsky
- Sarah Norris
- Adam Rosen
- Sandeep Sandhu
- Donna Steele