Professor and Fellowship Alumnus Join Canadian Academy of Health Sciences
This month, two members of the UofT ObGyn community were selected as Fellows for the Canadian Academy of Health Sciences (CAHS). Dr. David Chitayat, Professor, and Dr. Graeme N. Smith, alumnus of the Maternal-Fetal Medicine Fellowship Program, were elected into the CAHS for their 2020 year. They join Dr. Stephen Lye, Professor, who is a current CAHS Fellow.
The Canadian Academy of Health Sciences (CAHS) recognizes individuals of great achievement in the academic health sciences in Canada. Founded in 2004, the CAHS has approximately 500 Fellows and appoints new Fellows on an annual basis. The organization is managed by a voluntary Board of Directors and a Board Executive. The main function of the CAHS is to provide timely, informed, and unbiased assessments of urgent issues affecting the health of Canadians. The Academy also monitors global health-related events to enhance Canada’s state of readiness for the future, and provides a Canadian voice for health sciences internationally. The CAHS provides a collective, authoritative, and multidisciplinary voice on behalf of the health sciences community.
Read more about the CAHS, including their fellowship program and other Fellows, on their website.
Congratulations to Dr. Chitayat and Dr. Smith!
Dr. David Chitayat
Professor, Paediatrics, Obstetrics & Gynecology, Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology and Molecular Genetics at the University of Toronto Head, The Prenatal Diagnosis and Medical Genetics Program, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Mount Sinai Hospital
Dr. Chitayat is a Professor of Paediatrics, Obstetrics & Gynecology, Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology and Molecular Genetics, the head of the Prenatal Diagnosis and Medical Genetics Program at Mount Sinai Hospital, the Medical Director of the MSc Program in Genetic Counseling at the University of Toronto and a staff at the Division of Clinical and Metabolic Genetics at HSC. He has received many awards in recognition of his significant contributions and has published over 15 book chapters and over 400 peer reviewed papers in the field of Medical Genetics. His research interests include Prenatal Diagnosis, Urogenital abnormalities, Cardiac Genetics and Neurogenetics.
Dr. Graeme N. Smith
Alumnus, Maternal-Fetal Medicine Fellowship Program, Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University of Toronto Professor & Head, Department of Obstetrics & Gynaecology, School of Medicine, Queen’s University
Graeme Smith MD, PhD is an internationally recognized clinician scientist and Head of the Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology at Queen’s University. Dr. Smith established the Academic Council at the Society for Obstetricians & Gynecologists of Canada to oversee educational activities ranging from medical students to residents to practicing clinicians. He has demonstrated a career long commitment to trainee research education ranging from his own basic science graduate trainees, establishing the Royal College Clinician Investigator Program at Queen’s University, running the Introduction to Research course for all first year residents and establishing mentorship recognition programs in the SOGC and Department.
