Resident Awards Night
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