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(L-R): Lindsay Beavers, Mena Gewarges, Helen Yang, Reena Pattani, Samira Omar

(L-R): Lindsay Beavers, Mena Gewarges, Helen Yang, Reena Pattani, Samira Omar

Students, faculty recognized with Temerty Awards for Excellence in Professional Values

Lindsay Beavers, Mena Gewarges, Samira Omar, Reena Pattani and Helen Yang of the 重口味SM鈥檚 Temerty Faculty of Medicine are the inaugural recipients of .

Supported by James and Louise Temerty and the Temerty Foundation, the awards recognize learners and faculty members who champion collaboration, health and well-being, diversity and inclusion, excellence through equity, and sustainability.

An assistant professor in the department of physical therapy and manager of Unity Health Toronto鈥檚 simulation program, Beavers was cited for her 鈥渢ireless efforts to ensure psychologically, culturally and physically safe learning environments鈥 and her leadership in designing and delivering a new approach to curriculum development on sex and gender.

Gewarges is a cardiology resident at U of T and chief cardiology resident at Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre. Nominators praised the physician for her kindness, respect and civility towards patients, their families, and her colleagues 鈥 and for co-founding a resident-led mentorship group that introduces Black and Indigenous students to cardiology.

A doctoral candidate in the Rehabilitation Sciences Institute, Omar previously served as co-chair of the student Inclusion, Diversity, Equity and Accessibility (IDEA) Committee and was lauded for leading conversations around rehabilitation science and co-facilitating an anti-Black racism workshop for the Centre for Faculty Development.

Pattani is a clinician-educator in the department of medicine, the director of learner experience for the Temerty Faculty of Medicine and a staff physician at Unity Health Toronto鈥檚 St. Michael鈥檚 Hospital. She served on the department鈥檚 Mentorship, Equity and Diversity Committee and was praised for her 鈥渆xceptional kindness, humility, collegiality and commitment to learner wellness.鈥

Master of science student Yang studies geriatric oncology in the Institute of Medical Science. A student representative on the Temerty Faculty of Medicine Faculty Council, nominators described Yang as 鈥渆mbodying advocacy-centered professionalism.鈥

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