Instructor with a group of students from the Inner City Science Centre

Max Rady College of Medicine takes part in a wide variety of programs that support and engage the community, including:

Contact the Social Accountability Committee to learn more.

  • Students from the CanU after school program

Ten Thousand Coffees UM Café

UM Café is an online networking and mentoring platform powered by Ten Thousand Coffees. UM Café introduces students, alumni and industry partners to one another. They can then share a virtual cup of coffee and exchange knowledge and advice. Learn more by reading our story in UM Today.

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Max Rady College of Medicine Class of 1972 Arnold Naimark Lecture in Medicine and Society

This annual lecture, established by the Class of 1972, recognizes and honours Dr. Arnold Naimark’s legacy within the University of Manitoba and the Max Rady College of Medicine.

About Dr. Naimark

Dr. Naimark’s career has been heavily focused on the advancement of scientific research and development, health innovation, institutional transformation and advanced education. His remarkable and enduring contributions include serving as dean of medicine from 1971-81 and University of Manitoba president and vice-chancellor from 1981-96. He is also responsible for the creation of a new department of Family Medicine and promoting health sciences research and its funding at the national and provincial levels. Today, he is the director of the Centre for the Advancement of Medicine.

Dr. Naimark has been honoured with many awards, including:

  • Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada (1987)
  • Officer of the Order of Canada (1991)
  • Order of Manitoba (2003)
  • Canadian Medical Hall of Fame Laureate (2013)

2022 lecture

Mindfulness in medicine

Presented by Edward Berinstein [MD/72]

In this lecture, Dr. Berinstein shared his experience with Mindfulness Medicine and discussed its significant impact on the practice of medicine. As a leading expert in Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction workshops, Dr. Berinstein provided valuable insights on the integration of mindfulness techniques in medical care. If you missed the live event, don't miss this opportunity to watch the presentation and learn more about the transformative power of mindfulness in medicine.

Watch the 2022 lecture

TEACHER RECOGNITION AND MMSA AWARDS Recognizing excellence

Each year, the Max Rady College of Medicine hosts the annual Teacher Recognition and Manitoba Medical Students’ Association (MMSA) Awards. It’s an important opportunity for students to celebrate the outstanding teachers in the Max Rady College of Medicine, and for the college community to recognize medical students who have distinguished themselves.

Congratulations!

Sincere congratulations to all award winners at the 2024 Teacher Recognition & MMSA awards dinner. Awards were presented on February 28 at the Canadian Museum for Human Rights.

Faculty teaching awards

First name Surname Award
Jonathon Bellas Med III - Clinical Teaching (Attending)
David Chung Med III - Choosing Wisely (Resident)
Brent Fedirchuk Med I - Inspiration
Hailey Hildebrand Med III - Clinical Teaching (Resident)
Sari Hanilla Med I - Small Group Setting
Sean Higgins Med III - Professionalism (Resident)
Clarence Khoo Med II - Innovation
Terry Li Med I - Innovation
Jasleen Nijar Med III - Patient Advocacy (Residents); Med III - Mentorship (Resident)
Brittany Perija Med III - Mentorship (Attending)
Mahwash Saeed Med II - Mentorship; Med III - Patient Advocacy (Attending)
Faisal Siddiqui Med II - Small Group Setting; Med III - Professionalism (Attending)
Anita Soni Med I - Best Course; Med I - Mentorship
Kristjan Thompson Med III - Choosing Wisely (Attending)
Alewyn Vorster Med I - Rural Week Preceptor
Heather Watson Med II - Best Course
George Zhanel Med II - Inspiration

MMSA leadership awards

First name Surname Award
Nolan De Leon Leadership Award
Harram Memon Global Health Award
Taylor Nimchonok Citizenship Award
Guneet Uppal Katherine Anne Klassen Memorial Community Service Award

Med I award nominees

Best course

Mandy Buss

Brent Fedirchuk

Aviva Goldberg

Aaron Guinn

Alexa Hryniuk

Merril Pauls

Jason Peeler

Eytan Perl

Chris Sathianathan

Anita Soni

Sean Udow

Innovation

Veena Agrawal

Ruben Alvaro

Francis Amara

Anthony Battad

Stepan Bilynskyy      

Barbara Borges

Kevin Brown

Mandy Buss

Leilanie Clayton

Justin Cloutier

Megan Cooney

Jacquelyn Dirks

Brent Fedirchuk

Mark Garrett

Jean-Eric Ghia

Aviva Goldberg

Aaron Guinn

Sari Hanilla

Michael Harrington

Sabine Hombach-Klonisch

Alexa Hryniuk

Sara Israels

Pamela Katz

Clarence Khoo

Margo Lane

Jeffery Leiter 

Terry Li

Benjamin Lindsey

Lisa Monkman

Charlotte Nolan

Selena Papettia

Merril Pauls

Jason Peeler

Eytan Perl

Leah Peters

Ceri Richards

debbie Robinson

Chris Sathianathan

Elizabeth Sellers

Guy Sherwood

Faisal Siddiqui

Anita Soni

Nandini  Soni

Meagan Springman

Ganesh Srinivasan

Sean Udow

Armelle Perez-Cortes Villalobos

Cielle Wachnian

Heather Watson

Adrian West

Ian Whetter

Brandy Wicklow

George Zhanel

Inspiration

Veena Agrawal

Martha Ainslie

Ruben Alvaro

Francis Amara

Anthony Battad

Debra Beach Ducharme

Jason Beiko

Stepan Bilynskyy      

Marcus Bluow

Barbara Borges

Kevin Brown

Mandy Buss

Leilanie Clayton

Justin Cloutier

Megan Cooney

Geoffrey Cuvelier

Susan Cuvelier

Chantal Daniels

Marc Del Bigio

Jacquelyn Dirks

Brent Fedirchuk

Mark Garrett

Jean-Eric Ghia

Aviva Goldberg

Scott Gregoire

Aaron Guinn

Sari Hannila

Michael Harrington

Signy Holmes

Sabine Hombach-Klonisch

Donald Houston

Alexa Hryniuk

Alexandra Ilnyckyj

Sara Israels

Pamela Katz

Clarence Khoo

Margo Lane

Jeffery  Leiter

Terry Li

Benjamin Lindsey

Seth Marks

Lisa Monkman

Charlotte Nolan

Selena Papetti

Merril Pauls

Jason Peeler

Eytan Perl

Leah Peters

Katherine Pundyk

Ceri Richards

debbie Robinson

Chris Sathianathan

Elizabeth Sellers

Guy Sherwood

Faisal Siddiqui

Anita Soni

Nandini Soni

Meagan  Springman

Ganesh Srinivasan

James Tam

Sean Udow

Armelle Perez-Cortes Villalobos

Cielle Wachnian

Heather Watson

Ian Whetter

Brandy Wicklow

George Zhanel
 

Mentorship

Veena Agrawal

Martha Ainslie

Ruben Alvaro

Anthony Battad

Stepan Bilynskyy      

Holly Black

Barbara Borges

Kevin Brown

Mandy Buss

Natalie Casclang

Leilanie Clayton

Justin Cloutier

Megan Cooney

Kristen Creek

Geoffery Cuvelier

Jacquelyn Dirks

Brent Fedirchuk

Mark Garrett

Aviva Goldberg

Aaron Guinn

Sari Hanilla

Michael Harrington

Signy Holmes

Sabine Hombach-Klonisch

Alexa Hryniuk

Pamela Katz

Clarence Khoo

Margo Lane

Jeffery Leiter

Terry Li

Sandra Marles

Lisa Monkman

Selena Papetti

Merril Pauls

Jason Peeler

Eytan Perl

Leah Peters

Ceri Richards

debbie Robinson

Chris Sathianathan

Elizabeth Sellers

Guy Sherwood

Faisal Siddiqui

Elinor Simons

Anita Soni

Nandini Soni

Meagan Springman

Sean Udow

Armella Perez-Cortes Villalobos

Cielle Wachnian

Heather Watson

Ian Whetter

Brandy Wicklow

Adelicia Yu

George Zhanel
 

Rural week preceptor

Peter Cho

Kevin Convery

Nadin Gilroy

Courtney Leary

James McTavish

Brian Milligan

Selena Papetti

Shannon Prud'homme

Myranda Sopel

Alewyn Vorster
 

Small group setting

Ruben Alvaro

Anthony Battad

Stepan Bilynskyy      

Holly Black

Barabara Borges

Kevin Brown

Mandy Buss

Leilanie Clayton

Justin Cloutier

Megan Cooney

Chantal Daniels

Jacquelyn Dirks

Debra Beach Ducharme

Brent Fedirchuk

Mark Garrett

Aviva Goldberg

Scott Gregoire

Aaron Guinn

Sari Hanilla

Michael Harrington

Sabine Hombach-Klonisch

Donald Houston

Alexa Hryniuk

Pamela Katz

Clarence Khoo

Margo Lane

Jeffery Leiter

Terry Li

Benjamin Lindsey

Sandra Marles

Andrea Mazurat

Donald Millar

Lisa Monkman

Charlotte Nolan

Lisa  Omichinski

Selena Papetti

Merril Pauls

Jason Peeler

Eytan Perl

Leah Peters

debbie Robinson

Chelsea Ruth

Chris Sathianathan

Elizabeth Sellers

Guy Sherwood

Faisal Siddiqui

Elinor Simons

Anita Soni

Nandini Soni

Meagan Springman

Ganesh Srinivasan

James Tam

Sean Udow

Armelle Perez-Cortes Villalobos

Cielle Wachnian

Heather Watson

Ian Whetter

Brandy Wicklow

Adelicia Yu

George Zhanel

Med II award nominees

Best course

Anthony Battad

Jacquelyn Dirks

Jason Peeler

Eytan Perl

Chris Sathianathan

Anita Soni

Sean Udow

Heather Watson

Omer Yusuf

Innovation

Veena Agrawal

Naseer Ahmed

Shantanu Banerji

Anthony Battad

Debra Beach Ducharme

Jason Beiko

Keevin Bernstein

Ciftci Beyza

Patricia Birk

Barbara Borges

April Boyd

Kevin Brown

Jared Bullard

Mandy Buss

Ming-ka Chan

Tod Clark

Justin Cloutier

Gerard Coneys

Michael Cossoy

David Craton

Susan Cuvelier

Shyamala Dakshinamurti

Sandor Demeter

Jacquelyn Dirks

Rachel Dwilow

John Embil

Sergio Fanella

Brent Fedirchuk

Reuben George

Harpreet Gill

Aviva Goldberg

Steven Gray

Joanne Hamilton

Sari Hannila

Michael Harrington

Brenda Hildebrand

Douglas Hobson

Donald Houston

Alexa Hryniuk

Davinder Jassal

Aaron Jattan

Konstantin Jilkine

Pamela Katz

Joel Kettner

Clarence Khoo

Philip Lagace-Wiens

Santina Lee

Darren Leitao

Shuangbo Liu

Sylvain Lother

Jennifer McNaught

Deborah Mcphail

Amanda Morris

Marcus Ng

Thang Nguyen

Selena Papetti

Merril Pauls

Kristen Pederson

Jason Peeler

Eytan Perl

Christine Peschken

Pierre Plourde

Vanessa Poliquin

Helen Pymar

Mubeen Rafay

Esther Ravinsky

Justine Ring

Justin Rivard

Christine Robinson

debbie Robinson

Mahwash Saeed

Chris Sathianathan

Elizabeth Sellers

Farhana Shariff

Guy Sherwood

Faisal Siddiqui

Anita Soni

Nandini Soni

Ganesh Srinivasan

Sydnee Tuckett

Thomas Turgeon

Sean Udow

Marcello Venditti

Tanya Walsh

Heather Watson

Ian Whetter

Brandy Wicklow

Omer Yusuf

George Zhanel
 

Inspiration

Veena Agrawal

Naseer Ahmed

Anthony Battad

Debra Beach Ducharme

Keevin Bernstein

Ciftci Beyza

Patricia Birk

Barbara Borges

April Boyd

Kevin Brown

Jared Bullard

Mandy Buss

Ming-ka Chan

David Christiansen

Justin Cloutier

Geoffrey Cuvelier

Susan Cuvelier

Jacquelyn Dirks

Rachel Dwilow

John Embil

Sergio Fanella

Brent Fedirchuk

Reuben George

Jean-Eric Ghia

Ian Gibson

Harpreet Gill

Aviva Goldberg

Steven Gray

Susan Green

Sari Hannila

Michael Harrington

Douglas Hobson

Donald Houston

Alexa Hryniuk

Carmen Hurd

Alexandra Ilnyckyj

Davinder Jassal

Aaron Jattan

Konstantin Jilkine

Pamela Katz

Joel Kettner

Clarence Khoo

Philippe Lagace-Wiens

Darren Leitao

Shuangbo Liu

Sylvain Lother

Jennifer McNaught

Amanda Morris

Marcus Ng

Thang Nguyen

Selena Papetti

Merril Pauls

Kristen Pederson

Jason Peeler

Eytan Perl

Christine Peschken

Maury Pinsk

Pierre Plourde

Vanessa Poliquin

Helen Pymar

Mubeen Rafay

Esther Ravinsky

Justine Ring

Justin Rivard

Christine Robinson

debbie Robinson

Mahwash Saeed

Michael Salman

Chris Sathianathan

Brian Schmidt

Elizabeth Sellers

Farhana Shariff

Guy Sherwood

Faisal Siddiqui

Hillel Sommer

Anita Soni

Nandini Soni

Ganesh Srinivasan

Sydnee Tuckett

Sean Udow

Marcello Venditti

Tanya Walsh

Heather Watson

Ian Whetter

Brandy Wicklow

Chris Wiebe

Omer Yusuf

George Zhanel
 

Mentorship

Veena Agrawal

Naseer Ahmed

Ruben Alvaro

Heather Ashdown

Anthony Battad

Debra Beach Ducharme

Lorne Bellan

Keevin Bernstein

Ciftci Beyza

Patricia Birk

Barbara Borges

April Boyd

Kevin Brown

Jared Bullard

Mandy Buss

Natalie Casaclang

Ming-ka Chan

Tod Clark

Justin Cloutier

David Craton

Susan Cuvelier

Jacquelyn Dirks

John Embil

Debra Evaniuk

Sergio Fanella

Brent Fedirchuk

Reuben George

Harpreet Gill

Aviva Goldberg

Steven Gray

Susan Green

Joanne Hamilton

Sari Hannila

Michael Harrington

Donald Houston

Alexa Hryniuk

Carmen Hurd

Alexandra Ilnyckyj

Davinder Jassal

Aaron Jattan

Konstantin Jilkine

Joel Kettner

Clarence Khoo

Philippe Lagace-Wiens

Jonathan Lau

Matthew Lee-wing

Darren Leitao

Shuangbo Liu

Evelyn Lo

Sylvain Lother

Deborah Mcphail

Lisa Monkman

Amanda Morris

Marcus Ng

Thang Nguyen

Selena Papetti

Merril Pauls

Kristen Pederson

Jason Peeler

Jason Perche

Eytan Perl

Christian Petropolis

Pierre Plourde

Vanessa Poliquin

Helen Pymar

Mubeen Rafay

Esther Ravinsky

Jocelyn Nicole Reimer

Justine Ring

Jonathan Ripstein

Justin Rivard

Mahwash Saeed

Chris Sathianathan

Farhana Shariff

Guy Sherwood

Faisal Siddiqui

Leif Sigurdson

Anita Soni

Nandini Soni

Ganesh Srinivasan

Jayson Stoffman

Sydnee Tuckett

Thomas Turgeon

Sean Udow

Marcello Venditti

Tanya Walsh

Heather Watson

Ian Whetter

Brandy Wicklow

Omer Yusuf

George Zhanel
 

Small group setting

Veena Agrawal

Naseer Ahmed

Joshua Aquin

Anthony Battad

Debra Beach Ducharme

Darcy Beer

Lorne Bellan

Keevin Bernstein

Ciftci Beyza

Patricia Birk

Kevin Brown

Jared Bullard

Mandy Buss

Natalie Casaclang

Ming-ka Chan

Tod Clark

Justin Cloutier

Terry Colbourne

Kristen Creek

Susan Cuvelier

Jacquelyn Dirks

John Embil

Debra Evaniuk

Sergio Fanella

Brent Fedirchuk

Moni Fricke

Lesley Garber

Reuben George

Jennifer Giuffre

Aviva Goldberg

Steven Gray

Susan Green

Drew Hager

Joanne Hamilton

Sari Hannila

Michael Harrington

Jay Hingwala

Douglas Hobson

Donald Houston

Alexa Hryniuk

Carmen Hurd

Sara Israels

Davinder Jassal

Aaron Jattan

Konstantin Jilkine

Joshua Kahanovitch

Joel Kettner

Clarence Khoo

Geoffrey Konrad

Philippe Lagace-Wiens

Jonathan Lau

Matthew Lee-wing

Darren Leitao

Robert Longstaffe

Sylvain Lother

Leonard Minuk

Lisa Monkman

Amanda Morris

Marcus Ng

Thang Nguyen

Selena Papetti

Merril Pauls

Kristen Pederson

Jason Peeler

Eytan Perl

Christian Petropolis

Maury Pinsk

Pierre Plourde

Vanessa Poliquin

Helen Pymar

Esther Ravinsky

Justine Ring

Jonathan Ripstein

Justin Rivard

debbie Robinson

Mahwash Saeed

Chris Sathianathan

Brian Schmidt

Elizabeth Sellers

Nasir Shaikh

Amir Shamlou

James Shaw

Guy Sherwood

Faisal Siddiqui

Leif Sigurdson

Hillel Sommer

Anita Soni

Nandini Soni

Ganesh Srinivasan

Leroy Storsley

Sydnee Tuckett

Sean Udow

Marcello Venditti

Cielle Wachnian

Tanya Walsh

Heather Watson

Ian Whetter

Brandy Wicklow

Chris Wiebe

Kevin Wolfe

Terence Wuerz

Omer Yusuf

George Zhanel
 

Med III award nominees

Choosing wisely - attending

Susan Green

Ian McIntyre

Faisal Siddiqui

Ryan Skrabek

Kristjan Thompson

Choosing wisely - resident

David Chung

Sean Higgins

Byung Heon Cho

Megan Sorokopud-Jones

Jasleen Nijar

Pedram Hassan Tash

Clinical teaching - attending

Dapo Akerele

Devon Ambrose

Jonathon Bellas

Emilie Coudiere

Kiraninder Lamba

Ian McIntyre

Brian Milligan

Owen Mooney

Michael Omichinski

Brittany Perija

Chau Pham

Mahwash Saeed

Faisal Siddiqui

Ryan Skrabek

Kenton Staines

Jordon Townsend

Teresa Wawrykow

Jeffrey Wheeler
 

Clinical teaching - resident

Rachel Adler

Jason Azzi

Saheba Bajwa

Rachel Blaine

Brett Cameron

Jason Ching

David Chung

Nicole Delaloye

Skyler Eastman

Wareef Fallatah

Sean Higgins

Hailey Hildebrand

Katherine Kuo

Pam McInntosh

Jasleen Nijar

Bella Suppel

Pedram Hassan Tash

Lance Wu

Mentorship attending

Sarah Blelloch

Michael Hochman

Alan Katz

Zeenib Kohja

Jonathan Lau

Courtney Leary

Kaytey Martin 

Jaret McLeod

Brian Milligan

Sacha Oomah

Brittany Perija

Faisal Siddiqui

Kenton Staines

Leanne Thompson

Joanna Webb
 

Mentorship resident

Marissa Antoniuk

Cody Cherepuschak

David Chung

Pedram Hassan Tash

Sean Higgins

Hailey Hildebrand

Madeleine Hucl

Katherine Kuo

Jasleen Nijar

Fernando Villasenor

Patient advocacy – attending

Don Allan

Patrick Boreskie

Nadin Gilroy

Edward Keeper

Kathryn Kisil

Erin Knight

Caroline Kowal

Courtney Leary

Amanda Morris

Suzanne Robinson

Mahwash Saeed

Anna Shawyer

Faisal Siddiqui

Hugh Taylor

Kristjan Thompson

Jeffrey Wheeler (IM)

Patient advocacy – resident

Marissa Antoniuk

David Chung

Sean Higgins

Madeleine Hucl

Steffany King

Katherine Kuo

Erica Mondor

Jasleen Nijar

Fiona Vickers

Rachel Ward

Professionalism – attending

Jessica Enns

Susan Green

Jay Nayak

Ikenna Okorafor

Isanne Schacter

Farhana Shariff

Faisal Siddiqui

Hugh Taylor

Professionalism – resident

David Chung

Sean Higgins

Dave (Dongwook) Kim

Steffany King

Jasleen Nijjar

Hongru Ren

Matt Stecy

Chavi Tejpal

Meagan Wiebe

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Body donation program

Service after death

Through the body donation program, students gain a deeper understanding of human anatomy through first-hand experience.

At the same time, the program gives donors the opportunity to make an invaluable contribution to the advancement of health sciences. Your generous act provides a unique and lasting way to offer service after death.

In addition to the humanitarian aspects of this important decision, making advance arrangements can help relieve some of the stress your loved ones will face after your passing. When a death occurs, your next-of-kin is legally responsible for your body. Your advance plans will help your family decide what to do next during a very difficult time.

Learn more about the body donation program.

Creating opportunities

Your commitment to the University of Manitoba's students, faculty and research is encouraging the world's next generation of leaders and empowering an engine of innovation.

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University of Manitoba, Bannatyne Campus
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