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OAGS Resident Research Grant Winner
Together with our exclusive financial services partner MD Financial Management | Scotiabank Healthcare+, we would like to thank all those who applied to our recent competition.
Congratulations🎉 to this year's 2024-25 5th Annual OAGS Resident Research Grant Winner:
Dr. Fay Alresaini,
MD, General Surgery PGY4, McMaster University
Award: $5,000
Sponsor: MD Financial Management | Scotiabank
Title of Project: "Artificial Intelligence to Predict Malignancy in Indeterminate Thyroid Cytology"
Faculty Supervisor: Dr. Jesse D. Pasternak, MD, MPH, FRCSC, FACS;
Section Head - Endocrine Surgery; Division of General Surgery, Sprott Department of Surgery – University Health Network, Dept. of Surgical Oncology, Princess Margaret Cancer Centre Director, Endocrine Surgery Fellowship Program, Associate Professor of Surgery, University of Toronto
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Congrats & Welcome to R1s! Good luck R5s!
Congratulations and welcome to the new R1s who matched to General Surgery!!👏👏🏽

Royal College Exams
May 1st marks the date for General Surgery applied exams. Best of luck to the R5s!! 👏👏🏽
It's #ResidentDoctorsAppreciationWeek! A big thank you to all Ontario #generalsurgery resident docs, and wishing you all #physicianwellness & success on your professional journey. #residentappreciationweek pic.twitter.com/HBGpz9EoSJ
— OAGS (@OAGS1) February 10, 2025
Current Resident Liaisons
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NOSM
Dr. Aruba Nurullah, PGY5
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Western University
Dr. Emily Evans, PGY4
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McMaster University
Dr. Vicki Archer, PGY5
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University of Toronto
Dr. Peter Kyung Young Kim, PGY3
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Queen's University
Dr. Sandra Messiha, PGY5
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University of Ottawa
Dr. Lata Bhandary, PGY5
Past Resident Reps
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Dr. Tyler McKechnie, McMasterU
2021-present
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Dr. Fahima Dossa, UofT
2018-2021
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Dr. Patrick Murphy, WesternU
2015-2018
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Dr. Kellen Kieffer, NOSM
2012-2015
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Dr. Julie Ann Van Koughnett, WesternU
2010-2012
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Dr. Karen Devon, UofT
2007-2010
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Dr. Shiva Jayaraman, WesternU
2004-2007
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Dr. Tara Mastracci, McMasterU
2003-2004
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Dr. Kevin Lefebvre, WesternU
2000-2003
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Dr. Jeff Kolbasnik, McMasterU
1998-2000