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Please see below for the following updates:

• IMPORTANT: CMaRS Reappointment 2026 Information

• REMINDER: SMHDOM Master Clinician Award, Dr. Michael R Freeman Award for Integrity and Professionalism, and the Dr. Michael Ward Mentorship Award

• REMINDER: WebCV to be decommissioned on March 31, 2026

• Paddle Royale 2026

Please see below for the following updates:

• IMPORTANT: CMaRS Reappointment 2026 Information
• New and Ongoing Community Supports
• Call for nominations: 2026 Dean's Alumni Awards
• REMINDER: SMHDOM Master Clinician Award, Dr. Michael R Freeman Award for Integrity and Professionalism, and the Dr. Michael Ward Mentorship Award
• No Medical Grand Rounds – March 18, 2026
• REMINDER: WebCV to be decommissioned on March 31, 2026

Please see below for the following updates:

• IMPORTANT: CMaRS Reappointment 2026 Information
• Congratulations to Jeff Perl, Recipient of the Zellerman Peritoneal Dialysis Research Fellowship
• Call for nominations: 2026 Dean's Alumni Awards
• Sister Christine Gaudet & Dr. S. Gordon Ross Scholarship 2026

The Department of Medicine is pleased to welcome Dr. Shazmeen Manji from the Division of Respirology, and Drs. Sunil Gupta and Pablo Olivera Sendra from the Division of Gastroenterology, to the active staff.

Please see below for the following updates:

• Changes to Nephrology Divisional Leadership
• Congratulations to Jennifer Watt, 2026 Janet McElhaney Mid-Career Research Award Recipient
• IMPORTANT: CMaRS Reappointment 2026 Information
• IMPORTANT: Microsoft 365 Migration: Physician Memo
• LIFT Mentor Recruitment
• NLOT Pilot
• Update from the Elements Project Team – Winter/Spring 2026
• Reminder: WebCV to be decommissioned on March 31, 2026

Please see below for the following updates:

• Dept of Medicine Project CIHR Fall 2025 Project Grant Recipients
• Danni Diestro named Associate Editor for the Journal of NeuroInterventional Surgery (JNIS)
• Ieta Shams and Michelle Sholzberg Publish in Annals of Internal Medicine
• REMINDER | Resident Doctor Appreciation Week - February 9 – 13, 2026
• Virtual City-Wide Medical Grand Rounds: Miriam Rossi Lectureship in Black Health: Dr. Nazik Hammad

Please see below for the following updates:

• Betty & Gerald Straus Early Career Research and Innovation Award 2025/2026
• Congratulations to Dr. Dalia Rotstein on National MS Society Grant Award
• EPR Updates: Info Requests for External Providers can now be sent via Epic
• Video Link: Medical Grand Rounds - A Systemic Framework for Addressing Workplace Violence in Healthcare - Jan 28 2026
• Publication: The International/Canadian hereditary angioedema guideline lead by Dr. Stephen Betschel
• Reminder: Royal College Maintenance of Certification
• Reminder: Annual 2026–27 Reappointment Information for Medical Staff

Please see below for the following updates:

• 2025 Innovation Funds Awards
• Department of Medicine - Medical Grand Rounds - Physician Safety and Workplace Violence - January 28, 2026
• 2026 Postgraduate Research Award -- Call for Applications
• Reminder: Royal College Maintenance of Certification
• Reminder: Call for Nominations For The Department of Medicine Prizes & Awards 2026

Please see below for the following updates:

• Drop-in session available to prepare for the decommissioning of Sunrise and Soarian on Jan. 27
• Reminder: Annual 2026–27 Reappointment Information for Medical Staff
• Reminder: Royal College Maintenance of Certification
• Reminder: Call for Nominations For The Department of Medicine Prizes & Awards 2026