Our Leadership

The Department of Medicine is aptly led by a diverse team of senior leaders, who are recognized for their national and international contributions to academic medicine.
Our Executive Committee is comprised of clinicians who are early in their career, as well as those who are established. We have six physicians-in-chief who represent the department at the fully affiliated Toronto Academic Health Science Network (TAHSN) hospitals with the Department of Medicine, University of Toronto.
Education, Research, Quality and Innovation and Mentorship, Equity and Diversity are the portfolios that drive the Department of Medicine’s strategic vision and mission – and each portfolio is led by one of four vice-chairs.
Each of our 20 divisions is led by a departmental division director, and the divisional residency and fellowship programs are supported by directors in each individual division.
Our Organizational Structure

Department of Medicine Executive Committee
Senior Executive |
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Gillian Hawker | Sir John and Lady Eaton Professor and Chair of Medicine |
Charlie Chan |
Senior Advisor to the Chair, Finance |
Michael Farkouh | |
Arno Kumagai | Vice-Chair, Education |
Kaveh Shojania | Vice-Chair, Quality and Innovation |
Sharon Straus | Vice-Chair, Mentorship, Equity and Diversity |
Physicians-in-Chief |
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Chaim Bell | Sinai Health System |
Ed Cole | University Health Network |
Paula Harvey | Women's College Hospital |
Kevin Imrie | Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre |
Gary Naglie | Baycrest Centre for Geriatric Care |
Sharon Straus (Acting) | St. Michael's Hospital |
Department Division Directors |
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Cardiology | |
Peter Vadas (Acting) | Clinical Immunology & Allergy |
David Juurlink | Clinical Pharmacology & Toxicology |
Laurent Brochard | Critical Care |
Vincent Piguet | Dermatology |
Anil Chopra | |
Jacqueline James | Endocrinology & Metabolism |
Flavio Habal (Acting) | Gastroenterology |
Moira Kapral | General Internal Medicine |
Sharon Straus | Geriatric Medicine |
Isaac Odame | Hematology |
Rupert Kaul | |
Monika Krzyzanowska | Medical Oncology |
Rulan Parekh | Nephrology |
Xavier Montalban | Neurology |
Linn Holness | Occupational Medicine |
Camilla Zimmermann | Pallative Medicine |
Larry Robinson | Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation |
Douglas Bradley | Respirology |
Heather McDonald-Blumer | Rheumatology |
Department Program Directors |
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Ryan Brydges | Educational Researcher |
Robert Chen | Chair, Eliot Phillipson Clinician-Scientist Training Program |
Shiphra Ginsburg |
Director, Educational Scholarship |
Jeannette Goguen |
Director, Postgraduate Specialty Programs |
Cheryl Jaigobin | Director, Fellowship Programs |
Luke Devine | Director, Undergraduate Medical Education |
Brian Wong | Director, Continuing Education and Quality Improvement |
Eric Yu |
Director, Postgraduate Subspecialty Programs |
Generational Perspective Representatives |
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Kaif Pardhan | Lecturer, Clinician Teacher |
Amanda Steiman | Assistant Professor, Clinician in Quality & Innovation |
Senior Administration |
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Chris Adamson | Senior Advancement Officer |
Kristian Galberg (acting) | Strategic Planning Officer |
Joanna King | Research Administrator |
Clare Mitchell | Director, Business and Administration |
Brianne Tulk | Communications Officer |