Please see below for the following updates:

• Howard Leong-Poi appointed Division Director – Cardiology
• Update on the transition from WebCV to Elements - March 2025
• Reminder: DoM Coffee Social Drop-In – Tuesday, March 25^th – 12:00pm – 2:00pm
• CMARS – Medical Staff Re-appointments for 2025-2026
• Creative Professional Activity Day, April 1, 2025
• Medical Grand Rounds - Dr. Lynfa Stroud & Dr. Shiphra Ginsburg   - March 26 2025
• REMINDER: Nominations now open:  SMHDOM Master Clinician Award, Dr. Michael R Freeman Award for Integrity and Professionalism, and the Dr. Michael Ward Mentorship Award
• Call for Nominations now OPEN - Unity Health Toronto Education Awards 2025

 The Department of Medicine is delighted to announce the appointment of Dr. Howard Leong-Poi as our new Division Director – Cardiology, effective April 1, 2025.

Dr. Leong-Poi is a Professor in the Department of Medicine’s Division of Cardiology. He is also a Clinician-Scientist, Cardiologist/Echocardiographer, and Medical Director of the Heart, Lung and Vascular Program at St. Michael’s Hospital, Unity Health Toronto. He was Division Head of Cardiology at St. Michael's Hospital from 2011-2022.

Dr. Leong-Poi completed undergraduate and graduate medical training at the University of Toronto, and a Research Fellowship at the University of Virginia. His clinical interests include cardiac imaging, in particular echocardiography, and clinical cardiology with a focus on ischemic heart disease and valvular heart disease. His research focuses on the development of ultrasound-targeted gene-based regenerative therapies for cardiovascular diseases. His research has been funded from several granting agencies, including the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR), the Ontario Ministry of Research and Innovation, Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada and the Canadian Foundation for Innovation. He is a past president of the Canadian Society of Echocardiography. Dr. Leong-Poi currently serves on the editorial boards of the Canadian Journal of Cardiology (CJC) and the Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography (JASE).

Please join us in congratulating Dr. Leong-Poi on his appointment and thanking Dr. Susanna Mak for her excellent leadership in this role.

Dr. Howard Leong-Poi appointed Division Director – Cardiology

Dear Colleagues,

The transition from WebCV to Elements is still in progress. Attached is the latest update on the transition from WebCV to Elements from MedIT at U of T. It contains clarification on transition timelines, who can use Elements and WebCV use for those in the promotions process, as well as information resources.

The reappointment application period for 2025-26 has begun! The deadline to complete your application is March 31, 2025. Reappointments cover the time period of July 1, 2025, to June 30, 2026.

For the 2025 reappointment application process, Medical Affairs has limited the mandatory learning requirements to only four modules, in recognition of the significant training physicians have undergone for Epic implementation.

Mandatory learning modules for 2025 reappointment:

• Workplace Violence & Harassment
• Fire Safety, Security & Emergency Codes
• WHMIS & Health & Safety
• TAHSN Privacy & Cyber Security

These modules must be completed as outlined in the Unity Health Toronto Corporate Mandatory Training Policy.  Please see the attached guide for more information on completing these modules.

Please contact [email protected] if you have any questions.

CPA Day

April 1, 2025 | 12:00 pm - 1:30 pm | via Zoom

This is no April Fools' joke—CPA Day is set to be one of the most exciting learning events of the year! For one hour, we will showcase exceptional Creative Professional Activity work from faculty, with opportunities for networking, questions, and learning how CPA can accelerate your academic potential. All CFAR candidates and those applying for appointment or promotion are strongly encouraged to attend this Zoom event.

What is CPA Anyway?
Creative Professional Activity (CPA) is a broad term that encompasses:

Contributions to the Development of Professional Practices: Examples include health policy development, regulatory committees, and setting standards.

Exemplary Professional Practice: This includes teaching techniques, educational innovations, curriculum development, and models of care innovations (e.g., the role of EMR prompts, standardized pathways, pre-printed patient order sets) that impact the quality and safety of inpatient care or resident experience. It also includes leadership in the development of professional practice, such as tools to enhance physician communication and professionalism.

Professional Innovation and Creative Excellence: Examples include patient videos, curriculum innovations, and the use of digital technologies or other devices to improve care and outcomes.

The speakers and presenters for this year's event include:

Michael Fralick: “Trial Files: Leveraging AI to keep Internists up to date on Practice Changing Randomized Trials”

Esther Bui: “myTE - Empowering Teachers to Learn Through Low-stakes, Timely Feedback Opportunities”

Alice Kam: “Interprofessional Compassion Medical Education: Are they learning? How to make this sustainable?”

Katrina Piggott: QI project to improve rates of reassessment

Please click the link below to RSVP for this event. A calendar invite and Zoom link will sent to registrants prior to the event. 

We look forward to seeing you there!

Dr. Martina Trinkaus - Faculty Lead, Valuing Clinician Teacher, Culture & Inclusion Portfolio
Dr. Umberin Najeeb - Vice Chair, Culture & Inclusion, Department of Medicine 

Register Here:

https://utoronto.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=3eabb5a7fe6c1b5fa1448f207&id=f38575bead&e=02f0bfcfd9

Please join us on March 26^th – 12:00pm for a presentation with Dr. Lynfa Stroud & Dr. Shiphra Ginsburg.

"The Vexing Problem of Teaching Evaluations: Current Practices and Paths to Change"

Learning Objectives: