Occupational and Environmental Medicine
Executives
- Section chair: Dr. Marina Afanasyeva
- Section past-chair: Dr. Aaron Thompson
- Secretary: Dr. Joyce Zhang
- Member at large: Dr. Jonathan Davids
- Member at large: Dr. Vincent Spilchuk
- Member at large: Dr. Deborah Parachin
Resident/medical student bursaries
Our section sponsors an annual resident/medical student bursary, which is awarded to up to two eligible applicants who demonstrate a passion and interest in occupational and environmental medicine. The award is intended to provide monetary support (a $350 bursary) towards relevant educational costs, for example, conferences or courses to be applied the year awarded.
Our most recent 2022-2023 recipients are:
- Dr. Felix Chan
- Dr. Sarah Edgerley
- Dr. Maxwell Ng
- Dr. Conrad Tsang
- Dr. Manoj Saraswat
- Dr. Kathryn Cottrell
- Jasmyn Cunningham (MD Class of 2022, McMaster University)
- Montana Hackett (MD Class of 2023, Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry)
Esteemed past recipients include:
- Marina Afanasyeva, MD, MPH, PhD, FRCPC (current chair, OMA OEM Section)
- Vincent Spilchuk, MA, MD, FRCPC (residency program director, U of T Division of Occupational Medicine)
Upcoming conferences
Recent job postings
Rounds and events
- CRE-MSD webinars and events
- Occupational medicine rounds; St. Michael's Hospital
- Public Health Ontario and other learning events
- Clinical toxicology rounds The Hospital for Sick Children, Atrium, 4th floor, room 4704, every Friday, 9-11 a.m. (summer, less often) 555 University Avenue, Toronto Contact: donna.tedesco@sickkids.ca
Meeting minutes
- Annual general meeting - Oct. 24, 2020
- Annual general meeting - Sept. 22, 2019
- Annual general meeting - April 14, 2018
- Annual general meeting - April 12, 2017
- Annual general meeting June 4, 2016
- Section meeting - March 5, 2015
Code for medical surveillance
Other helpful links and sites
- Response to health emergencies
- Pandemic (H1N1) 2009
- H1N1 flu virus
- CDC 2009 H1N1 Fl
- Public Health Ontario
- Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy
Position papers and statements
- Medical Marijuana and the workplace
- CMA Policy – The Treating Physician’s Role in Helping Patients Return to Work After an Illness or Injury (update 2013)
- OMA Timely Return to Work Position Paper, 2008
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