IMSSA Executive Council
2022-2023
- Co-Presidents: Vanessa De Gregorio and Danny Bojic
- Vice-President of Operations: Alex Boshart
- Vice-President of External Affairs: Stephen Cho
- Treasurer: Lauren Levy
- Director of Internal Communications: Kristina Zhang
- Director of External Communications: Annie Fu
- Secretary: Joanna Cunanan
- Director of Academic Affairs: Raesham Mahmood
- Deputy for Academic Affairs: Kristen Ashworth
- Director of Social Affairs: Kim Main
- Deputy for Social Affairs: Jenna Baer
- Director of Sporting Events: Jesscia Muha
- Deputy for Sporting Events: Steven Dang
- Director of Community Outreach, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusivity: Valentina Tamayo
- Deputy for Community Outreach, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusivity: Kowsar Teymouri
- Director of Wellness and Wellbeing Initiatives: Anastassia Mena
- Deputy for Wellness and Wellbeing Initiatives: Molly Zhang
- Graduate Student Union Reps: Danica Johnson, Salsabil Siddiqui, and Rafi Matin
- First-year/SURP Rep: Goldin Joghataie
- PhD Student Rep: Hamzah Khan
- CAMH Site Directors: Aron Amaev and Justyne Rodas
- SickKids Site Directors: Julia Novielli and Stephanie Benjamin
- MaRS Discovery District Site Directors: Jenny Yune and Sabrina Yasna
- Mt. Sinai & Toronto Rehab Site Director: Sara Corvinelli
- Princess Margaret Hospital Site Director: Kyla Trkulja
- St. Michael's Hospital Site Director: Argyrios Perivolaris and Abbey McFarland
- TGH Site Director: Neeki Alavi and Taylor Kain
- TWH & Baycrest Hospital: Kristen Ashworth and Sarah Sadat
2021-2022
- Co-Presidents: Kayvan Aflaki, Serena Peck
- Vice-President, Operations: Isis So
- Vice-President, External Affairs: Alex Boshart
- Treasurer: Marlene Rong
- Director of Internal Communications: Adriano Nella
- Director of External Communications: Nairy Khodabakshian
- Secretary: Kristina Zhang
- Director of Academic Affairs: Kyla Lee
- Director of Sporting Events: Vanessa De Gregorio
- Director of Wellness & Wellbeing: Stephen Cho
- Director of Community & Outreach: Pascale Tsai
- Director of Social Events: Emily Ana Butler
- Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion Officer: Sajeevan Sujanthan
- Graduate Student Union Reps: Danny Bojic, Shengjie Ying, Daniel Diatlov
- International Student Rep: Syed Ather
- Faculty of Med. Interdepartmental Rep: Rosa Sommer
- First-year/SURP Rep: Tulip Marawi
- PhD Student Rep: Carly Knuth
- CAMH Site Directors: Anastassia Mena, Justyne Rodas
- SickKids Site Directors: Sayali Joshi, Akash Kothari
- MaRS Discovery District Site Directors: Jenny Yune, Alberto Cevallos
- MSB/CCBR & Women's College Site Director: Tristen Nimojan
- Mt. Sinai & Toronto Rehab Site Director: Sara Corvinelli
- Princess Margaret Hospital Site Director: Kyla Trkulja
- St. Michael's Hospital Site Director: Abbey MacFarland, Lisa Eunyoung Lee
- Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre: Matthew Settimi
- TGH Site Director: Arif Sarowar
- TWH & Baycrest Hospital: Muzaffar Bhatti, Lauren Levy
2020-2021
Co-Presidents: Jesse Joynt & Claire Wunker
Vice-Presidents: Natasha Girdharry & Janannii Selvanathan
Secretary: Marlene Rong
Treasurer: Jen Dorsey
Senior Advisors: Laura Best, Rachel Dadouch, Sandy Lee
Director of Internal Communications: Hannah Shuster-Hyman
Director of External Communications: Peter Shih-Ping Hung
Director of Academic Affairs: Sajeevan Sujanthan
Director of Social Affairs: Rachel Liu
Director of Wellness and Wellbeing: Rosa Sommer
Director of Sporting Events: Kayvan Aflaki
Director of Community and Outreach: Shengjie Ying
Fac. Med. Interdepartmental Representative: Helen Yang
PhD Student Representative: Carly Knuth
First Year/SURP Representative: Isis So
International Student Representative: Dalia Barayan
Professional Master’s Program Representative: Amara Singh
Clinical Investigator Program Representative: Roohi Vinaik
GRC Representative: Sherald Sanchez
GSU Representatives: Adriano Nella, Arif Sarowar, Robinson Truong
MaRS Site Directors: Ranya Barayan & Alex Boshart
TWH & Baycrest Site Directors: Pascale Tsai & Veena Sanmugananthan
Sinai & Rehab Site Directors: Sinan Osman & Layan Elfaki
TGH Site Directors: Natalie Simonian & Serena Peck
CAMH Site Director: Shamantha Lora
St. Mike’s Site Directors: Omar Kanny & Billy Tran
SickKids Site Directors: Monica Garner & Nairy Khodabakhshian
WCH/CCBR/MSB Site Director: Selena Gong
Sunnybrook Site Directors: Adrienne Sulistyo & Rebecca Wu
PMH Site Directors: Rachel Sue-A-Quan & Melissa Miljanovski
2015-2016
Co-Presidents: Katie Schwenger, Meagan O’Neill
Vice Presidents: Vanessa Rojas-Luengas, Shanna Stanley-Hasnain
Director of Communications: Valera Castanov
Secretary: Lisa Richardson
Treasurer: Dunja Knezevic
Director of Academic Affairs: Sarah Coakeley
Director of Sporting Events: Adam Hsieh
Director of Social Events: Hira Raheel
Director of Community and Outreach Initiatives: Samantha Fernandes
First Year Representative: Saba Shahab
Clinician – Investigator Program Representative: Mani Mian
Professional Master’s Program Representative: Hillary Chan, Tiffanie Kei, Lily Ye
International Student Representative: Beatrice Ballarin
IMS Magazine Representative: Jonathon Chio
Faculty of Medicine Interdepartmental Committee Representative: Lori Israelian
Graduate Students’ Union (GSU) Representative: Fadl Nabbouh, Rachel Dragas, Petri Takkala
CAMH Rep: Victoria Marshe, Susana Da Silva
SickKids Rep: Joshua Gnanasegaram, Lily Lu
MaRS Rep: Marmendia Meester, Ruwandi Kariyawasam
MSB Rep: Nishanth Lakshman
Mount Sinai Rep: Amir Safavi
PMH Rep: Christine Moon
St. Michael’s Rep: Brent Bates
Sunnybrook Rep: Jia Yan Zhang, Bowen Zhang
TGH Rep: Romina Nejad
TWH Rep: Anton Rogachov, Kenneth Royce Holmes
2015/2016 Members at Large
Tania Da Silva
Joanna Liang
Matan Berson
Jung Hee Lee
2019-2020
Co-Presidents: Sandy Lee & Rachel Dadouch
Vice-Presidents: Allie King & Olivia Hough
Secretary: Rachel Sue-A-Quan
Treasurer: Claire Wunker
Director of Internal Communications: Alborz Noorani
Director of External Communications: Peter Shih-Ping Hung
Director of Academic Affairs: Kimia Ghannad-Zadeh
Director of Social Affairs: Jesse Joynt
Director of Wellness and Wellbeing: Stephanie Hulme
Director of Sporting Events: Amir Hamzeh
Director of Community and Outreach: Alexa Desimone
Fac. Med. Interdepartmental Representative: Helen Yang
PhD Student Representative: Aaron Loh
First Year/SURP Representative: Natalie Simonian
International Student Representative: Dalia Barayan
Clinical Investigator Program Representative: Omar Kanny
GSU Representatives: Esther Silk & Melissa Miljanovski & Shaheer Amjad
MaRS Site Directors: Ranya Barayan & Sami Ul Haq
TWH & Baycrest Site Directors: Sabrina Armstrong & Supreet Aashat
Sinai & Rehab Site Director: Natasha Girdharry
TGH Site Director: Sophia Massin
CAMH Site Directors: Erin Gaudette & Nadia Boachie
St. Mike’s Site Directors: Hamzah Khan & Billy Tran
SickKids Site Directors: Marina Nikolopoulos & Mansur Mohammad Naeem
WCH/CCBR/MSB Site Directors: Fabian Oliver Wong & Zhifan Rachel Liu
Sunnybrook Site Director: Rosa Summer & Rebecca Wu
2018-2019
Co-Presidents: Simon Haney, Laura Best
Vice Presidents: Hening Sun, Katie Lye
Secretary: Stephanie Hulme
Treasurer: Nathan Chan
Director of Communications: Alborz Noorani
Director of Sporting Events: Joanne Plahouras
Director of Social Affairs: Michael Borrett
Director of Community and Outreach: Rachel Dadouch
Director of Wellness and Wellbeing: Olivia Hough
Director of Academic Affairs: Katherine Tucker
Raw Talk Podcast Representative: Nathan Chan
IMS Magazine Representative: Chantel Kowalchuk
FacMed Interdepartmental Representative: Laurel Etkin-Spigelman
First Year/SURP Representative: Sharon Yoon
Professional Masters Program Representatives: Majd Ghadban, Kaitlyn Gonsalves
Clinical Investigator Program Representative: Ayesha Noman
GSU Representatives: Kimia Ghannad-Zadeh, Parnian Pardis, Alexa Desimone
U of T/Women’s College Site Directors: Fabian Oliver Wong, Tom Enbar
SickKids Site Directors: Alina Zgardau, Anjali Vig
MaRS Site Directors: Sandy Lee, Conan Chua
CAMH Site Directors: Paria Baharikhoob, Erin Gaudette
TGH Site Directors: Yvonne Bach, Louise Pei
TWH Site Directors: William Luong, Stephanie Tran
Mount Sinai/Rehab Site Directors: Jennifer Dorsey, Allie King
St. Mikes Site Directors: Ikran Ali, Thenuka Thanabalasingam
PMH Site Directors: Joanne Wong
Sunnybrook Site Directors: Amin Banihashemi, Rosa Sommer
2017-2018
Co Presidents: Craig Madho & Swapna Mylabathula
Vice President Operations: Bryanna Nyhof
Vice President External affairs: Dalia Kagramanov
Secretary: Bushra Yusuf
Treasurer: Michelle Jennett
Director of Communications: Joel Tan
Director of Sporting Events: Brenda Varriano
Director of Social Affairs: Abby Farrell
Director of Community and Outreach: Laura Best
Director of Wellness and Wellbeing: Lauren De Freitas
Director of Academic Affairs: Alina Zgardau
Raw Talk Podcast Representative: James Saravanamuttu
IMS Magazine Representative: Jonathon Chio
FacMed Interdepartmental Representative: Laurel Etkin
International Student Representative: Tamadher Alghamdi
First Year/SURP Representative: Maryam Bagherzadeh
Professional Masters Program Representative: Kaleigh Johnson-Cover & Helen Liu
Clinical Investigator Program Representative: Omar Selim
GSU Representatives: Sally Pan, Nathan Chan, & Chris Rodgers
U of T/Women’s College Site Directors: Yousef Manialawy & Krystal Jacques-Smith
SickKids Site Directors: Anjali Vig & Alejandra Lagos
MaRS Site Directors: Sandy Lee & Yasika Nesarajah
CAMH Site Directors: Akshayan Vimalanathan & Jen Lissemore
TGH Site Directors: Yvonne Bach & Louise Pei
TWH Site Directors: Julianne Baarbe & Peter Shih-Ping Hung
Mount Sinai/Rehab Site Directors: Rachel Dadouch & Taylor Gillmore
St. Mikes Site Directors: Shaista Anwer & Hening Sun
PMH Site Directors: Eryn Tong & Catherine Virelli
Sunnybrook Site Directors: Bowen Zhang & Amin Banihashemi
2016-2017
President: Fadl Nabbouh
Vice President External: Susana Da Silva
Vice President Operations: Tania Da Silva
Treasurer: Royce Holmes
Director of Academic Affairs: Nancy Liu
Director of Communications: Valera Castanov
Director of Community and Outreach Initiatives: Michael Bray
Director of Social Affairs: Melissa Galati
Director of Sporting Events: Julia Hamer
Secretary: Jonathon Chio
Clinical Investigator Program Representative: Michael Richards
FacMed Interdepartmental Representative: Arman Hassanpour
First Year Representative:
Graduate Students Union Representative: Julianne Baarbe
Graduate Students Union Representative:
Graduate Students Union Representative: Tarimobo Otobo
IMS Magazine Representative: Petri Takkala
International Student Representative: Beatrice Ballarin
Professional Masters Program Representative: Cheryl Tsui
Professional Masters Program Representative: Lisa Qiu
Professional Masters Program Representative: Tiffanie Kei
CAMH Site Director: Saad Khan
CAMH Site Director: Saba Shahab
MaRS Site Director: Ruwandi Kariyawasam
MaRS Site Director: Yasika Nesarajah
MSB Site Director: Nishanth Lakshman
MSB Site Director: Vinoja Sebanayagam
Mount Sinai Site Director: Abby Farrell
Princess Margaret Hospital Site Director: Christine Moon
Princess Margaret Hospital Site Director:
Sick Kids Site Director: Dalia Kagramanov
Sick Kids Site Director: Joel Tan
St. Michael’s Site Director: Ashley Bellin
St. Michael’s Site Director: Tamadher Algahamdi
Sunnybrook Site Director: Osai Samadi
Sunnybrook Site Director: Bowen Zhang
Toronto General Hospital Site Director: Romina Nejad
Toronto General Hospital Site Director: Bryanna Nyhof
Toronto Western Hospital Site Director: Arsalan Mir-Moghtadaei
Toronto Western Hospital Site Director: Yena Lee
2016/2017 Members at Large
The Swapna: Swapna Mylabathula
Member at Large: Alejandra Lagos Monzon
Member at Large: Alex Mogadam
Member at Large: Ekaterina An
Member at Large: Hira Raheel
Member at Large: Jabir Mohamed
Member at Large: Jacqueline Van Warmerdam
Member at Large: Janessa Griffith
Member at Large: Karolina Kozak
Member at Large: Lauren De Freitas
Member at Large: Lisa Richardson
Member at Large: Lori Israelian
Member at Large: Mansur Naeem
Member at Large: Marija Zivcevska
Member at Large: Marmendia Meester
Member at Large: Olivia Goltsis
Member at Large: Richie Jeremian
Member at Large: Ronak Patel
Member at Large: Sarah Peters
Member at Large: Troy Chow