Patients' Choice Awards

For the first time ever patients in the South East Local Health Integration Network have nominated physicians and a critical care team for the Patients’ Choice Award. The Patients’ Choice Award honours health-care professionals who have demonstrated exceptional care within their community.

This year’s recipients are from Kingston, ON. Family Physician Dr. Sandra Cowan of Tamworth Medical Centre, Dr. Conrad Watters, Cosmetic Surgeon at Hotel Dieu Hospital, Dr. John Rudan, Orthopaedic Surgeon at KGH, Dr. Peter Brown, Vascular Surgeon at KGH, Dr. David Ruggles, Physiatrist at Providence Care, Dr. Sheryl French, Psychologist at Kingston West Psychological Services, and Heidi Linley, Physiotherapist at KGH, were nominated by their patients for the care they have provided and their commitment to enhancing the patients' overall experience within the health-care system.

Thunder Bay, ON, Wednesday December 5, 2012 – For the first time ever residents in Northwestern Ontario were given the opportunity to nominate their physician for a Patients’ Choice Award. The Patients’ Choice Award honours two physicians who have demonstrated exceptional care in the community.

This year’s Northwest recipients, Dr. Andrew Siren, a specialist in Thunder Bay and Dr. Adam Moir, a family physician in Dryden, were nominated by their patients for the care they have provided and their commitment to enhancing the patients' overall experience within the health care system.

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The two winners are: Dr. Anil Duggal and Dr. Jaishree Uppal!

Thank you to everyone who submitted nominations. By nominating your doctor, you have made your very positive experiences count.

Photo: OMA's Dr. Mike Toth, Dr. Jaishree Uppal, Dr. Anil Duggal, Emily Nicholas

The Patients’ Association of Canada is here to make your experience count. Since our inception, we have been gathering patient and family stories about the experiences that you’ve had with the Canadian health care system. These stories have come from Canadians of all walks of life: those with severe medical and mental health problems, caregivers, to prominent health care leaders - both pro-active and frustrated with the current state of our system. Your experiences are the fundamental basis for bringing about change to our health care system; how to build on its great strengths and how to overcome its serious deficiencies. In order to continue our valuable work, we need to count on your generous donation NOW!

Let’s make every Canadian’s experience count!

SARNIA – If you believe your physician is committed to providing great patient care, submit a nomination about him or her for the Patients’ Choice Awards. Sponsored by Bluewater Health, the Patients’ Association of Canada and the Ontario Medical Association, the Patients’ Choice Awards recognize physicians who have specifically been nominated by patients for the care that they have provided. The awards are open to all family physicians and specialists in Sarnia-Lambton.

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Thank you to everyone who participated in this year's Patients' Choice Awards. We received more than 30 thoughtful nominations from patients around Ottawa and we awarded two very deserving physicians.

The winners are Dr. Evelyn Honsl and Dr. Robin Boushey.

We look forward to bringing the initiative to your community!

May 7, 2012 - The Professional Association of Internes and Residents of Ontario (PAIRO)held its awards dinner on Friday night. They gave awards to individuals and programs for teaching and for being especially sensitive to the needs of doctors in training. This was the first time that patients were represented on the PAIRO jury so it was a big step for PAIRO and also for the Patients’ Association of Canada.

The jury process was pretty much the same as PAC’s process for the Patients’ Choice Awards. There were numerous letters of nomination that had to be read and discussed. All the nominations came from medical trainees, and the quality of the nominating letters was the most critical part of deciding who would win. Because there were many outstanding nominees, the jury debated long and hard to decide on the winners.