IMSSA Executive Council
2023-2024
Co-Presidents
Valentina Tamayo
Hamzah Khan
Vice-President, External Affairs
Jessica Muha
Vice-President, Operations
Kowsar Teymouri
Director, External Communications
Kimberly Main
Director, Internal Communications
Jenny Yune
Treasurer
Lauren Levy
Secretary
Nikki Alavi
IMSSA Senior Advisor
Alex Boshart
Director of Academic Affairs
Danica Johnson
Director of Sporting
David Rubenstein
Director of Wellness and Wellbeing
Molly Zhang
Director of Community & Outreach
Megana Thamilselvan
Officer of Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion
Aishwaria Maxwell
Director of Social Affairs
Argyrios Perivolaris
Graduate Student Union Representatives
Salsabil Siddiqui
Sarah Sadat
Guy Nevo
International Student Representative
Joel Diaz
Fac. of Medicine Interdepartmental Committee Representative
Sipan Haikazian
First-year/SURP Representative Site Directors
Clara Sun
PhD Student Representative
Taso Daskalakis
Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH) Site Directors
Taso Daskalakis
Siya Verma
The Hospital for Sick Children Site Directors
Julia Novielli
Fiorelle Aguilar
MaRS Discovery District Site Directors
Abby McCaig
Fei Gao
Mt. Sinai & Toronto Rehab Site Directors
Prachi Ray
Julia Nomikos
Princess Margaret Hospital Site Directors
Clara Sun
Stefan Aguiar
St. Michael's Hospital Site Director
Ria Khan
Toronto General Hospital Site Director
Karem Abdul-Samad
Toronto Western Hospital & Baycrest Hospital Site Directors
Kristen Ashworth
Karan Patel
Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre Site Directors
Alina Zaidi
Andrew Kennedy
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