Keynote Speakers
Dr. Sacha Bhatia
MD
Opening Keynote Speaker
Dr. Vaibhav Gupta
MD, MPH
Closing Keynote Speaker
Workshop Hosts
Ivonna Berger
MD Candidate, University of Toronto
Strengthening your Application
Ara Karmali
MSc
MCAT Essentials
Sponsored by the Princeton Review
Dr. Leah Feldman
MD
Acing Medical School Interviews
Ghazal Haddad
MD
Overview of Medical School Admissions
Medical Student Panelists
Ivonna Berger, Mranali Dengre, Sara Mirali
OMSAS Medical School Panel
University of Toronto Medical Students
Dion Paul, Vaibhav Gupta
International Medical School Panel
University of Nottingham, UK
Monash University, Australia
Keynote Speakers
Dr. Gopee-Ramanan
MD
Opening Keynote Speaker
Many roads to MD: One Goal
Dr. Paula Rochon
MD, MPH
Capstone Speaker
Letters to my 20 year old self: lessons learned from a career in academic medicine
Workshop Hosts
Ben Li & Brij Karmur
MD Candidates, University of Toronto 2T0
Suturing Workshop
By U of T Med Students
Alexander Elias
MSc
MCAT Essentials
Sponsored by the Princeton Review
Jia Tanwani
MD Candidate, University of Toronto T21
A glance into MMI and CASPer Test
Sponsored by MD Consultants
Irene Lok
MD, PhD
Interactive Medical Case in Emergency Medicine
Medical Student Panelists
Venus Valbuena, Sagar Patel, Garrett Robson
Resident at the University of Toronto
MD Candidate at UofT 2T1
MD Candidate at University of Queensland
Keynote Speakers
Dr. Shaun Morris
MD, MPH
Opening Keynote Speaker
Global Perspectives: An Academic Career in Global Child Health, Medicine, and Research
Dr. Jerry Maniate
MD
Educational Speaker
Tying the knot on Medical School Applications: Presenting yourself as an authentic candidate
Dr. Jiayi Hu
MD
Capstone Speaker
The Journey to Medicine and life after Medical School
Workshop Hosts
Austin Pereira
MD Candidate, University of Toronto 2T0
MCAT Essentials: A Strategy Session
Sponsored by The Princeton Review Canada
Dr. Suleiman Furmli
MD
Medical School Interviews: All about the MMI and CASPer Tests
Sponsored by MD Consultants
Career Panelists
Dr. Feldman, Dr. Ramanan, Dr. Roy
MD, CM; MD; MD, PhD Candidate
Returning to MedX Toronto due to overwhelming request, our career panelists conversed in thought-provoking discussions with delegates regarding their personal paths to medicine, obstacles, and current work
MEDX TORONTO TEAM
Laura Kim
Conference Co-Chair
Laura studied life sciences at Queen's University, and currently conducts research on children's health evaluation and health policy. Her motto in life is to experience as much as one possibly can. Her ultimate goal is to volunteer abroad, and contribute towards improving health care systems and health education in developing countries. Aside from studying science, she likes to read blogs about fashion and travel.
Lives by: Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you (Matthew 7:7)
Marie Odhiambo
Conference Co-Chair
Marie is currently studying Life Sciences at University of Toronto Mississauga, with a Major in Psychology and Minors in Biology and Sociology. With an interest in the field of Clinical Psychology, she is extremely passionate about healthcare and health education on a scale larger than just physical health. She hopes to one day increase awareness for the importance of adequate care for mental health and related issues in her home country Kenya and similar African countries. She also has a passion for music, film and reading.
Lives by: ‘Always be yourself, express yourself, have faith in yourself. Do not go out and look for a successful personality and duplicate it.’ - Bruce Lee
Drishti Thakkar
Conference Co-Chair
Drishti is a fourth year undergraduate student at University of Toronto studying Nutritional Sciences and Psychology. As an aspiring health professional and WHO ambassador, she is passionate about contributing to improve local and global health systems. Other than reading research papers and studying, Drishti spends her spare time writing on her blog and cooking delicious meals. She dreams of taking a solo world tour to taste the finest desserts across the world.
Lives by: "Anyone who has never made a mistake has never tried anything new." -Albert Einstein
