FoMD Lifesaver Debate
In the annual FoMD Lifesaver Debate we imagine that a catastrophic event has occurred and the disaster response council (the audience!) has to choose the final member to join the aid response team. Only one final seat remains and the FoMD members will each argue that their discipline is the one indispensable area of study vital to the team.
This entertaining and informative debate will bring together faculty members in a lighthearted yet competitive battle of academic wit. The winner of the debate will be invited back the subsequent year to host the next debate.
Hosted by: Lifesaver Debate Medical Student Organization Team & Office of Advocacy and Wellbeing
2026 Lifesaver Debate
At our 5th annual event you will help to choose the best faculty debater to rescue the stranded researchers in Jurassic Park.
February 3rd, 5pm - 1080 Katz Group Centre
OPEN TO ALL FoMD students, faculty and staff
RSVP here before Jan 30th
Host: Dr Karen Niederhoffer, 2025 Winner
Debaters:
Dr. Dennis Weber, Radiation Therapy
Dr. Ronald Oswald, Psychiatry
Dr. Daniel Sawler, Hematology/Internal Medicine
Dr. Karyne Rabey, Researcher, Associate Professor of Anatomy
Dr. Roshan Abraham, Family Medicine
2025 Lifesaver Debate
Host: Dr Judith Eversley, 2024 Winner
At our 4th annual event you will help to choose which of our speakers deserves the final spot on the crew that is tasked with rebuilding civilization among the stars. Hear from the FoMD debaters as they make their case and then the fate of the cosmos is yours to decide.
Debaters:
Dr William Sevcik, Emergency MedicineDr Kerry Wong, Pediatric GI
Dr Richard Fox, Neurosurgery
Dr Paul LaPointe, Cell Biology, PhD
Dr Karen Neiderhoffer, Medical Genetics - winner!
Dr Camila Pacheco-Pereira , Dentistry
2024 Lifesaver Debate
Congrats to the 2024 winner: Dr. Judith Eversley
At our 3rd annual event you will help to choose which of our speakers deserves the final spot on a team to find the cure for the zombie's and rebuild society? Come hear the FOMD members make their cases.
HOST: Dr William Stokes, 2023 Winner
Debaters:
Dr Safee Rashiq, AnesthesiaDr Joseph Abrahams, Family Medicine
Rhonda Pouliot, Medical Laboratory Sciences Program Director
Dr Judith Eversley, R4 Obstetrics
2023 Lifesaver Debate
Congratulations to our 2023 debate winner: Dr. William Stokes
HOST: Dr Eniola Salami, Family Medicine - 2022 winner
DEBATERS
Dr. Sanja Kostov, Family MedicineDr. Quinn McLellan, PGY1 Anesthesia
Dr. Melanie Lewis, Pediatrics
Dr. William Stokes, Lab Med & Pathology
Alexandra Sheppard, Professor of Dental Hygeine
2022 Lifesaver Debate
Congrats to the 2022 winner: Dr. Eniola Salami
HOST: Dr. Melanie Lewis
DEBATERS
Dr. Shereen Hamza, PhysiologyDr. Lynora Saxinger, Infectious Diseases
Dr. Darryl Rolfson, Geriatrics
Dr. Blaine Aucoin, Dentistry
Dr. Keith Rourke, Urology
Dr. Eniola Salami, Family Medicine