Karen A. Tong, MD

Honors and Awards

Outstanding Student Research Supervisor, Walter E. Macpherson Society (2005)
Derek Harwood-Nash Award for Best paper in Pediatric Neuroradiology, at the Annual Meeting of the American Society of Neuroradiology, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, May 11-17, 2002, for paper entitled, “Improved detection of hemorrhagic shearing injuries in children with posttraumatic diffuse axonal injury using susceptibility-weighted imaging: correlation with severity and outcome.” (Present - 2002)
Excellence in Teaching Award, PAIRS (Professional Association of Internes and Residents of Saskatchewan) (Present - 1998)
Nominated for Excellence in Teaching Award, College of Medicine, University of Saskatchewan (Present - 1998)
Membership to Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society, Epsilon Chapter of California. (Present - 1994)
Selected as one of two chief residents of Diagnostic Radiology residency program at Loma Linda University Medical Center (Present - 1993)
Selected to represent LLUMC radiology residency at Introduction to Research (sponsored by RSNA/AUR/ARRS), at RSNA 1991. (Present - 1991)
Ishiyaku Euroamerica Inc./Piccin Medical Book Prize (Present - 1989)

B.C. Post-secondary Scholarship (Present - 1988)
B.C. Post-secondary Scholarship; Louis Lipsey Toohill Scholarship; John J. Mason Memorial Scholarship (Present - 1987)
Dean's Honor List, Faculty of Science, Graduating Class of 1986; U.B.C. Scholarship Dr. Chan and Peggy Gunn Prize; Edgar C. Black Memorial Prize in Honors Physiology; B.C. Post-secondary Scholarship (Present - 1986)
U.B.C. Scholarship; Charles A. and Jane C.A. Banks Foundation Scholarship; B.C. Post-secondary Scholarship (Present - 1985)
Charles A. and Jane C.A. Banks Foundation Scholarship (Present - 1983)
U.B.C. Spring/Summer Scholarship; U.B.C. Scholarship; Real Estate Board of Greater Vancouver University Entrance Scholarship (Present - 1982)