Dr. Eugenia Piliotis is a Professor in the Department of Oncology with cross-appointment to the Department of Medicine. She was appointed as the Associate Dean, MD Program, effective April 4, 2022 for a five-year team.
Dr. Piliotis earned a BSc, Genetics and Cellular Biology, and a BSc, Physiological Psychology and Psychology, at McMaster University. She earned her MD at University of Western Ontario and completed her residency in Internal Medicine at Western University, and in Hematology at University of Toronto. She completed a fellowship in Lymphoma at Toronto Sunnybrook Regional Cancer Centre and earned a MEd in Higher Education and Medical Education at University of Toronto.
Dr. Piliotis has extensive experience in leadership and medical education. She served as the University of Toronto Hematology Program Director for five years and was Chair of the Hematology Specialty Committee at the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons from 2016-2020 in which she was integral to the design and implementation of Competency-Based Medical Education for hematology training programs across the country. She has expertise in regulation, policy development and licensure through her previous role as Medical Advisor for the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario. She was the inaugural leader of the Toronto Addis Ababa Academic collaboration launched in 2008 where she led UofT’s collaboration with Addis Ababa University’s in the development of three subspecialty training programs. She was Director of the Undergraduate Peters-Boyd Academy of Medicine from 2015 until her move to Queen's in 2022.