University of Toronto Neurosurgery

Great time in Rio de Janeiro last week for Global Spine Congress 2025. Thankful for the opportunity to share all the research from lab @ChrisLozanoMD @armaan_km @UofTNeuroSurge @SMH_NSSresearch #AOSpine

Great collaboration from @SickKidsNews demonstrating the utility of ocular #POCUS for evaluating children with ventricular shunts presenting with shunt failure symptoms in the ED @UofTSurgery @SickKidsGHCBMH @ISPNeurosurgery @HydroAssoc @SpinaBifidaAssn @ihpmeuoft

Pleased to announce that my PhD student and Research Fellow Dr. Karlo Pedro received the Mario Boni award for the top research fellow at the 2025 European CSRS meeting in Prague. @UofTSpine @UofTNeuroSurge @KBI_UHN

Masterclass in skull base cadaveric dissections lead by @FarshadNassiri for our medical students and neurosurgery residents at one of our dedicated microsurgical courses @uoftmedicine @UofTSurgery

New cost-utility analysis: both laminoplasty and lami + fusion can be cost‑effective options for cervical myelopathy; treatment choice should be guided by patient factors and local resources. nassopenaccess.org/article/S2666-… @VishuKarthik @UofTNeuroSurge @SMH_NSSresearch @ihpmeuoft

Our PGY1s, Bianka, Eddie, Sabra and Seika, just finished their crash course in neurosurgery! They are phenomenal and we are excited to see their journey in neurosurgery unfold.

Just in time for last day of Pride month, a rainbow with @Sunnybrook at the end of it. Proud to be a part of an institution where people from all backgrounds, identities and cultures are celebrated. Happy Pride, to all.

We are proud of our star chief residents @LaureenHachem and @justinzw who just received awards for their leadership, teaching, and humanitarianism. @uoftmedicine @UofTSurgery

Incredible evening celebrating our 2025 @UofTNeuroSurge graduating residents, at @Sunnybrook’s Vaughan Estate. Congrats to this outstanding class of surgeons, and wishing them only the best in their journeys ahead. Thank you @JamesRutka, and all our amazing faculty and residents

Graduation night for @UofTNeuroSurge residents, an amazingly talented group, neurosurgeon-scientists of the future, from left, Mathew Voisin, Kyle Juraschka, Nebras Warsi, Vincent Ye and Ali Mogjaddamjou! @UofTSurgery @uoftmedicine Congratulations!

AI methods may improve traumatic brain injury outcome prediction. In this review, we identified several domains that represent key focus areas to enhance generalizability and clinical translation. @ihpmeuoft @UofT_TCAIREM @npjDigitalMed @UofTNeuroSurge nature.com/articles/s4174…

Despite sleepless nights from Russian attacks on Kyiv, we were able to assist Pavlo Plaskyi with epilepsy surgery cases at Okhmatdyt Children’s Hospital. #resolve #resilience @SickKidsNews @UofTNeuroSurge @UofTSurgery @uoftmedicine

1/ 📢 Just published in NEJM AI: We take a critical look at Canada’s attempt to regulate artificial intelligence through the Artificial Intelligence and Data Act (AIDA). Our focus: where it fell short—especially in health care—and how to move forward. 🔗 ai.nejm.org/stoken/default…

Pain is more than sensation. It’s shaped by memory, biology, and psychology. In this issue of #UofTMed magazine: how we feel pain, how we fight it, and what science is doing to help us move beyond it. bit.ly/4nclDfu

Congratulations to two of our superstar residents @KarimMithaniMD and @YosefEllenbogen on their grand round presentations for which they were each awarded the K.G. McKenzie Prize at CNSF 2025 @CNSFNeuroLinks

Days are long here in Lviv Ukraine operating with Eisha Christian on neurosurgery cases at Lviv City Children’s Hospital! Thanks to Dr Taras Mykytyn for invitation ! @UofTSurgery @UofTNeuroSurge @uoftmedicine @SickKidsNews @SickKidsGlobal

A big congratulations to our fantastic graduating fellow Dr Jerry Ku! Jerry will be starting his practice in North Vancouver this July! 🥳🥳🥳 @vitorpereiracan @DanniDiestro @trmarot @UofTNeuroSurge

A brilliant, thoughtful and articulate #HumphriesLecture from our (soon-to-be-former) chief fellow, Arjun Chandran. Reflecting on his experience @SickKidsNews @UofTNeuroSurge

I had the chance to speak to Pauline Chan @TOYourHealth9 on @CTVNews about Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus (NPH), and the role of VP Shunting in some instances. Wishing well to @billyjoel! ctvnews.ca/toronto/video/…

Congratulations to Dr. Laureen Hachem, a senior neurosurgery resident @UofTNeuroSurge, for receiving the IMS 2025 Siminovitch-Salter Award for outstanding scholarly contributions during her PhD program. Dr. Hachem's research focuses on regenerative strategies to enhance…