Sudhir Sundaresan, MD, FRCSC, FACS
Wilbert Keon Professor and Chair,
Department of Surgery, University of Ottawa
INTERNATIONAL FACULTY
Allan D Levi, MD, PhD, FRCSC, FACS, FAANS
Professor and Chairman of Neurosurgery,
University of Miami, Miami, FL
Line Jacques, MD, CM, MSc, FRCSC, FAANS
Professor of Neurosurgery, University of California, San Francisco, CA
Nelson M Oyesiku, MB,BS, PhD, FACS, FAANS
Professor of Neurosurgery, Emory University, Atlanta, GA
Editor-in-Chief, Neurosurgery Journal
Vivek Patel, MD, FRCSC
Professor and Chief of Neuro-Ophthalmology
Girvin Herbert Eye Institute
University of California, Irvine, CA
John R Hurlbert, MD, PhD, FRCSC, FACS
Professor of Neurosurgery, Co-Director, Spine Program, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, USA
Evgueni Kouznetsov, MD, MSc, FRCSC
Co-Director, Cerebrovascular Service. Sanford Brain and Spine Centre, Fargo, ND, USA
Idara J Edem, MD, MSc, FRCSC
Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute, Wayne State University
insight Institute of Neurosurgery and Neuroscience
Hurley Medical Center, Flint, MI, USA
FACULTY
COURSE DIRECTOR
Dr. Charles B Agbi, MB,BS, FRCSEd(SN), FRCSC, FACS
Associate Professor of Surgery (Neurosurgery), University of Ottawa, Director, Ottawa Neurosurgery Skull Base Surgery Program
Dr. Olufẹmi Ajani, MD, FRCSC
Associate Professor of Surgery (Neurosurgery), McMaster University, Hamilton, ON
Dr. Ryojo Akagami, MD, FRCSC
Associate Professor of Neurosurgery, Director, Neurosurgery Residency Program, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC
Dr. Danah Albreiki, MD, FRCSC
Assistant Professor, Department of Ophthalmology, University of Ottawa
Dr. Fahad AlKherayf, MD, MSc, FRCSC
Assistant Professor of Surgery (Neurosurgery), University of Ottawa, Deputy Program Director, University of Ottawa Neurosurgery Residency Program
Dr. Reena Baweja, MD, FRCSC
Dr. Sean Christie, MD, FRCSC
Associate Professor and Vice-Chair of Neurosurgery, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS
Dr. David Clarke, MD, PhD, FRCSC, FACS
Professor and Chief of Neurosurgery, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS
Dr. Darius Dowlatshahi, MD, PhD, FRCPC
Associate Professor of Neurology, University of Ottawa
Dr. Idara Edem, MD, MSc, FRCSC
Fellow, Skull Base Surgery, MD Anderson Cancer Centre, Houston, TX
Dr. Shane English, MD, MSc, FRCPC
Assistant Professor of Medicine,University of Ottawa, Critical Care Unit, The Ottawa Hospital
Dr. Robert Fahed, MD, FRCSC
Assistant Professor of Neurology and Interventional Neuroradiology, University of Ottawa
Dr. David Fortin, MD, CM, PhD, FRCSC
Professor of Neurosurgery, University of Sherbrooke
Dr. Richard Fox, MD, FRCSC
Associate Clinic Professor, Neurosurgery, University of Alberta
Dr. Mark G Hamilton, MD, PhD, FRCSC, FACS
Professor of Neurosurgery, and Director, Adult Hydrocephalus Program and Surgical Oncology Program, University of Calgary
Dr. Gerard Jansen, MD, FRCSC
Associate Professor of Neuropathology, University of Ottawa, and Senior Consultant Scientist, Health Canada
Dr. Suneil Kalia, MD, PhD, FRCSC, FAANS
Assistant Professor of Surgery (Neurosurgery) and Laboratory Medicine & Pathology University of Toronto and UHN
Dr. Erin J Keely, MD, FRCPC
Professor of Medicine, Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, University of Ottawa
Dr. Zelma Kiss, MD, PhD, FRCSC
Associate Professor of Neurosurgery, and Director, Functional Neurosurgery Program, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB
Dr. Howard J Lesiuk, MD, FRCSC
Associate Professor of Surgery, and Chief of Neurosurgery, University of Ottawa
Dr. David Mathieu, MD, CM, FRCSC
Associate Professor of Neurosurgery, University of Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, QC
Dr. David McAuley, MD, FRCSC
Associate Professor of Neurosurgery, University of Ottawa and Chief of Paediatric Neurosurgery, Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario, Ottawa, ON
Dr. Joseph Megyesi, MD, PhD, FRCSC
Professor of Neurosurgery, Western University, London Health Sciences Centre, London, ON
Dr. Alim Mitha, MD, MBA, FRCSC
Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB
Dr. Safraz Mohammed, MB,BS, FRCSC
Assistant Professor of Surgery (Neurosurgery), University of Ottawa, Fellowship Director, University of Ottawa Spine Fellowship Program
Dr. Susan Morris, MSc, PHD
Assistant Professor and Director, Intraoperative Neurophysiology Service, IWK Health Centre and Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS
Dr. Vimoj Nair, MD, FRCPC
Assistant Professor, Division of Radiation Oncology, University of Ottawa
Dr. Thanh B. Nguyen, MD, FRCPC
Assistant Professor of Diagnostic Imaging, University of Ottawa
Dr. Garth Nicholas, MD, FRCPC
Associate Professor, Division of Medical Oncology, University of Ottawa
Dr. Scott Paquette, MD, MSc, FRCSC
Associate Professor of Neurosurgery, University of British Columbia
Dr. Lissa Peeling, MD, FRCSC
Associate Professor of Neurosurgery, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK
Dr. Gwynedd Pickett, MD, FRCSC
Associate Professor of Neurosurgery, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS
Dr. Ron Pokrupa, MD, FRCSC
Associate Professor of Surgery, Queens University, Kingston, ON
Dr. Tomasz Polis, MD, FRCPC
Head, Neuroanaesthesia Group, Department of Anaesthesia, University of Ottawa
Dr. Michel Prudhomme, MD,CM, PhD, FRCSC
Professor of Neurosurgery, Université Laval and Hôpital de l’Enfant Jésus, Québec City, QC
Dr. Adrianna Ranger, MD, FRCSC
Associate Professor of Neurosurgery and Paediatrics, Western University, London, ON
Dr. Kesh Reddy, MD, MSc, FRCSC, FACS
Professor of Surgery, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON
Dr. John Sinclair, MD, FRCSC, FACS
Associate Professor of Surgery, Co-Director, Radiosurgery Program, University of Ottawa
Dr. Julian Spears, MD, MSc, FRCSC, FACS
Associate Professor of Surgery (Neurosurgery), University of Toronto, and Co-Director, Interventional Neuroradiology Program, St. Michael’s Hospital, Toronto, ON
Dr. Vered Tsehmaister-Abitbul, MD, FRCPC
Fellow Diagnostic Imaging, University of Ottawa
Dr. Albert Tu, MD, FRCSC
Assistant Professor, University of Ottawa
Dr. Eugene Wai, MD, MSc, FRCSC
Associate Professor of Surgery and Director University of Ottawa Adult Spine Program
Dr. Nader Zakhari, MD, FRCPC
Assistant Professor, Diagnostic Imaging, University of Ottawa