Division of Neurosurgery Awards

Academic Chairs

Endowed Chairs Held by Neurosurgery Faculty

Total - 16 Endowed Chairs

Alan & Susan Hudson Chair in Neurooncology - Dr. Fred Gentili

Campeau Family Foundation/Charles H. Tator Chair in Spinal Cord Injury and Repair - vacant

Dan Family Chair in Neurosurgery - Dr. Gelareh Zadeh

Fondation Baxter et Alma Ricard Chair in Cerebrovascular Neurosurgery – vacant 

Garron Family Chair in Childhood Cancer Research - Dr. Michael Taylor

Garron Family Chair in Childhood Cancer Research - Dr. Peter Dirks

Gerald and Tootsie Halbert Chair in Neural Repair and Regeneration - Dr. Michael Fehlings

Greg Wilkins-Barrick Chair in International Surgery - Dr. Mark Bernstein

Harold J Hoffman/Shoppers Drug Mart Chair in Pediatric Neurosurgery - Dr. James Drake

Harold and Esther Halpern Chair in Neurosurgical Stroke Research - Dr. Michael Tymianski

Marion and Gerald Soloway Chair in Brain Injury and Concussion Research - t.b.d.

R.R. Tasker Chair in Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery - Dr. Andres Lozano 

R.S. McLaughlin Chair in Surgery - Dr. James Rutka

Term Chair in Brain Tumor and Cerebrovascular Research - Dr. Julian Spears

Wilkins Family Chair in Neurosurgical Brain Tumour Research - Dr. Gelareh Zadeh

Divisional Awards

Alan R. Hudson Neurosurgery Faculty Teaching Award
Alan R. Hudson Neurosurgery Resident Teaching Award

Dr. Alan Hudson, who served as Chairman of our Division from 1979 to 1989, is a distinguished neurosurgeon, researcher, health care leader and teacher. In recognition of his contributions to neurosurgical teaching, the University of Toronto established two annual awards in 1998.

The Alan R. Hudson Neurosurgery Faculty Teaching Award is awarded to a Neurosurgery Faculty member in recognition of contributions to undergraduate and postgraduate teaching. 

The Alan R. Hudson Neurosurgery Resident Teaching Award is awarded to a Neurosurgery Resident in recognition of contributions to teaching medical students, fellow residents and nurses.
The Alan R. Hudson Clinical Clerk Achievement Award is awarded to a Clinical Clerk in recognition of excellence in achievement during Clinical Clerkship training. 
 

Year

Faculty

Resident

Clinical Clerk

1998

Fred Gentili  

Nalin Gupta

 

1999

Charles Tator

Kamal Thapar

 

2000

Mark Bernstein

Eric Massicotte

 

2001

James Drake

Julian Spears

 

2002

Mahmood Fazl

Mojgan Hodaie

 

2003

Robin Humphreys

Steve Casha

 

2004

Raj Midha

Cian O'Kelly

 

2005

Chris Wallace

Gelareh Zadeh

 

2006

Taufik Valiante

Nicolas Phan

 

2007

Eric Massicotte

Demitre Serletis

 

2008

Michael Cusimano

DJ Cook

 

2009

Julian Spears

Victor Yang

 

2010

Farhad Pirouzmand

Ryan DeMarchi

 

2011

Peter Dirks

Mehdi Shahideh

 

2012

Todd Mainprize

Michael Ellis

 

2013

Mojgan Hodaie

Osaama Khan

 

2014

Abhaya Kulkarni

Safraz Mohammed

 

2015

Gelareh Zadeh

Sumit Jhas

 

2016

Ivan Radovanovic

Alireza Mansouri

Drhuv Jain

2017

James Rutka

Chris Witiw

Ann Mansur

2018

Leo da Costa

Farshad Nassiri

Nardin Samuel

2019

Sunit Das

Allan Martin

Karim Mithani

2020

Jefferson Wilson

Teresa Puzner and Francois Mathew

Heta Joshi

 

Ross Fleming Faculty Teaching Award

The Ross Fleming Faculty Teaching Award is awarded to a Neurosurgery Faculty member for contributions to undergraduate and junior resident teaching.

 

Year

Faculty

2014

Gelareh Zadeh

2015

Nicholas Phan

2016

Todd Mainprize

2017

Taufik Valiante

2018

Sunit Das

2019

Ivan Radovanovic

2020

Eric Massicotte

 

Thomas P. Morley Neurosurgical Resident Prize

 

Year

1st Prize

2nd Prize

1986

Michael Greenberg

James Rutka

1987

Michael Fehlings

James Rutka

1988

James Rutka

Max Findlay

1989

Michael Tymianski, Thomas Zwimpfer 

 

1990

John Hurlbert

Allan Levi

1991

Loch MacDonald

Michael Gutman

1992

Raj Midha

Peter Hudoba

1993

Allan Levi

Stefan Konasiewicz

1994

Zelma Kiss

Stefan Konasiewicz

1995

Nalin Gupta

Wai Ng

1996

Kamal Thapar

Jennifer Brown

1997

Peter Dirks

Wai Ng

1998

Wai Ng

Steven Casha

2000

Steven Casha

Michael Taylor

2001

Michael Taylor

Nicolas Phan

2002

Nicolas Phan

Eve Tsai, Gelareh Zadeh

2003

Eve Tsai, Gelareh Zadeh

Sheila Singh

2004

Babak Jahromi

Bradley Jacobs

2005

Sheila Singh

Bradley Jacobs

2006

Bradley Jacobs

Charles Matouk, Karim Mukhida

2007

Karim Mukhida

Charles Matouk

2008

Betty Kim, Paul Kongkham

Demitre Serletis

2009

Douglas Cook

Ratan Bhardwaj

2010

Scellig Stone

Adrienne Weeks

2011

Adrienne Weeks

Greg Hawryluk

2012

Ryan Alkins

Carlo Santaguida

2013

Nir Lipsman

 

2014

George Ibrahim

 

2015

Teresa Purzner

 

2016

Vivek Bodani

 

2017

Jamie Purzner

Allan Martin

2018

Christopher Ahuja

 

2019

Christopher Pasarikovski

 

2020

Farshad Nassiri

 

 

Dr. Warren Ho Memorial Scholarship in Neurosurgery

At the time of his untimely death from a drowning accident in 2000, Dr. Warren Ho was a PGY-4 in the Neurosurgery Training Program at the University of Toronto. In his life, Warren was the ideal role model for neurosurgery residents through his excellence in clinical care and research, and his demonstrated humanitarianism. The Warren Ho Humanitarian Award has been established in his honour, and the following neurosurgery residents have been recipients.

 

Year

Recipient

2001

Howard Ginsberg

2002

Eve Tsai

2003

Todd Mainprize

2004

Jay Riva-Cambrin

2005

Sheila Singh

2006

Adrian Laxton

2007

Sarah Woodrow

2008

Scellig Stone

2009

David Cadotte

2010

Shobhan Vachhrajani

2011

Gregory Hawryluk

2012

Carlo Santaguida

2013

Mehdi Shahideh

2014

George Ibrahim

2015

Alireza Mansouri

2016

Newton Cho

2017

Farshad Nassiri

2018

Anick Nater

2019

Ali Moghaddamjou

2020

Jetan Badhiwala

 

William Horsey Prize Winners

 

Year

Recipient

1993

John Hurlbert

1994

Kamal Thapar

1995

Shah Siddiqi

1996

Ab Kulkarni

1997

Michael Taylor

1998

Howard Ginsberg

 

Year

1st Prize

2nd Prize

2000

Sheila Singh

Mojgan Hodaie

2001

Charles Matouk

Bradley Jacobs

2002

Taufik Valiante

Julian Spears

2003

Julian Spears

Cian O'Kelly

2004

Jay Riva-Cambrin

Gelareh Zadeh

2005

Cian O'Kelly

Mandeep Tamber

2006

Scellig Stone

Amro Al-Habib

2007

Adrian Laxton

Sarah Woodrow

2008

Nir Lipsman

Ratan Bhardwaj

2009

George Ibrahim

Greg Hawryluk

2010

Jeff Wilson

Teresa Purzner

2011

Safraz Mohammed

David Cadotte

2012

Aria Fallah

Alireza Mansouri

2014

Alireza Mansouri

Deep Guha

2015

Chris Witiw

Shervin Taslimi

2016

Farshad Nassiri

Jetan Badhiwala

2017

Competition not held

 

2018

Justin Wang

 

 

External Awards

American Academy of Neurological Surgery Awards

 

Year

Recipient

1963

Charles H. Tator

1988

James T. Rutka

1993

Michael Tymianski

2003

Gelareh Zadeh

2007

Paul Kongkham

2010

Scellig Stone

 

Canadian Institutes of Health Research Clinician-Scientist Awards

 

Year

Recipient

1989

Abhijit Guha (Phase I)

1991

Andres Lozano (Phase I)

1994

Andres Lozano (Phase I)

1996

Andres Lozano (Phase II)

1997

Michael Tymianski (Phase I)

1999

Andres Lozano (Phase II)

2000

Michael Tymianski (Phase II)

2003

Michael Tymianski (Phase II)

2003

Taufik Valiante (Phase I)

2004

Michael Taylor (Phase I)

2007

Michael Taylor (Phase II)

2008

Gelareh Zadeh (Phase I)

2010

Michael Taylor (Phase II)

 

K.G. McKenzie Prizes Awarded to University of Toronto Residents and Faculty

 

Year

Recipient

Category

1979

Fred Gentili

Memorial Award

1986

James Rutka

 

1987

Michael Fehlings

 

1989

Andres Lozano

Memorial Award

1990

Michael Cusimano

Memorial Award

1991

Michael Fehlings

 

 

Loch Macdonald

 

1992

Michael Tymianski

1st place

1994

Shah Siddiqi

 

1995

Shah Siddiqi

Basic Neuroscience Research, 2nd place

2000

Lilyana Angelov

Basic Neuroscience Research

2001

Steven Casha

Basic Neuroscience Research

2002

Abhaya Kulkarni

Clinical Neuroscience Research

 

Michael Taylor

Basic Neuroscience Research

2003

Gelareh Zadeh

Basic Neuroscience Research, 1st place

 

Eve Tsai

Basic Neuroscience Research, 1st place

2004

Babak Jahromi

Basic Neuroscience Research

2005

Jay Riva-Cambrin

Clinical Neuroscience Research

2006

Sarah Woodrow

Clinical Neuroscience Research

 

W Bradley Jacobs

Basic Neuroscience Research

2007

Cian O'Kelly

Clinical Neuroscience Research

2008

Betty Kim

Basic Neuroscience Research

2009

Ratan Bhardwaj

Clinical Neuroscience Research

2010

Scellig Stone

Basic Neuroscience Research, 1st place

2011

Adrian Laxton

Clinical Neuroscience Research, 1st place

 

Douglas J. Cook

Basic Neuroscience Research, 1st place

 

Gregory Hawryluk

Basic Neuroscience Research, 2nd place

2012

Jeff Wilson

Clinical Neuroscience Research, 1st place

2013

David Cadotte

Clinical Neuroscience Research

 

Nir Lipsman

Clinical Neuroscience Research

2014

George Ibrahim

Clinical Neuroscience Research, 1st place

 

Shobhan Vachrajani

Clinical Neuroscience Research, 2nd place

2015

Ryan Alkins

Clinical Neuroscience Research

 

Teresa Purzner

Clinical Neuroscience Research

 

Deep Guha

Clinical Neuroscience Research

2017

Deep Guha

Basic Neuroscience Research

2018

Christopher Ahuja

Basic Neuroscience Research

2019

Farshad Nassiri

Basic Neuroscience Research

 

Royal College Medals in Surgery

 

Year

Recipient

1994

Andres Lozano

1996

Michael Fehlings

1997

Abhijit Guha

2003

Michael Tymianski

2005

Peter Dirks

2010

Michael Taylor

 

Major National/International Awards

 

Year

Award

Recipient

1995

Order of Canada

Ronald Tasker

2000

Order of Canada

Alan Hudson

2000

Order of Canada

Charles Tator

2007 

Order of Spain

Andres Lozano

2009

Canadian Medical Hall of Fame

Charles Tator

2009

Royal Society of Canada

Andres Lozano

2011

Royal Society of Canada 

James Rutka