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 |
|---|---|---|---|
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1998 |
Fred Gentili |
Nalin Gupta |
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1999 |
Charles Tator |
Kamal Thapar |
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2000 |
Mark Bernstein |
Eric Massicotte |
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2001 |
James Drake |
Julian Spears |
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2002 |
Mahmood Fazl |
Mojgan Hodaie |
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2003 |
Robin Humphreys |
Steve Casha |
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2004 |
Raj Midha |
Cian O'Kelly |
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2005 |
Chris Wallace |
Gelareh Zadeh |
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2006 |
Taufik Valiante |
Nicolas Phan |
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2007 |
Eric Massicotte |
Demitre Serletis |
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2008 |
Michael Cusimano |
DJ Cook |
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2009 |
Julian Spears |
Victor Yang |
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2010 |
Farhad Pirouzmand |
Ryan DeMarchi |
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2011 |
Peter Dirks |
Mehdi Shahideh |
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2012 |
Todd Mainprize |
Michael Ellis |
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2013 |
Mojgan Hodaie |
Osaama Khan |
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2014 |
Abhaya Kulkarni |
Safraz Mohammed |
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2015 |
Gelareh Zadeh |
Sumit Jhas |
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2016 |
Ivan Radovanovic |
Alireza Mansouri |
Drhuv Jain |
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2017 |
James Rutka |
Chris Witiw |
Ann Mansur |
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2018 |
Leo da Costa |
Farshad Nassiri |
Nardin Samuel |
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2019 |
Sunit Das |
Allan Martin |
Karim Mithani |
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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 |
|---|---|
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2014 |
Gelareh Zadeh |
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2015 |
Nicholas Phan |
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2016 |
Todd Mainprize |
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2017 |
Taufik Valiante |
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2018 |
Sunit Das |
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2019 |
Ivan Radovanovic |
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2020 |
Eric Massicotte |
Thomas P. Morley Neurosurgical Resident Prize
|
Year |
1st Prize |
2nd Prize |
|---|---|---|
|
1986 |
Michael Greenberg |
James Rutka |
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1987 |
Michael Fehlings |
James Rutka |
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1988 |
James Rutka |
Max Findlay |
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1989 |
Michael Tymianski, Thomas Zwimpfer |
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1990 |
John Hurlbert |
Allan Levi |
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1991 |
Loch MacDonald |
Michael Gutman |
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1992 |
Raj Midha |
Peter Hudoba |
|
1993 |
Allan Levi |
Stefan Konasiewicz |
|
1994 |
Zelma Kiss |
Stefan Konasiewicz |
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1995 |
Nalin Gupta |
Wai Ng |
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1996 |
Kamal Thapar |
Jennifer Brown |
|
1997 |
Peter Dirks |
Wai Ng |
|
1998 |
Wai Ng |
Steven Casha |
|
2000 |
Steven Casha |
Michael Taylor |
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2001 |
Michael Taylor |
Nicolas Phan |
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2002 |
Nicolas Phan |
Eve Tsai, Gelareh Zadeh |
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2003 |
Eve Tsai, Gelareh Zadeh |
Sheila Singh |
|
2004 |
Babak Jahromi |
Bradley Jacobs |
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2005 |
Sheila Singh |
Bradley Jacobs |
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2006 |
Bradley Jacobs |
Charles Matouk, Karim Mukhida |
|
2007 |
Karim Mukhida |
Charles Matouk |
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2008 |
Betty Kim, Paul Kongkham |
Demitre Serletis |
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2009 |
Douglas Cook |
Ratan Bhardwaj |
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2010 |
Scellig Stone |
Adrienne Weeks |
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2011 |
Adrienne Weeks |
Greg Hawryluk |
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2012 |
Ryan Alkins |
Carlo Santaguida |
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2013 |
Nir Lipsman |
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2014 |
George Ibrahim |
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2015 |
Teresa Purzner |
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2016 |
Vivek Bodani |
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2017 |
Jamie Purzner |
Allan Martin |
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2018 |
Christopher Ahuja |
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2019 |
Christopher Pasarikovski |
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2020 |
Farshad Nassiri |
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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.
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Year |
Recipient |
|---|---|
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2001 |
Howard Ginsberg |
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2002 |
Eve Tsai |
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2003 |
Todd Mainprize |
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2004 |
Jay Riva-Cambrin |
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2005 |
Sheila Singh |
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2006 |
Adrian Laxton |
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2007 |
Sarah Woodrow |
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2008 |
Scellig Stone |
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2009 |
David Cadotte |
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2010 |
Shobhan Vachhrajani |
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2011 |
Gregory Hawryluk |
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2012 |
Carlo Santaguida |
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2013 |
Mehdi Shahideh |
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2014 |
George Ibrahim |
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2015 |
Alireza Mansouri |
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2016 |
Newton Cho |
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2017 |
Farshad Nassiri |
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2018 |
Anick Nater |
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2019 |
Ali Moghaddamjou |
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2020 |
Jetan Badhiwala |
William Horsey Prize Winners
|
Year |
Recipient |
|---|---|
|
1993 |
John Hurlbert |
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1994 |
Kamal Thapar |
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1995 |
Shah Siddiqi |
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1996 |
Ab Kulkarni |
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1997 |
Michael Taylor |
|
1998 |
Howard Ginsberg |
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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 |
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2010 |
Jeff Wilson |
Teresa Purzner |
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2011 |
Safraz Mohammed |
David Cadotte |
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2012 |
Aria Fallah |
Alireza Mansouri |
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2014 |
Alireza Mansouri |
Deep Guha |
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2015 |
Chris Witiw |
Shervin Taslimi |
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2016 |
Farshad Nassiri |
Jetan Badhiwala |
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2017 |
Competition not held |
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2018 |
Justin Wang |
External Awards
American Academy of Neurological Surgery Awards
|
Year |
Recipient |
|---|---|
|
1963 |
Charles H. Tator |
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1988 |
James T. Rutka |
|
1993 |
Michael Tymianski |
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2003 |
Gelareh Zadeh |
|
2007 |
Paul Kongkham |
|
2010 |
Scellig Stone |
Canadian Institutes of Health Research Clinician-Scientist Awards
|
Year |
Recipient |
|---|---|
|
1989 |
Abhijit Guha (Phase I) |
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1991 |
Andres Lozano (Phase I) |
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1994 |
Andres Lozano (Phase I) |
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1996 |
Andres Lozano (Phase II) |
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1997 |
Michael Tymianski (Phase I) |
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1999 |
Andres Lozano (Phase II) |
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2000 |
Michael Tymianski (Phase II) |
|
2003 |
Michael Tymianski (Phase II) |
|
2003 |
Taufik Valiante (Phase I) |
|
2004 |
Michael Taylor (Phase I) |
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2007 |
Michael Taylor (Phase II) |
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2008 |
Gelareh Zadeh (Phase I) |
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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 |
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1986 |
James Rutka |
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1987 |
Michael Fehlings |
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1989 |
Andres Lozano |
Memorial Award |
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1990 |
Michael Cusimano |
Memorial Award |
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1991 |
Michael Fehlings |
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Loch Macdonald |
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1992 |
Michael Tymianski |
1st place |
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1994 |
Shah Siddiqi |
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1995 |
Shah Siddiqi |
Basic Neuroscience Research, 2nd place |
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2000 |
Lilyana Angelov |
Basic Neuroscience Research |
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2001 |
Steven Casha |
Basic Neuroscience Research |
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2002 |
Abhaya Kulkarni |
Clinical Neuroscience Research |
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Michael Taylor |
Basic Neuroscience Research |
|
2003 |
Gelareh Zadeh |
Basic Neuroscience Research, 1st place |
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Eve Tsai |
Basic Neuroscience Research, 1st place |
|
2004 |
Babak Jahromi |
Basic Neuroscience Research |
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2005 |
Jay Riva-Cambrin |
Clinical Neuroscience Research |
|
2006 |
Sarah Woodrow |
Clinical Neuroscience Research |
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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 |
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2010 |
Scellig Stone |
Basic Neuroscience Research, 1st place |
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2011 |
Adrian Laxton |
Clinical Neuroscience Research, 1st place |
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Douglas J. Cook |
Basic Neuroscience Research, 1st place |
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Gregory Hawryluk |
Basic Neuroscience Research, 2nd place |
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2012 |
Jeff Wilson |
Clinical Neuroscience Research, 1st place |
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2013 |
David Cadotte |
Clinical Neuroscience Research |
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Nir Lipsman |
Clinical Neuroscience Research |
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2014 |
George Ibrahim |
Clinical Neuroscience Research, 1st place |
|
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Shobhan Vachrajani |
Clinical Neuroscience Research, 2nd place |
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2015 |
Ryan Alkins |
Clinical Neuroscience Research |
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Teresa Purzner |
Clinical Neuroscience Research |
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|
Deep Guha |
Clinical Neuroscience Research |
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2017 |
Deep Guha |
Basic Neuroscience Research |
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2018 |
Christopher Ahuja |
Basic Neuroscience Research |
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2019 |
Farshad Nassiri |
Basic Neuroscience Research |
Royal College Medals in Surgery
|
Year |
Recipient |
|---|---|
|
1994 |
Andres Lozano |
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1996 |
Michael Fehlings |
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1997 |
Abhijit Guha |
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2003 |
Michael Tymianski |
|
2005 |
Peter Dirks |
|
2010 |
Michael Taylor |
Major National/International Awards
|
Year |
Award |
Recipient |
|---|---|---|
|
1995 |
Order of Canada |
Ronald Tasker |
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2000 |
Order of Canada |
Alan Hudson |
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2000 |
Order of Canada |
Charles Tator |
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2007 |
Order of Spain |
Andres Lozano |
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2009 |
Canadian Medical Hall of Fame |
Charles Tator |
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2009 |
Royal Society of Canada |
Andres Lozano |
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2011 |
Royal Society of Canada |
James Rutka |