Clement Hamani
MD, PhD
Dr. Clement Hamani received his medical degree from Escola Paulista de Medicina in São Paulo in 1993 and went on to receive his PhD in Neurosciences from the same institution. He completed a Research and Clinical Fellowship in Functional Neurosurgery at the Division of Neurosurgery at Toronto Western Hospital. In 2008, he joined the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health as a Research Associate and became Assistant Professor at the University of Toronto Division of Neurosurgery. In 2013, he won the Ohye Award, awarded by the World Society for Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery (WSSFN) to promote clinical research in stereotactic and functional neurosurgery. In 2017 he joined the Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre and the Sunnybrook Research Institute.
Dr. Hamani is currently Full Professor in Neurosurgery/ Surgery and Co-chair of the Neurosurgery research council at the University of Toronto. He is a Senior scientist at the Sunnybrook Research Institute, Research Director of the Hurvitz Brain Sciences Program, preclinical lead of the Harquail Centre for Neuromodulation and a neurosurgeon at the Sunnybrook Health Sciences centre. Dr. Hamani’s research focuses on the treatment of movement disorders, pain, epilepsy, and psychiatric disorders.
Current Appointments
- Full Professor, Department of Surgery, University of Toronto
- Affiliate Neuroscientist, Division of Neurosurgery, University of Toronto
Selected Professional Activities
- Board Member, World Society for Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery