Spine Faculty
Chairmanship
Michael Fehlings, MD, PhD, FRCSC
Professor, Neurosurgery, University of Toronto
Spine Surgeon, Senior Scientist, Toronto Western Hospital - University Health Network
Albert Yee. MD, MSc, FRCSC
Professor, Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Toronto
Spine Surgeon, Associate Scientist, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre
Toronto Western Hospital- University Health Network
Margarete Akens, Dr. med. vet., PhD
Assistant Professor, Division of Orthopaedic Surgery
Scientist, Techna Institute - University Health Network
Stephen Lewis, MD, MSc, FRCSC
Associate Professor, Division of Orthopaedic Surgery
Spine Surgeon, Clinician Investigator, Toronto Western Hospital - UHN. Cross Appointment at Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids)
Eric Massicotte, MD, MSc, MBA, FRCSC
Associate Professor, Division of Neurosurgery
Spine Surgeon, Clinician Investigator, Toronto Western Hospital - University Health Network
Cindi Morshead, PhD
Professor and Chair, Division of Anatomy, Division
Affiliate Scientist, Toronto Rehabilitation Institute (Kite) - University Health Network
Yoga Raja Rampersaud MD, FRCSC
Professor, Division of Orthopaedic Surgery
Spine Surgeon, Clinician Investigator, Toronto Western Hospital - University Health Network
Alexander Velumian, PhD, DSc
Assistant Professor, Division of Physiology and Division of Neurosurgery
Research Neuroscientist, Toronto Western Hospital - University Health Network
Karl Zabjek, MSc, PhD
Associate Professor, Department of Physical Therapy
Affiliate Scientist,Toronto Rehabilitation Institute (KITE) - University Health Network
Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre
Leodante da Costa, MD, FRCSC
Associate Professor, Division of Neurosurgery
Spine Surgeon, Affiliate Scientist, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre
Joel Finkelstein, MD, FRCSC
Associate Professor, Division of Orthopaedic Surgery
Spine Surgeon, Associate Scientist, , Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre
Michael Hardisty, PhD
Lecturer, Division of Orthopaedic Surgery
Research Affiliation: Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre
Jeremie Larouche, MD, MSc, FRCSC
Assistant Professor, Division of Orthopaedic Surgery
Spine Surgeon, Affiliate Scientist, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre
Meaghan O'Reilly, PhD
Assistant Professor, department of medical biophysics
Scientist, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre
Farhad Pirouzmand, MD, MSc, FRCSC
Assistant Professor, Division of Neurosurgery
Spine Surgeon, Affiliate Scientist, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre
Arjun Sahgal, MD
Professor, Department of Radiation Oncology
Staff Radiation Oncologist, Scientist, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre
Cari Whyne, PhD
Professor, Orthopaedic Surgery
Senior Scientist, Sunnybrook Reserach Institute
St. Michael’s Hospital - Unity Health Toronto
Henry Ahn, MD, FRCSC
Assistant Professor, Division of Orthopaedic Surgery
Spine Surgeon, Investigator, Saint Michael's Hospital - Unity Health Toronto
Howard Ginsberg, MD, PhD, FRCSC
Assistant Professor, Division of Neurosurgery
Spine Surgeon, Investigator, Saint Michael's Hospital - Unity Health Toronto
Jefferson Wilson, MD, PhD, FRCSC
Associate Professor, Division of Neurosurgery
Spine Surgeon, Scientist, Saint Michael's Hospital - Unity Health Toronto
Christopher Witiw MD, PhD, FRCSC
Assistant Professor, Division of Neurosurgery
Spine Surgeon, Investigator, Saint Michael's Hospital - Unity Health Toronto
Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids)
David Lebel, MD, PhD, FRCSC
Assistant Professor, Division of Orthopaedic Surgery
Spine Surgeon, Researcher, Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids)
Stephen Lewis, MD, MSc, FRCSC
Associate Professor, Division of Orthopaedic Surgery
Spine Surgeon, Researcher, Hospital for Sick Children. Cross Appointment at Toronto Western Hospital - University Health Network.
Reinhard Zeller, MD, FRCSC
Associate Professor, Division of Orthopaedic Surgery
Spine Surgeon, Researcher, Hospital for Sick Children
University of Toronto / Other Hospitals
Carlo Ammendolia, DC, PhD, CCRF
Assistant Professor, Institute for Health Policy & Evaluation and Department of Surgery
Clinician, Associate Scientist, Mount Sinai Hospital-Sinai Health System
Mark Erwin, DC, PhD
Assistant Professor, Cross appointment at Division of Neurosurgery and Division of Orthapaedic Surgery, and U of T Spine Program
Scientist, JLabs
Molly Schoichet, MSc, PhD, FRSC
University Professor, Chemical Engineering & Applied Chemistry
Principal Investigator, Shoichet Lab