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Keenan Research Centre

Scientist Profiles

Gustavo Saposnik

MD, University of Buenos Aires; National Board of Medical Examiners (neurology), University of Buenos Aires; M.Sc. (clinical effectiveness), Harvard School of Public Health and University of Buenos Aires

Affiliations

Director, Stroke Research Unit, Mobility Program, St. Michael's Hospital

Adjunct Scientist in the Keenan Research Centre of the Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute of St. Michael's Hospital

Asstistant Professor, Medicine, St. Michael's Hospital, University of Toronto

Cross-appointment, Health Policy, Management and Education (HPME), University of Toronto

Clinical Specialty

Neurology

Research Interests

Stroke outcome, health services research, pharmacoeconomic and stroke therapy, quality of care, translating new emerging therapies into clinical practice, epidemiology of cerebrovascular disease

Selected Publications

Link to Pub Med

Research Activities

My primary interest is stroke outcome and health services research in the field of cerebrovascular disease.

Recently, I played a leading role in the creation of the Stroke Outcome Research Canada (SORCan) Working Group with the purpose of facilitating and enhancing relevant collaborative research among different Universities across Canada by including well-known investigators: Dr. Michael D. Hill (University of Calgary), Dr. Moira Kapral (University of Toronto), Dr. Martin O'Donnell (McMaster University), Dr. Thomas Jeerakathil (University of Edmonton), Dr. Dan Selchen (University of Toronto), Dr. Michael Sharma (University of Ottawa), Dr. Stephen Phillips (University of Dalhousie), Dr Gordon Gubitz (University of Dalhousie), Dr Robert Cote (McGill University), Dr Jeffrey Minuk (McGill University), Dr. Neville Bayer (University of Toronto), Dr. Sandra Black (University of Toronto), Dr. Vladimir Hachinski (University of Western Ontario).

Our research program includes four main areas: stroke outcome research, stroke epidemiology, stroke & health policy, and new emerging therapies in cerebrovascular disease. The ultimate goal of our program is to contribute with a better understanding of cerebrovascular disease and to improve the quality of care for stroke patients.

Other Activities

1. Member, American Academy of Neurology (AAN)
2. Member, Critical care group, World Federation of Neurology (CC-WFN)
3. Member, Argentinean Neurological Society (SNA)
4. Founder member, Iberoamerican Society of Cerebrovascular Disease
5. Member, Association of Organ Procurement for Transplantation (APProAT)
6. Member, College of Physicians and Surgeons Ontario (CPSO)
7. Member, Canadian Medical Protective Association (CMPA)
8. Member, Canadian Stroke Network (CSN)
9. Member, Canadian Stroke Consortium (CSC)
10. Member, Ontario Medical Association (OMA)
11. Member, International Stroke Society (ISS)
12. Reviewer of several journals, including JAMA, Neurology, Stroke, Lancet, CMAJ, Arch Int Med., etc.

Educational Activities

I have appointments in the Department of Medicine and the Department of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation at the University of Toronto. I supervise one postgraduate student and am interested in accepting additional students who are interested in any of the five main areas of our research program (stroke epidemiology, health services research, health policy, pharmacoeconomics and new therapies in cerebrovascular disease).

Contact

Phone: 416-864-5155
Fax: 416-864-5150
E-mail: SaposnikG@smh.ca