Speaker: Dr. George Ibrahim

Moderator: Dr. Alfonso Fasano

Dr. George Ibrahim is a pediatric neurosurgeon and the Abe Bresver Chair in FunctionalNeurosurgery at the Hospital for Sick Children. He is an Associate Professor at the Institute of Biomaterials and Biomedical Engineering, the Institute of Medical Sciences and the Department of Surgery at the University of Toronto. He is also a Scientist in the Neurosciences and Mental Health program as the SickKids Research Institute.His clinical and research interests include the surgical treatment of medically intractable epilepsy, spasticity and functional disorders in children. He plays a leading role comprehensive epilepsy, dorsal rhizotomy and deep brain stimulation programs at SickKids. His research lab is dedicated to the study of neural networks in children with epilepsy and functional disorders through a combination of connectomic, computational neuroscience and machine learning approaches. His work has been published in over 200 peer-reviewed journals and is funded by several organizations, including the Canadian Institutes of Health Research. Dr. Ibrahim received several awards and recognitions including being named as one of Canada's Top 40 under 40 in 2019.