First Annual Division of Neurology Resident Research Day

Keynote Speaker: Dr. Amy Yu,
Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, University of Toronto

Topic: What’s Your Elevator Pitch?

Resident Presentations: 

• Dr. Manal Al Rasbi
  Effect of Social Determinants of Health on Quality of Life of Patients with Myelin Oligodendrocyte Glycoprotein Antibody-Associated Disease (Dr. Dalia Rotstein)
• Dr. Jaime Cazes
  NeuroNexus: Stroke Simulations at Toronto Western Hospital for Neurology and Interprofessional Learners and Staff (Dr. Phavalan Rajendram)
• Dr. Robert De Santis
  Prognosis and Genetic Characterization of Adult Patients with Lennox-Gastaut Syndrome (Dr. Danielle Andrade)
• Dr. Justine Itorralba
  Biomarkers of Progressive Multiple Sclerosis (Dr. Raphael Schneider)
• Dr. Andrea Kuczynski
  Symptomatic Hemorrhage after Thrombolysis: Results from the AcT Trial (Dr. Rick Swartz)
• Dr. Victoria Reedman
  Medical Assistance in Dying for Patients with Functional Neurological Disorders: A Narrative Review (Dr. Sarah Lidstone)
• Dr. Catherine Sukhavitskaya
  Trends in Opioid Use in Patients Referred to Tertiary Headache Centre in Ontario, Canada before and during COVID-19 Pandemic (Dr. Christine Lay & Dr. Manav Vyas)
• Dr. Annie Zhu
  Creation of Patient-Centered Educational Videos for Glucocorticoid Treatment Counselling (Dr. Charles Kassardjian)

Generously supported by Partnership Program of the Division of Neurology, Alexion, Argenx, EMD Serono, Novartis, Paladin Pharma, Roche and UCB.