Mar 25, 2016

Dan Family Professor and Chair of Neurosurgery

Neurosurgery
Neurosurgery News

Dr. Andres Lozano has been re-appointed as the Dan Family Chair in Neurosurgery for a second 5-year term, effective September 1, 2015.

Dr. Lozano joined the neurosurgical staff at Toronto Western Hospital in 1991 and within eight years was appointed as a Full Professor in the Department of Surgery. In 2014, he became the first neurosurgeon to be appointed as a University Professor, the highest academic rank at the University of Toronto. He also holds the R.R. Tasker Chair in Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery at University Health Network and a Tier 1 Canada Research Chair in Neuroscience. 

He has achieved international renown for his groundbreaking research, particularly for his use of deep brain stimulation for the treatment of movement disorders and psychiatric disease, including Parkinson’s disease, essential tremor, depression and more recently Alzheimer’s disease. 
Dr. Lozano has received numerous awards for his work, including the Olivecrona Medal, the Winn Prize from the Society of Neurological Surgeons, and the Margolese National Brain Prize. He is the most highly cited neurosurgeon worldwide and one of 6 Canadians to be named to Thompson Reuters select list of highly cited researchers for 2015 in the category of Neuroscience and Behavior. He has been elected to the Royal Society of Canada, Canadian Academy of Health Sciences, Order of Merit of Spain, and most recently the European Academy of Sciences.