Dr. Mojgan Hodaie
Mojgan Hodaie is staff neurosurgeon at the Toronto Western Hospital with subspecialty training in stereotactic and functional neurosurgery and the surgical co-director of the Joey and Toby Tanenbaum Family Gamma Knife Centre at the Toronto Western Hospital. Dr. Hodaie holds the rank of Professor at the Department of Surgery, University of Toronto, and is a member of the largest functional neurosurgery team in Canada. She has expertise in all forms of neuromodulation including deep brain stimulation, spinal cord stimulation and baclofen pumps for the management of spasticity. Dr. Hodaie’s research focuses primarily on structural MRI imaging in functional neurosurgery, with a special focus in neuropathic pain. She has published key papers in the area focusing on methods of small fiber tractography and structural neuroanatomical changes in the CNS gray and white matter in facial neuropathic pain amongst other functional neurosurgical disorders.
Pubmed link: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?term=hodaie
Dr. Hodaie also has a strong interest in international neurosurgical education, and has spearheaded a number of projects in the field, addressing strategies to strengthen neurosurgical capacity in low and middle income countries. She is a member of the executive board of the Foundation for International Education in Neurological Surgery (FIENS) and the founder of the NEURONproject (Neurosurgical Education with Universal Reach Online -www.neuronproject.org).
The Hodaie Lab’s innovative approach to the study of pain has been recognized with multiyear peer reviewed funding including operating grants from CIHR and the Multiple Sclerosis Society. The Hodaie Lab has also been the recipient of student awards including the Institute of Medical Science Laidlaw prize finalist and honourable mention for David Chen, IMS best clinical poster 2013 for Danielle Desouza (co-supervised with Dr. Karen Davis). Additionally, Dr. Hodaie was granted the Bernard Langer Surgeon Scientist award by the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Toronto and the Division of Neurosurgery Alan Hudson Faculty teaching award for 2013.
Pubmed link: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?term=hodaie
Dr. Hodaie also has a strong interest in international neurosurgical education, and has spearheaded a number of projects in the field, addressing strategies to strengthen neurosurgical capacity in low and middle income countries. She is a member of the executive board of the Foundation for International Education in Neurological Surgery (FIENS) and the founder of the NEURONproject (Neurosurgical Education with Universal Reach Online -www.neuronproject.org).
The Hodaie Lab’s innovative approach to the study of pain has been recognized with multiyear peer reviewed funding including operating grants from CIHR and the Multiple Sclerosis Society. The Hodaie Lab has also been the recipient of student awards including the Institute of Medical Science Laidlaw prize finalist and honourable mention for David Chen, IMS best clinical poster 2013 for Danielle Desouza (co-supervised with Dr. Karen Davis). Additionally, Dr. Hodaie was granted the Bernard Langer Surgeon Scientist award by the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Toronto and the Division of Neurosurgery Alan Hudson Faculty teaching award for 2013.
