Dr. Michael Fehlings
MD PhD FRCSC FACS FRSC FCAHS
Professor, Department of Surgery, University of Toronto
Vice-Chairman (Research), Department of Surgery, University of Toronto
Co-Director, University of Toronto Spine Program
Gerald and Tootsie Halbert Chair in Neural Repair and Regeneration
Bio
Dr. Fehlings completed his medical degree at the University of Toronto (UofT) followed by his core training in general surgery at Queen’s University. He then returned to UofT to undertake his neurosurgical residency training. During this time, Dr. Fehlings also completed his PhD training focused on examining the post-injury mechanisms of spinal cord injury (SCI). He completed his neurosurgical training in 1990 and was awarded a fellowship of the Royal College of Surgeons of Canada. He then completed a post-doctoral research fellowship at New York University Medical Center followed by a clinical fellowship in the Department of Orthopaedics and Neurosurgery. Dr. Fehlings returned to Toronto as Canada's first fellowship-trained neurosurgeon and established the first integrated neurosurgery and orthopaedic spine program in North America. Today, Dr. Fehlings is a Professor of Neurosurgery and Vice-Chair Research for the Department of Surgery at UofT, as well as a Neurosurgeon at Toronto Western Hospital. He combines an active clinical practice in complex spinal surgery with a translationally oriented research program focused on discovering novel treatments to improve functional outcomes following SCI and other spinal cord disorders.
Specialty
Spine
Diseases Treated
Spine and Spinal Cord Tumours
Spine Microsurgery
Degenerative Cervical, Thoracic and Lumbar Spine Pathology
Complex Cervical Disorder
Spine Trauma
Clinics
Spinal Cord Clinic
Languages
English
Contact Information
Phone: 416 603 5627
Fax: 416 603 5298
Assistant Name: Joanne Jones
Assistant Contact: joanne.jones@uhn.ca
Education and Training
MD, University of Toronto, 1983
PhD (Neuroscience), University of Toronto, 1989
FRCSC (Neurosurgery), University of Toronto, 1990
PDF (Spinal Cord Injury), NYU Medical Center, 1992
Academic Affiliations
Professor, Department of Surgery, University of Toronto
Co-Director, Spine Program, University of Toronto
Vice Chair Research, Department of Surgery, University of Toronto
Research Affiliations
Senior Scientist, Krembil Research Institute
UHN Research Profile
http://www.uhnres.utoronto.ca/researchers/profile.php?lookup=1781
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