Fellows gain experience in anesthetic management of a wide spectrum of neurosurgical procedures consisting of neuro-oncological surgery (awake craniotomy, transsphenoidal pituitary surgery), cerebrovascular surgery (AVMs, aneurysms, intracranial bypass procedures), functional neurosurgery (epilepsy, deep brain stimulation), interventional neuroradiology (embolization, mechanical thrombectomy, vertebral augmentation), and major spine surgery, including deformity corrections. In addition, experience with intraoperative evoked potentials monitoring will be part of the clinical learning.
Call Duties
Fellows will participate in general emergency on-call duties at a frequency of approximately 4-5 calls per month.
Research
Research opportunities include clinical neuroanesthesia outcome studies, pain management after major spine surgery, effects of anesthesia on neuro-electrophysiology, functional neuroimaging, anesthesia for functional neurosurgery, and assessment of cerebrovascular reserve.
Education
Regular education sessions will be arranged within the department with staff and residents; these will be seminars and/or lectures with discussions led by anesthesia personnel and invited speakers such as neurosurgeons, neuroradiologists, and neurologists. Neuroanesthesia trouble rounds are held twice a month in the morning to discuss challenging cases and complications. In addition, there are monthly city-wide neuroanesthesia and neurocritical care rounds. Fellows are also encouraged to attend neuroscience rounds, neurosurgical morbidity and mortality rounds, and other neurosurgical and anesthesia meetings within the city.
(4 positions per year) (2 in January and 2 in July)
Applications
If you are interested in applying for the Neuroanesthesia Fellowship at Toronto Western Hospital for:
Applications for January and July 2025 have closed.
Applications for January 2026 have closed.
If you are interested in applying for February 2027 (closing February 1, 2026), please complete this online application form
If you are interested in applying for August 2027 (closing August 1, 2026), please complete this online application form
Direct Inquiries to:
Dr. Michael Dinsmore BSc, MD, PhD, FRCPC
Assistant Professor
Neuoanesthesia Fellowship Program Director
Toronto Western Hospital
University of Toronto
Email: michael.dinsmore@uhn.ca
