Karim Mithani

@UofTNeuroSurge Resident | @UofT MD/MEng Grad | Neurosurgery/Neuroimaging Research @SickKidsNews & @Sunnybrook

[Karim Mithani @KarimMithaniMD]

An incredible accomplishment by @newton_cho, who I’m proud to call a mentor and friend. Congrats! @UofTNeuroSurge

[Science Magazine @ScienceMagazine]

🎉 Congratulations to Newton Cho, the 2025 winner of the Science & PINS Prize for Neuromodulation for his work identifying a novel therapeutic target to improve walking after spinal cord injury.

Learn more: https://t.co/mcl6rGsa9y

[Elsevier News @ElsevierNews]

Pilot phase 1 trial in @SOBP 's Biological Psychiatry shows #deepbrainstimulation may reduce severe self-injurious behavior in children with #autismspectrumdisorder. https://t.co/pPgtPd18Fh

#psychiatricdisorders

@GMI_Canada
@CarolinaGorod
@KarimMithaniMD
@DrAlfonsoFasano

[Nir Lipsman @DrNirLipsman]

Very proud of this work and of star @UofTNeuroSurge resident @YingMeng12, with the first human evidence of #focused ultrasound for liquid biopsy in #brain tumours in @NeuroOnc @Sunnybrook @uoftmedicine @UofTSurgery @KullervoHynynen with @SahgalArjun @gliomadoc @chrisheyn

[University of Toronto Neurosurgery @UofTNeuroSurge]

It is our pleasure to announce @DrNirLipsman as our new incoming residency program director. Dr. Lipsman is a Toronto trained leader in functional neurosurgery and director of Sunnybrook’s Harquail Centre for Neuromodulation and the Focused Ultrasound Centre of Excellence.

[Journal of Neurosurgery @TheJNS]

#OnlineFirst: Technical and radiographic considerations for magnetic resonance imaging–guided focused ultrasound capsulotomy https://t.co/T9r4d7Dop2

[Ben Davidson @BenDavidson__]

Pleased to share our experience using focused ultrasound to perform capsulotomy for MDD & OCD. Hoping this paper will be helpful to other centres beginning to use this modality. @DrNirLipsman
https://t.co/FMdZkVaRfY

[George M Ibrahim @GMI_Canada]

#epilepsy #surgery with Canada’s finest residents (in the age of covid) @KarimMithaniMD @achusuresh2 @NWarsi

[Karim Mithani @KarimMithaniMD]

@eags36 Congrats Matt, well deserved!

[Nir Lipsman @DrNirLipsman]

Brilliant neurosurgeon Todd Mainprize found a new pathway to the brain /via @wencyleung @globeandmail https://t.co/JDuFAJzyb1

[Karim Mithani @KarimMithaniMD]

@justinzw @UofTNeuroSurge @YosefEllenbogen Thanks to all the @UofTNeuroSurge residents for hosting this and teaching us -- can't wait to get started!

[gelareh-zadeh @gelarehzadeh]

Team Science at its best! @UHN @pmcancercentre @UHN_Surgery @UofTSurgery - published in Nat Med today https://t.co/PyD8LxNU4t - excellent collaboration @decarvalho_lab my PhD student Dr F Nassiri, @ARChakravarthy & many great collaborators Dr Aldape @theNCI & @CraigHorbinski

[Karim Mithani @KarimMithaniMD]

"Michael didn't allow what he couldn't control to get inside his head... He would say 'Why would I think about missing a shot I haven't taken yet?'"

[Karim Mithani @KarimMithaniMD]

"His gift was not that he could jump high, run fast, shoot a basketball... His gift was that he was completely present. And that was the separator." - Mark Vancil on MJ in #TheLastDance

[Karim Mithani @KarimMithaniMD]

@mhodaie @UofTNeuroSurge 😆

[Karim Mithani @KarimMithaniMD]

Delighted to be staying in Toronto for my residency training in #neurosurgery. Thank you to my incredible family, friends, and mentors across the country for making it possible. Excited to continue this journey with you all! @UofTNeuroSurge #CaRMS2020

[Karim Mithani @KarimMithaniMD]

Inspiring to see @Sunnybrook and @WestonBrain lead the way in bringing groundbreaking focused ultrasound treatments to Canadians @uoftmedicine @FUSFoundation

[Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre @Sunnybrook]

Today we announce the Weston Family Focused Ultrasound Initiative at Sunnybrook which is set to revolutionize the treatment of brain disorders such as Alzheimer's disease, brain cancer and ALS.

Learn more at https://t.co/pnw45MUfqr

[Karim Mithani @KarimMithaniMD]

We used somatosensory evoked fields to predict response to vagus nerve stimulation. It's a novel use of overlapping neuronal circuitry between the median and vagus nerves to identify electrophysiological biomarkers for VNS.

Check it out: https://t.co/LkXwoeYjUJ

[Karim Mithani @KarimMithaniMD]

Such a privilege to work with cutting-edge technology, incredibly brave patients, and dedicated professionals at @Sunnybrook

[Demitre Serletis @epilepsydoc]

Wonderful story about emerging #psychosurgery applications using focused #ultrasound for refractory #OCD. Props to @DrNirLipsman and the rest of the team @Sunnybrook! #neurosurgery #brain #tech #braincircuits https://t.co/minZQxXBRa

[Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre @Sunnybrook]

Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre is caring for a patient who has a confirmed case of the novel coronavirus that originated in Wuhan, China.

The patient is in stable condition and has been admitted to an isolation room. More info: https://t.co/BDLgqfjAzw

[Karim Mithani @KarimMithaniMD]

State-of-the-art review and update on degenerative cervical myelopathy by @UofTNeuroSurge scientists, via @NatRevNeurol

Future directions: RCTs on optimal surgical approach, role of perioperative riluzole, and neuroimaging + serological biomarkers

https://t.co/cMdteTfuoJ