University of Toronto
Neurosurgeon Named
President of the
American Association of
Neurological Surgeons
James T. Rutka
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James T. Rutka, MD, PhD,
FRCS was named President of
the American Association of
Neurological Surgeons (AANS)
at the AANS Annual Meeting in Philadelphia, May 1-5, 2010.
He received his medical degree
from Queen's University Medical
School in 1981, followed by
residency in Neurosurgery at
the University of Toronto and research studies at the
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Brain Tumor Research Center at the University of
California at San Francisco, where he also received his
PhD in Experimental Pathology. He pursued clinical and
research fellowships in Nagoya and Tokyo Japan 1990.
His primary research and clinical interests relate to the
treatment of pediatric brain tumors, as well as the surgical
treatment of epilepsy in children. Jim Rutka was a
driving force behind the formation of the Labatt Brain
Tumor Research Centre, and B.r.a.i.n.child, a support
group for families whose children are undergoing treatments
for brain tumors.
He has been on the Neurosurgical Staff at the Hospital
for Sick Children in Toronto since 1990, Chairman of
the Division of Neurosurgery since 1999.
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