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Today we are in partnership with the Canadian Red Cross. In response to the Red Cross appeal for the Horn of Africa Drought, our neurosurgeons would like to donate 100% of the proceeds from 2 days of neurosurgical consults to help the families impacted by the drought. We see this as an opportunity not only to help our patients but those most vulnerable in the Horn of Africa.
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Featured Neurosurgeons:
Dr. Garnette Sutherland
Dr. Garnette Sutherland began his medical career in 1984 following an undergraduate education in Chemistry and a medical degree from the University of Manitoba. An interest in neurosurgery was sparked through a clinical clerkship at the Montreal Neurological Institute and the influences of Theodore Rasmussen and Dwight Parkinson. His residency in Neurosurgery was completed at the University of Western Ontario under the supervision of Skip Peerless and the legendary Charles Drake. Following residency, Dr. Sutherland’s first appointment was at the University of Manitoba, in both the Departments of Surgery and Pharmacology. In 1993, Sutherland was invited to become the head of the Division of Neurosurgery at the University of Calgary, a responsibility he fulfilled until 2003. He re-established his medical research laboratory, focusing on the study of central nervous system neoplasia, brain ischemia and stroke using MR spectroscopy. His evolving research interests, ranging from fundamental bench research to clinical integration, have attracted over $50M in external peer-reviewed funding to the University of Calgary. In collaboration with the National Research Council Institute for Biodiagnostics, Sutherland developed an intraoperative MRI (iMRI) system based on a moveable 1.5T magnet. The invention, a world first, formed the basis of a spin-off company, IMRIS. IMRIS has now successfully commercialized the technology, selling 35 systems and employing over 150 people, and is publicly-traded on the Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX:IM). In 2004, Dr. Sutherland received the Ernest C. Manning Award of Distinction for his work and the Canadian Healthcare Manager’s Who’s Who in Healthcare award for Medical Research in 2005. In 2007, the project received the Federal Partners in Technology Transfer Excellence in Technology Transfer Award. To take full advantage of the iMRI environment, Sutherland, in collaboration with Macdonald Dettwiler and Associates, developed NeuroArm, an image-guided MR-compatible robotic system for stereotaxy and microsurgery. The robot has earned Dr. Sutherland the 2007 Alberta Science and Technology Leadership Foundation award for Outstanding Leadership in Alberta Technology and the 2008 City of Calgary Signature Award. In his time away from work, Sutherland enjoys fishing and researching the newest sports cars.
In 2011, Dr. Sutherland was appointed the Order of Canada.
Dr. Stefan Wolfsberger
Dr. Stefan Wolfsberger received his degree from the Medical University of Vienna in Austria. Following his residency under the supervision of chairmen Prof. W.T. Koos and Prof. E. Knosp, he was appointed an Associate Professor of Neurosurgery in 2005. Dr Wolfsberger acquired clinical management skills during a postgraduate MBA in Health Care Management at the Medical University Vienna in 2006-9. Using this knowledge, he successfully implemented and certified his department with the ISO 9001 quality management system. His clinical focus is on surgical oncology, including glioma, pituitary adenoma and surgical approaches to the skull base. Stefan Wolfsberger is currently head of the neurosurgical oncology working group of the Department of Neurosurgery in Vienna. Scientifically, he focuses on advanced imaging techniques including neuroendoscopy, multimodal neuronavigation, 3D visualization techniques, surgical simulation and fluorescence-guidance. He coordinates annual international workshops on diffusion tensor based imaging and pituitary endoscopy in Vienna, Montevideo and Mexico City. At present, he is a consultant for Medtronic® navigation systems and a member of the company’s technological advisory board. Since 2008, Stefan Wolfsberger has been developing a Simulator of Transsphenoidal Endoscopic Pituitary Surgery (STEPS) and is an international partner in the Canada National Research Council’s project for the development of a neurosurgical simulator (NeuroTouch®). He is currently on a clinical fellowship at the Department of Clinical Neurosciences, Division of Neurosurgery, University of Calgary with Dr. Garnette Sutherland.