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Michael Cusimano

MD, FRCSC, DABNS, FACS, PhD, MHPE

Scientist

Email: injuryprevention@smh.ca
Tel: 416-864-5312

Research Programs

Biography

Clinical research in neurosurgery (e.g. cognition and memory, cerebellum, pituitary, and brain tumours, aneurysms, normal pressure hydrocephalus, quality of life, coma etc), cognitive neurosurgery, injury prevention, traumatic brain injury, medical education.

Please note: Dr. Cusimano is always open to taking excellent students at all levels up to and including post-doctoral fellows and visiting scholars.

Recent Publications

  1. Lau, D, Esbati, T, Cusimano, MD. [Not Available]. CMAJ. 2024;196 (40):E1359-E1361. doi: 10.1503/cmaj.240583-f. PubMed PMID:39586600 PubMed Central PMC11588401.
  2. Di Ieva, A, Suero Molina, E, Somerville, MA, Beheshti, A, Staartjes, VE, Serra, C et al.. Declaration of Computational Neurosurgery. Adv Exp Med Biol. 2024;1462 :11-20. doi: 10.1007/978-3-031-64892-2_2. PubMed PMID:39523257 .
  3. Kim, I, Yan, M, Sourour, M, Heaton, R, Faulkner, C, Kalyvas, A et al.. Pituitary neuroendocrine tumors treated with stereotactic radiosurgery. J Neurooncol. 2025;171 (2):423-430. doi: 10.1007/s11060-024-04864-3. PubMed PMID:39466561 PubMed Central PMC11695520.
  4. Lau, D, Esbati, T, Cusimano, MD. Measures to prevent golf cart-related injuries are urgently needed. CMAJ. 2024;196 (33):E1151-E1152. doi: 10.1503/cmaj.240583. PubMed PMID:39374963 PubMed Central PMC11464030.
  5. Skulsampaopol, J, Ming, Y, Cusimano, MD. Educating residents in spine surgery: A study of Entrustable professional activities in neurosurgery and orthopedic surgery. PLoS One. 2024;19 (10):e0311444. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0311444. PubMed PMID:39365796 PubMed Central PMC11451968.
  6. Solana-Lavalle, G, Cusimano, MD, Steeves, T, Rosas-Romero, R, Tyrrell, PN. Causal Forest Machine Learning Analysis of Parkinson's Disease in Resting-State Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging. Tomography. 2024;10 (6):894-911. doi: 10.3390/tomography10060068. PubMed PMID:38921945 PubMed Central PMC11209036.
  7. Jonas, K, Fazari, M, Cusimano, MD, Ahn, M. Quality of Life Factors and Measurement in Adult Meningioma Patients: A Systematic Review. Can J Neurol Sci. 2024; :1-20. doi: 10.1017/cjn.2024.273. PubMed PMID:38826074 .
  8. Hibi, A, Cusimano, MD, Bilbily, A, Krishnan, RG, Tyrrell, PN. Impact of Automated Prognostication on Traumatic Brain Injury Care: A Focus Group Study. Can J Neurol Sci. 2024; :1-9. doi: 10.1017/cjn.2024.24. PubMed PMID:38438281 .
  9. Hibi, A, Cusimano, MD, Bilbily, A, Krishnan, RG, Tyrrell, PN. Development of a Multimodal Machine Learning-Based Prognostication Model for Traumatic Brain Injury Using Clinical Data and Computed Tomography Scans: A CENTER-TBI and CINTER-TBI Study. J Neurotrauma. 2024;41 (11-12):1323-1336. doi: 10.1089/neu.2023.0446. PubMed PMID:38279813 .
  10. Anthes, VB, Schwartz, M, Cusimano, M, Radovanovic, I, Kulkarni, AV, Laperriere, N et al.. Effect of Cobalt-60 Treatment Dose Rate on Arteriovenous Malformation Obliteration After Stereotactic Radiosurgery With Gamma Knife. Neurosurgery. 2024;94 (3):575-583. doi: 10.1227/neu.0000000000002701. PubMed PMID:37796152 .
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Affiliations & Other Activities

  • Professor, Surgery, Education and Public Health, University of Toronto