IHMC Advisory Board

Dr. Taufik Valiante,
MD, PhD, FRCS(C)

Taufik Valiante completed his residency in the Neurosurgery Training Program at the University of Toronto in 2002, and has just finished an epilepsy neurosurgery fellowship at the University of Washington, Seattle, under the mentorship of Dr George Ojemann. There, he learned Dr Ojemann’s technique of language mapping for patient’s undergoing epilepsy surgery. Taufik is the recipient of a CIHR Clinician-Scientist Award which will provide funds for his research in the field of electrophysiology. His neurosurgical staff appointment is at the Toronto Western Hospital where he will be building his practice in adult epilepsy surgery. He is currently Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery at the University of Toronto.