Julio Furlan

Julio C. Furlan, MD, LLB, MBA, PhD, MSc, FRCPC, FAAN, FASIA, is a staff neurologist and a Clinician Investigator in the Division of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation and the SCI Rehabilitation Program at the Lyndhurst Centre, Toronto Rehabilitation Institute, University Health Network, Scientist at KITE Research Institute, Toronto Rehabilitation Institute, and an Associate Professor in the Department of Medicine, Division of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, University of Toronto. He is a trained head and neck surgeon from Brazil, who holds a MBA degree in Health Administration, an MSc degree in Clinical Epidemiology, and a PhD degree in Neuroanatomy. He completed residency training in Adult Neurology at University of Toronto in June 2014, and he completed a two-year clinical fellowship in Neurorehabilitation and Neural Repair at Toronto Rehabilitation Institute and the University of Toronto in June 2016. Dr Furlan's research has been focused on:

(1) Determinants of neurological recovery after spinal cord injury and disease (SCI/D) including modifiable (hyperglycemia,
blood alcohol level, secondary medical conditions such as sleep disorders and cardiovascular dysfunction) or non modifiable factors (age at the SCI/D onset, biological sex, and race/ethnicity);

(2) Identifying or refining methods to assess neurological impairment after SCI/D (clinical neurophysiology, and neuroimaging including conventional and functional MRI); and

(3) Indicators of the impact of SCI/D on healthcare services using economic and epidemiological perspectives.