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Profile
| Academic position | Full Professor |
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| Research fields | Clinical Neurology; Neurosurgery and Neuroradiology,Experimental Models for the Understanding of Nervous System Diseases |
| Keywords | spinal cord injury, neuroprotection, neuroregeneration, degenerative cervical myelopathy, spine surgery |
| Honours and awards | 2025: King Charles III Coronation Medal 2022: Campeau Tator Chair in Brain and Spinal Cord Research 2019: Ryman Foundation International Award for Translational Neuroscience Impact 2019: Wilhelm Magnus Medal in Neurosurgery 2014: Fellow Canadian Academy Health Sciences 2014: Fellow Royal Society (Canada) 2013: Jonas Salk Award for International Impact 2013: Leon Wiltse Award (North American Spine Society) 2013: Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal 2012: Reeve-Irvine Medal in Spinal Cord Injury 2009: Herbert Olivecrona Award |
Current contact address
| Country | Canada |
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| City | Toronto |
| Institution | The Toronto Western Hospital |
| Institute | Spinal Program |
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Programme(s)
| 2026 | Humboldt Research Award Programme (Global Minds Initiative Germany) |
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Nominator's project description
| Professor Fehlings is a world-renowned neurosurgeon and scientist at the University of Toronto. His work has had a significant impact on translational neuroscience, especially related to traumatic and nontraumatic spinal cord injury. In Germany, Professor Fehlings will deepen collaborations with the neuroscience and neurosurgical teams at Charité University Berlin to accelerate translational innovation, knowledge transfer and improved patient outcomes. |