About Neurology

The Division of Neurology has grown significantly over the past several years. The team cares for patients with a wide variety of neurological disorders including epilepsy, neurovascular conditions, movement disorders, headaches and developmental delays.

As the number of neurologists in the division has grown, the division has been able to offer expanded services. Children with cerebral palsy are now seen in a specialized multidisciplinary clinic that assesses and manages spasticity, including offering botox injections. An epilepsy monitoring unit has also been established, offering the ability to undertake prolonged video-EEG monitoring in children with epileptic seizures.

The neurologists offer a First Seizure Clinic and also participate in the running of one of Canada's largest ketogenic diet clinics. This clinic has been very successful in helping epileptic children who don't respond to traditional pharmacological treatments.

In the future, the Division of Neurology will continue to collaborate with other professionals in other disciplines, including developmental pediatrics and child psychiatry. There is often an overlap between these patient populations, so further collaboration will benefit these children and families by providing streamlined referrals, shorter waiting times and in the end, better patient care.

The members in the Division of Neurology pursue a range of research interests, including health-related quality of life for children with epilepsy, holistic treatment for children with cerebral palsy, multiple sclerosis, benign neonatal convulsion, and the evolution of epilepsy after the first seizure.

Each of the neurologists in the division play an active role in teaching future generations of physicians. They participate at undergraduate, graduate and postgraduate levels of medical education. The Division offers a Pediatric Neurology Residency Training Program and Pediatric Neurology Fellowship Training Program.

Division Members

Dr. Brandon Meaney
Division Head
Associate Professor, Neurology

Dr. David Callen
Program Director, Pediatric Neurology Residency & Fellowship Training Program
Assistant Professor, Neurology

Dr. Ronit Mesterman
Associate Professor, Neurology

Dr. Gabriel Ronen
Professor, Neurology

Dr. Rajesh RamachandranNair
Associate Professor,
Neurology and Epileptology

What's New?

The grant proposal on "Sudden unexplained death in epilepsy patients - SUDEP" submitted by Dr. RamachandranNair and his team to the Hamilton Academic Health Sciences Organization AFP Innovation Fund Grant Competition 2010/11 was ranked first of all received proposals.

The Division of Pediatric Neurology is pleased to welcome Kaitlyn Turnbull to the five-year training program.

Congratulations to Dave Callen who was chosen by the graduating medical class of 2011 for a Clerkship Teaching Award. He will receive his award at the Oath Ceremony on May 20.

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