Houman Khosravani

Dr. Khosravani is appointed as a clinician in quality & innovation and assistant professor of medicine, in the division of neurology, department of medicine, University of Toronto. His interests are quality improvement at different levels of care relevant to hyper-acute stroke management and inpatient stroke services. At the level of hyperacute stroke care, his focus is on improvement of door-to-needle times for thrombolysis. He is also working on understanding and improving factors that are relevant to a successful thrombectomy program in a comprehensive stroke center. He is medical director of the inpatient stroke unit, and interested in development of stroke pathways, the overlap between internal medicine and inpatient stroke neurology, and development of a framework for excellence in comprehensive neurovascular care. Dr. Khosravani is an active member of Thrombosis Canada and interested in the implementation of stroke-best practices in the area of antithrombotics and anticoagulation. Dr. Khosravani also has a strong interest in utilizing computation and computer science to facilitate delivery of safe and high quality acute stroke care.

Education

• BSc(Hon) 2000 – astronomy/physics & biology, York University
• MSc 2002 – physiology, University of Toronto
• MD and PhD – 2010
• MD, University of Calgary
• PhD, neuroscience, University of Calgary
• Residency in neurology 2010-2012, 2012-2013 internal medicine
• FRCPC 2015 internal medicine
• Adult critical care, 2014-15 Western University
• Fellowship in critical care (neurocritical care) 2016-17, University of Toronto
• Fellowship in stroke 2017-2018, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre

Appointments and Affiliations

• 2016-2017 – clinical associate (critical care), Western University
• 2017-2018 – clinical associate (neurology), Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre
• 2019 – staff physician and medical director of the inpatient stroke unit, division of neurology, department of medicine, University of Toronto
• 2019 – staff physician, critical care medicine, Southlake Regional Medical Centre
• Medical advisory board, NORSE Institute
• Member, Thrombosis Canada