Jaime Cazes 

Dr. Jaime Cazes is a PGY-1 Neurology resident at the University of Toronto - Jaime has now completed residency and is a Stroke Fellow at UHN! When not fumbling with the reflex hammer, Jaime is heavily involved in music and audio production. He has played in several music groups including the U of T Rock Band "Orbital Groove", The Samara York Band, as well as releasing his own music projects. Jaime brings his technical skills in audio and music production to the editing and recording process of Stroke.FM. He has a special interest in medical and neuro-ethics and will be co-hosting several podcasts on such topics. 

Tess Fitzpatrick 

Dr. Tess Fitzpatrick completed her Neurology residency at the University of Ottawa in 2019 and is currently a clinical stroke fellow at Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre in Toronto. Dr. Fitzpatrick is now Staff Neurologist at CVH/MacKenzie Health. She is passionate about teaching medical students/residents and is especially interested in acute stroke therapy and cerebrovascular disorders in the young. Although stroke is her one true love in neurology, neuro-ophthalmology also holds a very special place in her heart. Outside of work Tess loves traveling the world, running, snuggling with her adorable puppy, and making elaborate feasts. She is thrilled to be a part of strokeFM!

Jane Liao 

Dr. Jane Liao completed medical school at the University of Toronto completed residency at Neurology resident at the University of Toronto; She was Chief resident; and now works at Scarborough Health Network as a Staff Neurologist. She has interests in quality improvement and is actively involved with numerous aspects of undergraduate medical education. Outside of Neurology, she enjoys baking, spending time with her goofy 75-lb husky mix Hobbes and rewatching The Office for the thousanth time. "(Brain), Bears, Beets, Battlestar Galatica." 

Ryan Muir

Dr. Ryan Muir completed neurology residency at the University of Toronto; he is now Stroke Staff at Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre.  Ryan has an avid interest in medical education and actively participates in teaching medical students and residents. Ryan has helped shape and improve trainee experiences through active contributions to educational leadership at the University of Toronto both at the undergraduate and postgraduate levels. Prior to starting medical school at the University of Toronto, he worked as an imaging analyst which provided him foundational skills that continue to fuel his research in neuroimaging, stroke and dementia. Ryan is an aspiring strokeologist, with an avid interest in imaging biomarkers of cerebrovascular disease. Outside of medicine Ryan is a hockey player and home-chef!   

Neha Patel

Dr. Neha Patel graduated from medical school at the University of Toronto, and completed her Neurology residency. She is passionate about patient advocacy, social justice, and medical education. Outside of medicine, she enjoys exploring Toronto restaurants, bungie jumping, physical fitness and binge reading Harry Potter books (or really any good book she can get her hands on).

Phavalan Rajendram

Dr. Phavalan Rajendram (Phav) completed medical school at the University of Limerick in Ireland, completed residency at the University of Toronto in Neurology, Stroke fellowship in the US and now is a Staff Neurologist at UHN, TWH. His academic interests in neurology include stroke, stroke, and stroke. He has a passion for stroke education and research in the secondary prevention of stroke. When he’s not pushing TPA with a door-to-needle time of 6 minutes (yes that really happened), he enjoys cooking and  exploring new countries (usually not at the same time).

Katherine Sawicka

Dr. Katherine Sawicka (a.k.a Curious Kat) completed medical school at the University of Saskatchewan. She is finishing residency and her Graduate Studies. Her academic interests in neurology include multiple sclerosis, neuroimmunology, and neuroinfectious disease. In addition she is a journal club nerd and will be starting a Masters in Clinical Epidemiology in July 2020. She hopes to be a future expert in clinical trial design. Her non-academic interests include tennis, hiking, improv, and collecting records. Her life moto is “no problem man, only solution”. 

Houman Khosravani

Dr. Houman Khosravani is a staff physician at Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre (Neurology) and Southlake Regional Health Centre (Critical Care Medicine).  Houman is a clinician in quality & innovation, and interested in quality improvement at different levels of stroke care. Special passion for teaching and education, and improvement in hyperacute care processes. Houman has a strong interest in utilizing computation and computer science to facilitate delivery of safe and high quality acute stroke care. When not taking care of patients, or working on initiatives, Houman enjoys playing guitar and is a former & founding member of Hellrazer (Calgary). Houman founded stroke.fm and is privileged and super excited to be working with such a great group of co-hosts!