Antoine Hakim, University of Ottawa
Neurology
Professor
Ottawa, Ontario
ahakim@ottawahospital.on.ca
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Dr. Antoine Hakim was first an engineer and at the age of 29 began his medical training at The Albany Medical College in New York. In 1979 he completed his residency in Neurology at the Montreal Neurological Institute at which time his research career in stroke began.
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Bio/Research
Dr. Antoine Hakim was first an engineer and at the age of 29 began his medical training at The Albany Medical College in New York. In 1979 he completed his residency in Neurology at the Montreal Neurological Institute at which time his research career in stroke began.
Dr. Hakim's research interests have included the study of the biochemical, ionic, molecular and receptor events that determine selective cerebral vulnerability in stroke and other conditions, the determination of conditions for neuroprotection against ischemic damage, and investigation of post-stroke plasticity and means of enhancing it.
He has experience in the private, academic and hospital sectors, and has chaired and served as a member of many committees and boards of granting agencies, foundations, hospitals and professional associations. In addition to teaching, research, and administrative duties, he maintains clinical duties as a neurologist at The Ottawa Hospital.
He has received many honours during his career, including the Jonathan Ballon Award in 1985, Researcher of the Year in Ottawa Award in 1995, Award of Excellence by the Canadian Stroke Consortium in 2000, and the Ottawa Life Sciences Council Career Achievement Award in 2004. In 2005 the Canadian Stroke Network, a network of centres of excellence originally awarded to Dr Hakim in 2000, was renewed for another 7-year cycle with a 30% increase in budget. In 2007, he was honoured to receive the Thomas Willis Award, a Lifetime Achievement Award from the American Stroke Association and delivered the Thomas Willis Lecture at the International Stroke Conference in San Francisco. He was appointed Officer of the Order of Canada in 2007. Also that year he received the MEDEC Award for Medical Achievement from Canada's Medical Device Technology Companies. In 2008, he was the 2nd Prize Winner of the STROKE Journal’s Innovation Award for an article on brain small vessel disease entitled “Living Beyond Our Physiological Means”. Also in 2008 he received the Dr. J. David Grimes Research Career Achievement Award from the Ottawa Hospital Research Institute. He was honoured in 2009 to participate in the review of the UK Stroke Initiative and Chair the European Stroke Network’s external scientific committee. He is an advisor to the French strategy against Alzheimer’s disease. He is Chair of the Best Practice Guidelines Subcommittee of the World Stroke Organization and a member of that organization’s Board of Directors. In 2009, the Heart and Stroke Foundation of Ontario announced an annual research grant of $100,000 to be named the “Dr Tony Hakim Innovative Stroke Research Award” for an “out of the box” project proposal in the field of stroke recovery. Dr. Hakim was awarded the 2009 Thomas Willis Prize by the Spanish Society of Neurology in November 2009. In 2010, Dr. Hakim received the Partners In Research Biomedical Science Ambassador Award, Scientific Category. Finally, Dr. Hakim has been invited to give the “Hans-Chiari” lecture to the Austrian Society for Stroke Research in 2011.
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Dr. Hakim's research interests have included the study of the biochemical, ionic, molecular and receptor events that determine selective cerebral vulnerability in stroke and other conditions, the determination of conditions for neuroprotection against ischemic damage, and investigation of post-stroke plasticity and means of enhancing it.
He has experience in the private, academic and hospital sectors, and has chaired and served as a member of many committees and boards of granting agencies, foundations, hospitals and professional associations. In addition to teaching, research, and administrative duties, he maintains clinical duties as a neurologist at The Ottawa Hospital.
He has received many honours during his career, including the Jonathan Ballon Award in 1985, Researcher of the Year in Ottawa Award in 1995, Award of Excellence by the Canadian Stroke Consortium in 2000, and the Ottawa Life Sciences Council Career Achievement Award in 2004. In 2005 the Canadian Stroke Network, a network of centres of excellence originally awarded to Dr Hakim in 2000, was renewed for another 7-year cycle with a 30% increase in budget. In 2007, he was honoured to receive the Thomas Willis Award, a Lifetime Achievement Award from the American Stroke Association and delivered the Thomas Willis Lecture at the International Stroke Conference in San Francisco. He was appointed Officer of the Order of Canada in 2007. Also that year he received the MEDEC Award for Medical Achievement from Canada's Medical Device Technology Companies. In 2008, he was the 2nd Prize Winner of the STROKE Journal’s Innovation Award for an article on brain small vessel disease entitled “Living Beyond Our Physiological Means”. Also in 2008 he received the Dr. J. David Grimes Research Career Achievement Award from the Ottawa Hospital Research Institute. He was honoured in 2009 to participate in the review of the UK Stroke Initiative and Chair the European Stroke Network’s external scientific committee. He is an advisor to the French strategy against Alzheimer’s disease. He is Chair of the Best Practice Guidelines Subcommittee of the World Stroke Organization and a member of that organization’s Board of Directors. In 2009, the Heart and Stroke Foundation of Ontario announced an annual research grant of $100,000 to be named the “Dr Tony Hakim Innovative Stroke Research Award” for an “out of the box” project proposal in the field of stroke recovery. Dr. Hakim was awarded the 2009 Thomas Willis Prize by the Spanish Society of Neurology in November 2009. In 2010, Dr. Hakim received the Partners In Research Biomedical Science Ambassador Award, Scientific Category. Finally, Dr. Hakim has been invited to give the “Hans-Chiari” lecture to the Austrian Society for Stroke Research in 2011.
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