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Welcome to the Ottawa Stroke Program

We are a team of stroke neurologists, interventionalists, trainees, and allied health professionals conducting research into the diagnosis, management, and treatment of stroke.

Meet the Team
Research team
Unlocking the power of the brain

Our research focus

Throughout the last decade, our team has focused on research concerning:

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Intracerebral Hemorrhage
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Acute Treatments
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Research Ethics
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We Are Affiliated With

The Ottawa Hospital
Champlain
interventional neuroradiology
The Ottawa hospital

Our Research Is Supported By

Ottawa department of medicine
Canadian
CIRH IRSC
Ottawa
Heart&Stroke
CSC CNC
J.P. Bickell Foundation
Ontario

Our Team

Dr. Grant Stotts Division Head
Dr. Michel Shamy Fellowship Director
Dr. Dar Dowlatshahi VP Research, Dept. Of Medicine
Dr. Dylan Blacquiere Regional Director
Dr. Robert Fahed Stroke Neurologist & Interventionalist

Latest Publications

2026 April 19

Tenecteplase: expanding horizons in thrombolytic therapy across various clinical indications

2026 March 12

Random vs Randomized Care: Implications for Consent to Research Participation

2026 March 6

The Acute Stroke as Disease Concept, 1960-2015: A Historical Analysis

2026 February 28

Glycoprotein IIb/IIIa Agents in Acute Ischemic Stroke: A Niche in the Making?

2026 January 30

Prevalence of Right-to-Left Shunting on Echocardiography in Patients with Cancer and Stroke

2025 December 31

There is no such thing as a primary intracerebral hemorrhage: Search for the cause

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