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BIOGRAPHY
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Sandra E. Black, MD, FRCP(C)
Professor of Medicine (Neurology) Head, Division of Neurology Sunnybrook & Women’s College Health Sciences Centre University of Toronto Faculty of Medicine Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
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Sandra E. Black, MD, FRCP(C) is Professor in the Division of Neurology, Department of Medicine at the University of Toronto Faculty of Medicine and Head of the Division of Neurology at Sunnybrook & Women's College Health Sciences Centre both in Toronto, Ontario. Dr Black is also a Senior Scientist at Sunnybrook & Women’s Health Science Centre and at the Rotman Research Institute, Baycrest Centre for Geriatric Care at the University of Toronto. Dr Black completed her medical degree and neurological training at the University of Toronto. She completed her internship in medicine at St. Michael’s Hospital in Toronto. She has also completed residencies in medicine and neurology at Sunnybrook & Women’s College Health Sciences Centre, as well as a residency in clinical neurophysiology at Toronto Western Hospital. Dr Black has also completed postdoctoral research at the University of Western Ontario in behavioural neurology and stroke, and previously pursued graduate work in the history and philosophy of science at Oxford University. Dr Black has more than 200 publications and has been actively engaged in treatment trials for stroke, Alzheimer’s disease, and vascular dementia. Her research has been published in such peer-reviewed journals as the Journal of Neurological Sciences, Stroke, Cognitive and Behavioural Neurology, Archives of Neurology, International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, and Neurology, amongst others. In 2001, she received the Mel Silverman Award for Outstanding Mentorship by the Institute of Medical Science, University of Toronto. Dr Black is a member of several professional organizations, including the American Academy of Neurology, American Stroke Association, American Neurological Association, International Neuropsychological Society, and the International Society for Vascular Behavioural and Cognitive Disorders. Dr Black’s research has focused on the cognitive sequelae of stroke and stroke recovery, the differential diagnosis of dementia, and the use of neuroimaging techniques to elucidate brain-behaviour relationships in stroke and dementia. She is currently conducting a prospective study on the utility of quantitative structural and functional imaging in diagnosis and monitoring of mild cognitive impairment, Alzheimer’s disease, and vascular and other dementias. She also conducts collaborative research on sensorimotor recovery after stroke using functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) and on praxis and attention in stroke and dementia. She is completing a clinical trial of the efficacy of amphetamine in facilitating sensorimotor stroke recovery using fMRI to monitor brain reorganization. |
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