Deputy Editor, Practice Current

Aravind Ganesh, MD, DPhil

Dr. Ganesh is a neurology resident at the University of Calgary’s Department of Clinical Neurosciences, having graduated from the MD program in 2012. He was awarded a Rhodes Scholarship in 2014 to pursue a DPhil in Clinical Neurosciences under Professor Peter Rothwell at the University of Oxford’s Centre for Prevention of Stroke and Dementia. His thesis was on long-term stroke outcomes – including dementia, mortality, and healthcare costs – in the Oxford Vascular Study, and how they can be used to optimize the design/interpretation of stroke trials. With Professor Gordon Wilcock, he also co-led a collaboration with McGill University to study blood-based biomarkers in Alzheimer’s disease. While at Oxford, he earned an Associate Fellowship from the Higher Education Academy via his contributions as a Clinical Teaching Associate and Junior Dean at St John’s College, providing hospital-based teaching for medical students.

Since returning to Calgary, he has continued working on clinical research projects in dementia and stroke, guided by mentors like Dr. Eric Smith, Dr. Bijoy Menon, Dr. Michael Hill, Dr. Andrew Demchuk, and Dr. Mayank Goyal. He also has a passion for digital health innovation, particularly clinical decision support tools and home-monitoring for patients with neurological diseases. Upon completing his residency, he will pursue a fellowship in cognitive and vascular neurology in Calgary, and hopes to work as a clinician-scientist to improve therapies and outcomes for patients with stroke and vascular cognitive impairment or dementia.  

In addition to being a section editor for the “Practice Current” section of Neurology: Clinical Practice, Dr. Ganesh also serves as a deputy section editor for the “Disputes and Debates” section of Neurology, and serves on the editorial board of Stroke and on the e-Learning subcommittee of the American Academy of Neurology (AAN).