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George Ibrahim
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Latest papers
The prevalence of vagus nerve stimulator-induced sleep disordered breathing in children with refractory Epilepsy: A retrospective cohort study.
Sleep medicine · 2025
Evaluating the Current State of Epilepsy Care in the Province of Ontario
Canadian Journal of Neurological Sciences · 2025
Deep Brain Stimulation of the Globus Pallidus Internus in a Child with Refractory Dystonia due to L2-Hydroxyglutaric Aciduria.
Stereotactic and functional neurosurgery · 2024
Latest funding
- $696,150
Modulation of sleep in children with epilepsy
CIHR · 2026 · Nominated PI
- $898,875
Randomized Trial of Deep Brain Stimulation of the Nucleus Accumbens for Severe Self-Injurious Behaviours in Children
CIHR · 2025 · Nominated PI
- $868,275
Development of TRi-Arm hybrid Concentric Tube Robot (TRACTR) for epilepsy surgery
CIHR · 2025 · Co-investigator
8 publications.
The prevalence of vagus nerve stimulator-induced sleep disordered breathing in children with refractory Epilepsy: A retrospective cohort study.
Verma R, Fishman H, Jain P, McRae L, Flynn K, Yau I, Go C, Narang I, Chiang J, Bola S, Rutka J, Ibrahim G, Amin R
Evaluating the Current State of Epilepsy Care in the Province of Ontario
Van Winssen C, Andrade AV, Andrade DM, Burneo JG, de Ribaupierre S, Donner E, Hassan A, Ibrahim G, Jones KC, Lomax LB
Deep Brain Stimulation of the Globus Pallidus Internus in a Child with Refractory Dystonia due to L2-Hydroxyglutaric Aciduria.
Alamri A, Breitbart S, Warsi N, Rayco E, Ibrahim G, Fasano A, Gorodetsky C
Mild traumatic brain injury is associated with dysregulated neural network functioning in children and adolescents.
Safar K, Zhang J, Emami Z, Gharehgazlou A, Ibrahim G, Dunkley BT
Systematic review of spinal deformities following multi-level selective dorsal rhizotomy.
Wheelwright M, Selvey PJ, Steinbok P, Singhal A, Ibrahim G, Fallah A, Weil AG, Halvorson K, Tu A
Survival of infants ≤24 months of age with brain tumors: A population-based study using the SEER database.
Faltermeier C, Chai T, Syed S, Lau N, Elkaim L, Ibrahim G, Wang A, Weil A, Bendel A, Fallah A, Tu A
High voltage 14 Hz hippocampal discharges on stereotactic EEG underlying 14&6 Hz positive bursts on scalp EEG.
Jain P, Shafi S, Ochi A, Donner E, Sharma R, Ibrahim G, Drake J, Otsubo H
Microsurgery for ARUBA Trial (A Randomized Trial of Unruptured Brain Arteriovenous Malformation)-Eligible Unruptured Brain Arteriovenous Malformations.
Wong J, Slomovic A, Ibrahim G, Radovanovic I, Tymianski M
Modulation of sleep in children with epilepsy
Principal investigators: Ibrahim, George
Keywords: Epilepsy; Memory; Neural Oscillations; Neuromodulation; Non-Invasive Stimulation; Sleep; Slow Wave Sleep
Randomized Trial of Deep Brain Stimulation of the Nucleus Accumbens for Severe Self-Injurious Behaviours in Children
Principal investigators: Ibrahim, George
Keywords: Brain Circuits; Deep Brain Stimulation; Neuromodulation; Nucleus Accumbens; Pediatrics; Self Injurious Behaviour
Development of TRi-Arm hybrid Concentric Tube Robot (TRACTR) for epilepsy surgery
Principal investigators: Podolsky, Dale J
Keywords: Concentric Tube Robots; Drug-Resistant Epilepsy; Epilepsy; Epilepsy Surgery; Machine Learning; Minimally Invasive Surgery; Robot Control; Surgical Robotics
From Instinct to Insight: Understanding and Treating Disorders of Impulsivity with Adaptive Intracranial Neuromodulation
Principal investigators: Mithani, Karim
Keywords: Addictions; Brain-Computer Interface; Digital Signal Processing; Electroencephalography; Epilepsy; Impulsivity; Magnetic Resonance Imaging; Mood Disorders; Neuromodulation; Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder
Brain circuits underlying attention problems after adolescent concussion
Principal investigators: Scratch, Shannon E; Dunkley, Benjamin T; Wheeler, Anne L
Keywords: Adolescence; Cognition; Concussion; Magnetic Resonance Imaging; Magnetoencephalography; Mild Traumatic Brain Injury; Neuroimaging; Neuropsychology; Pediatrics
Machine Learning Driven Prediction of Response to Vagus Nerve Stimulation
Principal investigators: Suresh, Hrishikesh
Keywords: Artificial Intelligence; Childhood Epilepsy; Machine Learning; Medically Refractory; Personalized Therapy; Vagus Nerve Stilmulation
Modulating attentional circuitry in the anterior cingulate cortex using adaptive intracranial stimulation
Principal investigators: Ibrahim, George
Keywords: Anterior Cingulate Cortex; Attention; Intracranial Stimulation; Oscillations
Investigation of the mechanisms of Deep Brain Stimulation for the treatment of Epilepsy in the PTZ-kindled mouse model.
Principal investigators: Venetucci Gouveia, Flavia
Keywords: Anxiety And Depression; Central-Medial Nucleus Of The Thalamus; Deep Brain Stimulation; Epilepsy Model; Gaba; Immunocytochemistry; Magnetic Resonance Imaging; Memory And Cognition; Microdialysis; Neuroinflammation
Pilot trial of deep brain stimulation for refractory self-injurious behaviour in children with autism spectrum disorder
Principal investigators: Yan, Han
Keywords: Autism; Clinical Trial; Deep Brain Stimulation; Pediatric; Qualitative Analysis; Self-Injurious Behavior
Developing an Adaptive Intracranial Neurostimulation Procedure to Rescue Attention Deficits in Children with Epilepsy.
Principal investigators: Warsi, Nebras M
Keywords: Attention Deficit Disorder; Attention Deficits; Brian Computer Interface; Childhood Epilepsy; Intracranial Stimulation; Neuronal Oscillation; Neuropsychology; Set-Shifting; Signal Processing
From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.
Frequent collaborators
- Department of Surgery
- Pediatrics
- Translational Medicine
- Surgery
- Medicine
- Electrical and Computer Engineering
- Other
Co-authors at University of Toronto, colored by department. Thicker lines mean more shared papers; select anyone to open their profile and their own map.
James Rutka
Department of Surgery
2 shared papers, latest 2025
Reshma Amin
Faculty
1 shared papers, latest 2025
Alfonso Fasano
Faculty
1 shared papers, latest 2024
Indra Narang
Translational Medicine
1 shared papers, latest 2025
Sharon Whiting
Faculty
1 shared papers, latest 2025
Albert Tu
Faculty
1 shared papers, latest 2020
Kevin Charles Jones
Pediatrics
1 shared papers, latest 2025
Michelle Shapiro
Medicine
1 shared papers, latest 2025
James Drake
Surgery
1 shared papers, latest 2018
Sandrine De Ribaupierre
Faculty
1 shared papers, latest 2025
Taufik Valiante
Electrical and Computer Engineering
1 shared papers, latest 2025
Ivan Radovanovic
Faculty
1 shared papers, latest 2017
Robyn Whitney
Pediatrics
1 shared papers, latest 2025
Michael Tymianski
Faculty
1 shared papers, latest 2017
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