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Gustavo Saposnik

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Gustavo Saposnik

Professor

Department of Medicine

Temerty Faculty of Medicine

University of Toronto

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

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82 publications in the last five years, latest in 2026.
Senior (last) author on 9 recent papers, a sign of leading a research group.
Principal investigator on 1 research grant (1 CIHR), most recently in 2011.

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273

Publications

2,966

Citations

h-index

163

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Grants

Publications by year

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Research

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Latest papers

Applying Neuroeconomic Principles to Stroke Care: Bridging Evidence to Practice.
Stroke · 2026 · first author
Behavioral barriers in the management of spinal muscular atrophy: The role of procrastination, regret, and burnout.
PloS one · 2026 · senior author
Beyond the Clinic: How Stroke Survivors Navigate Secondary Prevention Through Situated Agency.
Health services insights · 2026

All 273 publications

Latest funding

DOC-Utility: Simple screening of Depression, Obstructive sleep apnea and Cognitive impairment to Identify Stroke Clinic Patients at Risk of Adverse Outcomes.
CIHR · 2014 · Co-investigator
$725,535
Efficacy of Virtual Reality Exercises using Wii Gaming Technology in STroke rehabilitation: a Multicentre randomized clinical trial (EVREST MULTICENTRE)
CIHR · 2011 · Nominated PI
$300,000
Building Heart Healthy Communities by Reducing Geographical and Ethnic Disparities in Cardiovascular Health
CIHR · 2010 · Co-investigator
$15,000

All 3 grants and awards

From the 150 most recent of 273 publications.

Applying Neuroeconomic Principles to Stroke Care: Bridging Evidence to Practice.

Saposnik G, Nilanont Y, Johnston SC

Stroke2026First author

DOI: 10.1161/strokeaha.125.050752 PMID: 41111419

Behavioral barriers in the management of spinal muscular atrophy: The role of procrastination, regret, and burnout.

Maurino J, Carrera-García L, Castro-Fernández P, Málaga I, Nascimento A, Saposnik G

PloS one2026Senior author

DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0350643 PMID: 42228719

Beyond the Clinic: How Stroke Survivors Navigate Secondary Prevention Through Situated Agency.

Lee C, Hwu H, Khan S, Frankel L, Noor R, Yu AYX, Marwaha S, Saposnik G, Kapral MK, Vyas MV

Health services insights2026

DOI: 10.1177/11786329261477856 PMID: 42591941

Implementation of stroke prevention: a review of challenges and opportunities in the Americas.

Martins SO, Ordunez P, Borelli WV, Ovbiagele B, Urrutia VC, Abanto C, Alet MJ, Almarie B, Alvarez TF, Amaya P, Ameriso S, Arauz A, Barboza MA, Bayona H, Calleja J, Cano-Nigenda V, Carbonera LA, Carrillo-Larco RM, Constanzo F, Corredor A, de Souza AC, Diestro JD, Fregni F, Guerrero R, Jimenez C, Lanas F, Martinez R, Moro C, Muñoz-Venturelli P, Navia V, Novarro-Escudero N, Olavarría VV, Bernabé-Ortiz A, Pontes-Neto O, Pujol V, Rabinstein AA, Rosales J, Rosende A, Silva GS, Saposnik G, Sen S, Sposato L, Testai FD, Anderson CS, Lavados PM

Lancet regional health. Americas2026

DOI: 10.1016/j.lana.2026.101468 PMID: 42326556

Patient-physician familiarity is just as important for virtual outpatient encounters as for in-person encounters: a retrospective cohort study.

McAlister FA, Chu LM, Bakal JA, Austin PC, Cox JL, Verma A, Ganesh A, Hill MD, Vyas M, Yu AYX, Saposnik G, Abdel-Qadir H, Chu A, Singnurkar A, Kapral MK, Lee DS, Khan N

Scientific reports2026

DOI: 10.1038/s41598-026-57448-8 PMID: 42350502

Epidemiology and risk factors of stroke in the Americas: a comprehensive narrative literature review.

Silva GS, Diestro JD, Tarzi C, Kishibe T, Bernabé-Ortiz A, Carrillo-Larco RM, Ovbiagele B, Saposnik G, Abanto C, Alet M, Almarie B, Alvarez TF, Amaya P, Ameriso S, Arauz A, Barboza MA, Bayona H, Calleja J, Cano-Nigenda V, Carbonera LA, Corredor A, de Souza AC, Fregni F, Guerrero R, Jimenez C, Lanas F, Martinez R, Martins S, Muñoz-Venturelli P, Navia V, Novarro-Escudero N, Olavarría VV, Pontes-Neto O, Ordunez P, Pujol V, Rabinstein AA, Rosales J, Rosende A, Sen S, Sposato L, Testai FD, Urrutia V, Anderson CS, Lavados PM

Lancet regional health. Americas2026

DOI: 10.1016/j.lana.2026.101466 PMID: 42326555

Large language models as clinical decision-support tools in multiple sclerosis and neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorders: A comparative study of ChatGPT-4o and neurologists.

Saposnik G, Solanes A, Monreal E, Sepúlveda M, Hernández MÁ, Cuello JP, Álvarez-Bravo G, Agüera-Morales E, Riancho J, Pérez-Sempere Á, Maurino J, Gómez-Ballesteros R

Multiple sclerosis journal - experimental, translational and clinical2026First author

DOI: 10.1177/20552173261438268 PMID: 41993106

Physician Approaches to Determining Goals of Stroke Care for Patients Living With Disability or Dementia: Results from the SEED Mixed-Methods Study.

Drozdowska BA, Betzner W, Cristall N, Ramkumar R, Sage K, Rouchaud A, Taschner CA, Saposnik G, Demchuk AM, Lashewicz BM, Smith EE, Ganesh A

Stroke2026

DOI: 10.1161/strokeaha.125.053567 PMID: 42339544

VEGF as a predictor of major adverse events in patients with peripheral arterial disease - an exploratory study.

Khan H, Frljuckic S, Zamzam A, Ashour R, Saposnik G, Mamdani M, Qadura M

Journal of thrombosis and thrombolysis2026

DOI: 10.1007/s11239-025-03221-z PMID: 41466167

Increased risk of suicide after stroke: A population-based matched cohort study.

Vyas MV, de Oliveira C, Saposnik G, Austin PC, Yu AY, Haldenby O, Fang J, Fischer CE, Lipson D, Quraishi F, Kapral MK, Bhat V

International journal of stroke : official journal of the International Stroke Society2026

DOI: 10.1177/17474930251379165 PMID: 40913243

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Gustavo Saposnik

Research

Latest papers

Latest funding

Applying Neuroeconomic Principles to Stroke Care: Bridging Evidence to Practice.

Behavioral barriers in the management of spinal muscular atrophy: The role of procrastination, regret, and burnout.

Beyond the Clinic: How Stroke Survivors Navigate Secondary Prevention Through Situated Agency.

Implementation of stroke prevention: a review of challenges and opportunities in the Americas.

Patient-physician familiarity is just as important for virtual outpatient encounters as for in-person encounters: a retrospective cohort study.

Epidemiology and risk factors of stroke in the Americas: a comprehensive narrative literature review.

Large language models as clinical decision-support tools in multiple sclerosis and neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorders: A comparative study of ChatGPT-4o and neurologists.

Physician Approaches to Determining Goals of Stroke Care for Patients Living With Disability or Dementia: Results from the SEED Mixed-Methods Study.

VEGF as a predictor of major adverse events in patients with peripheral arterial disease - an exploratory study.

Increased risk of suicide after stroke: A population-based matched cohort study.

DOC-Utility: Simple screening of Depression, Obstructive sleep apnea and Cognitive impairment to Identify Stroke Clinic Patients at Risk of Adverse Outcomes.

Efficacy of Virtual Reality Exercises using Wii Gaming Technology in STroke rehabilitation: a Multicentre randomized clinical trial (EVREST MULTICENTRE)

Building Heart Healthy Communities by Reducing Geographical and Ethnic Disparities in Cardiovascular Health

Frequent collaborators

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