Faculty profile

Nir Lipsman

Back to faculty

ProfessorDepartment of SurgeryUniversity of Toronto

Nir Lipsman

Professor

Department of Surgery

Temerty Faculty of Medicine

University of Toronto

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

ORCID

Supervision signals

Professors usually supervise graduate students in their department's programs.
100 publications in the last five years, latest in 2026.
Senior (last) author on 19 recent papers, a sign of leading a research group.
Principal investigator on 2 research grants (2 CIHR), most recently in 2026.
Supervisor on 5 trainee awards (5 CIHR), most recently in 2025.

These signals come from public records, including CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions. Ask the professor or the graduate program whether they are taking new students.

Academic metrics

223

Publications

Citations

Collaborators

Grants

Publications by year

Counts cover the publications linked to this profile. Citations and the h-index appear when the source records them.

Profiles and links

University Profile Search on Google Scholar iDORCID

Find them onX · LinkedIn · Bluesky · YouTube

Signals and details

Research

Read how they describe their research on their University of Toronto profile.

Focused Ultrasound Clinical Neuroscience Magnetic Resonance Imaging Major Depressive Disorder Mri-Guided Intervention Neuromodulation Non-Invasive Brain Stimulation Treatment-Resistant Depression

Latest papers

MRI-guided adaptive radiotherapy for high grade glioma (UNITED): a single-centre, single-arm, non-inferiority, phase 2 trial
The Lancet Oncology · 2026
Multi-target focused ultrasound neuromodulation of a subcallosal cingulate mediated depression network: A case study using personalized functional mapping.
Brain stimulation · 2026 · senior author
Dry-electrode EEG tracks alpha changes during accelerated intermittent theta burst stimulation in treatment-resistant depression.
Clinical neurophysiology : official journal of the International Federation of Clinical Neurophysiology · 2026

All 223 publications

Latest funding

Network-Guided Focused Ultrasound Neuromodulation for Treatment-Resistant Depression
CIHR · 2026 · Principal investigator
$550,800
A personalized approach to focused ultrasound-induced blood-brain barrier opening using 7T MRI in patients with high-grade gliomas
CIHR · 2026 · Co-investigator
$382,500
Parallel Radiofrequency Transmission for Safe 3 Tesla MRI of Patients with Deep Brain Stimulation Devices
CIHR · 2025 · Co-investigator
$918,000

All 21 grants and awards

From the 150 most recent of 223 publications.

MRI-guided adaptive radiotherapy for high grade glioma (UNITED): a single-centre, single-arm, non-inferiority, phase 2 trial

Detsky JS, Chan AW, Moore-Palhares D, Safavi AH, Perry J, Fat MJL, Atenafu EG, Das S, Lipsman N, Heyn C

The Lancet Oncology20262 citations

DOI: 10.1016/s1470-2045(26)00088-4

Multi-target focused ultrasound neuromodulation of a subcallosal cingulate mediated depression network: A case study using personalized functional mapping.

Davidson B, Jones RM, McMahon D, Xhima K, Bocca LF, Huang Y, Blanco S, Pople CB, Giacobbe P, Nestor SM, Rabin JS, Hamani C, Uludag K, Goubran M, Hynynen K, Lipsman N

Brain stimulation2026Senior author

DOI: 10.1016/j.brs.2026.103198 PMID: 42692166

Dry-electrode EEG tracks alpha changes during accelerated intermittent theta burst stimulation in treatment-resistant depression.

Vasileiadi M, Nona CN, Silver D, Jo D, Musa L, Giacobbe P, Lipsman N, Chinchilla C, Kim D, Kang SW, Nestor SM

Clinical neurophysiology : official journal of the International Federation of Clinical Neurophysiology2026

DOI: 10.1016/j.clinph.2026.2112396 PMID: 42685666

Position Statement of the American Society for Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery on Focused Ultrasound Lesioning of the Brain by Non-neurosurgeons.

Danish SF, Rosenow JM, Schwalb JM, Air EL, Sweet J, Willie JT, Rolston JD, Englot DJ, Lipsman N, Zemmar A, Neimat JS, Cosgrove GR, Asaad WF, Ali R, Pilitsis JG, Hamani C

Neurosurgery2026

DOI: 10.1227/neu.0000000000003869 PMID: 42341199

Focused Ultrasound Blood-Brain Barrier Opening for Targeted Therapeutics in Neurodegenerative Diseases.

Halabian N, Park C, Omoto L, Bocca LF, Palacios G, Wu K, Hamani C, Rabin J, Abrahao A, Davidson B, Lipsman N, Meng Y

Biological psychiatry2026

DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsych.2026.07.008 PMID: 42468901

Sex Differences in Memory Performance after Traumatic Brain Injury in Rats.

Robson IK, Rabelo TK, Almeida Souza TH, McCann E, Nestor SM, Goubran M, Lipsman N, Hamani C

Neurotrauma reports2026

DOI: 10.1177/2689288x261461855 PMID: 42539381

Clinical Predictors of Antidepressant Effects of Ketamine and Esketamine in Treatment-Resistant Unipolar and Bipolar Depression: A Systematic Review.

Syed OA, Sobolenko V, Nestor SM, Husain MI, Lipsman N, Alam F, Giacobbe P

CNS drugs2026

DOI: 10.1007/s40263-026-01296-7 PMID: 42142296

Magnetic resonance-guided focused ultrasound for the management of tremor: update on the position statement of the American Society for Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery.

Hamani C, Elias WJ, Baltuch GH, Gross RE, Rosenow JM, Schwalb JM, Air EL, Machado AG, Sweet J, Willie JT, Rolston JD, Englot DJ, Lipsman N, Zemmar A, Neimat JS, Cosgrove GR, Asaad WF, Ali R, Pilitsis JG, Danish SF

Journal of neurosurgery2026

DOI: 10.3171/2025.11.jns251828 PMID: 41894813

Successful MRgFUS VIM Thalamotomy for Essential Tremor Nearby Cavernous Malformation: Image Case Report.

Favi Bocca L, Davidson B, Lam B, Endre R, Huang Y, Hamani C, Lipsman N

Stereotactic and functional neurosurgery2026Senior author

DOI: 10.1159/000553173 PMID: 42348493

Beyond Skull Density Ratio for Magnetic Resonance‑Guided Focused Ultrasound: A Literature Review of the Alternatives.

Arora V, Sadeghi A, Lim B, Germann J, Shah B, Davidson B, Lipsman N, Buongermini R, Su YH, Ibrahim GM, Pichardo S, Chen R, Lozano AM, Darmani G, Boutet A

Neurosurgery2026

DOI: 10.1227/neu.0000000000004118 PMID: 42283469

Profile data last refreshed on September 25, 2026 from the university directory, publication records and CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding.

Something wrong or missing on this profile? Suggest a correction

Nir Lipsman

Research

Latest papers

Latest funding

MRI-guided adaptive radiotherapy for high grade glioma (UNITED): a single-centre, single-arm, non-inferiority, phase 2 trial

Multi-target focused ultrasound neuromodulation of a subcallosal cingulate mediated depression network: A case study using personalized functional mapping.

Dry-electrode EEG tracks alpha changes during accelerated intermittent theta burst stimulation in treatment-resistant depression.

Position Statement of the American Society for Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery on Focused Ultrasound Lesioning of the Brain by Non-neurosurgeons.

Focused Ultrasound Blood-Brain Barrier Opening for Targeted Therapeutics in Neurodegenerative Diseases.

Sex Differences in Memory Performance after Traumatic Brain Injury in Rats.

Clinical Predictors of Antidepressant Effects of Ketamine and Esketamine in Treatment-Resistant Unipolar and Bipolar Depression: A Systematic Review.

Magnetic resonance-guided focused ultrasound for the management of tremor: update on the position statement of the American Society for Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery.

Successful MRgFUS VIM Thalamotomy for Essential Tremor Nearby Cavernous Malformation: Image Case Report.

Beyond Skull Density Ratio for Magnetic Resonance&#x2011;Guided Focused Ultrasound: A Literature Review of the Alternatives.

Frequent collaborators

Clement Hamani

Peter Giacobbe

Ying Meng

Benjamin Davidson

Kullervo Hynynen

Arjun Sahgal

Maged Goubran

Sunit Das

Alexandre Boutet

Chinthaka Heyn

Isabelle Aubert

Anthony Levitt

Sean Nestor

Mark Bernstein

Mojgan Hodaie

Judy Illes

Alfonso Fasano

Walter Swardfager

Jurgen Germann

Greg Stanisz

Fahad Alam

Julie Ottoy

Yana Yunusova

Daniel Moore Freitas Palhares

Jennifer Rabin

Robert Chen

Andres Lozano

Angus Lau

Pejman Jabehdar Maralani

Pejman Jabehdar Maralani

Michael Yan

Farshad Nassiri

Kamil Uludag

Fa-Hsuan Lin

Mario Masellis

Maureen Trudeau

Blake Woodside

Mark Watling

Jamie Near

Hon Leong

Beyond Skull Density Ratio for Magnetic Resonance‑Guided Focused Ultrasound: A Literature Review of the Alternatives.