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Suneil Kalia

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Associate ProfessorDepartment of SurgeryUniversity of Toronto

Suneil Kalia

Associate Professor

Department of Surgery

Temerty Faculty of Medicine

University of Toronto

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

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9 publications in the last five years, latest in 2026.
Principal investigator on 1 research grant (1 CIHR), most recently in 2017.

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Education

BSc Honours (Dean’s Honour List, First Class Honours, Ranked First in program), Interdepartmental Honours Program in Immunology
MD ( Honours Standing, Alpha Omega Alpha Honours Society)
MD/PhD
Ph.D (Honours Standing), Program in Neuroscience, Institute of Medical Science

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Research

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Chaperone Proteins Molecular Biology Neurodegeneration Parkinson'S Disease

Latest papers

fMRI during active GPi DBS uncovers target-specific networks.
NPJ Parkinson's disease · 2026
The pattern of fMRI activation with STN DBS reveals symptom-specific networks.
NPJ Parkinson's disease · 2026
Assessment of auditory pathway microstructure in vestibular schwannoma patients: a quantitative diffusion tensor tractography study.
Journal of neurosurgery · 2026

All 13 publications

Latest funding

Precision Medicine in Parkinson's Disease: Neuroimaging Biomarkers for Individualized DBS Outcome Prediction and Patient Selection
CIHR · 2026 · Co-investigator
$841,500
Transcranial Ultrasound Neuromodulation of Deep Brain Nuclei in Parkinson's Disease
CIHR · 2024 · Co-investigator
$1,290,225
Synaptomic-DBS: Functional reconstruction and restoration of human subcortical circuitry using deep brain stimulation
CIHR · 2023 · Co-investigator
$589,050

All 10 grants and awards

13 publications.

fMRI during active GPi DBS uncovers target-specific networks.

Santyr B, Chow C, Germann J, Boutet A, Ajala A, Qiu J, Loh A, Alhashyan I, Abbass M, Elias G, Sarica C, Vetkas A, Yang A, Yeo D, Kalia S, Cohn M, Fasano A, Lozano AM

NPJ Parkinson's disease2026

DOI: 10.1038/s41531-026-01476-8 PMID: 42448721

The pattern of fMRI activation with STN DBS reveals symptom-specific networks.

Santyr B, Loh A, Germann J, Boutet A, Ajala A, Qiu J, Albuainain G, Abbass M, Madhavan R, Elias G, Vetkas A, Chow C, Sarica C, Munhoz R, Ibrahim GM, Kalia S, Fasano A, Lozano AM

NPJ Parkinson's disease2026

DOI: 10.1038/s41531-026-01368-x PMID: 42049768

Assessment of auditory pathway microstructure in vestibular schwannoma patients: a quantitative diffusion tensor tractography study.

Halawani A, Tohyama S, Tsai P, Barake R, Hassannia F, Bernstein M, Kalia S, Zadeh G, Cusimano MD, Schwartz M, Mikulis D, Laperriere N, Rutka J, Hodaie M

Journal of neurosurgery2026

DOI: 10.3171/2025.6.jns241972 PMID: 41072040

Tics and Parkinson's Disease: Clinical and Pathophysiological Insights from a Rare Syndromic Association.

Abkur T, Boogers A, Grippe T, Isaacs DA, Malaty IA, Munhoz RP, Bhatia KP, Hart LA, Fasano A, Kalia S, Lang AE, Ganos C

Movement disorders clinical practice2025

DOI: 10.1002/mdc3.70111 PMID: 40304057

Dorsal Column Spinal Cord Stimulation Attenuates Brain-Spine Connectivity through Locomotion- and Visuospatial-Specific Area Activation in Progressive Freezing of Gait.

Zemmar A, Aguirre-Padilla DH, Harmsen IE, Baarbé J, Sarica C, Yamamoto K, Grippe T, Darmani G, Bhattacharya A, Chen Z, Gartner KE, van Wouwe N, Azevedo P, Vetkas A, Paul D, Samuel N, Sorrento G, Santyr B, Rowland N, Kalia S, Chen R, Fasano A, Lozano AM

Stereotactic and functional neurosurgery2025

DOI: 10.1159/000541986 PMID: 39557021

Clinico-physiological correlates of Parkinson's disease from multi-resolution basal ganglia recordings.

Sumarac S, Youn J, Fearon C, Zivkovic L, Keerthi P, Flouty O, Popovic M, Hodaie M, Kalia S, Lozano A, Hutchison W, Fasano A, Milosevic L

NPJ Parkinson's disease2024

DOI: 10.1038/s41531-024-00773-4 PMID: 39261476

Use of cortical volume to predict response to temporary CSF drainage in patients with idiopathic normal pressure hydrocephalus.

Lang S, Dimond D, Isaacs AM, Dronyk J, Vetkas A, Conner CR, Germann J, Fasano A, Kalia S, Lozano A, Hamilton MG

Journal of neurosurgery2023

DOI: 10.3171/2023.3.jns222787 PMID: 37148227

Airway Management with Leksell Frame in situ with or without Frontal Bar: A Mannequin Study.

Dalby T, Iorio-Morin C, Kalia S, Venkatraghavan L, Dinsmore M

The Canadian journal of neurological sciences. Le journal canadien des sciences neurologiques2022

DOI: 10.1017/cjn.2021.155 PMID: 34219628

Neuromodulation for Pain: A Comprehensive Survey and Systematic Review of Clinical Trials and Connectomic Analysis of Brain Targets.

Yamamoto K, Elias GJB, Beyn ME, Zemmar A, Loh A, Sarica C, Germann J, Parmar R, Wong EHY, Boutet A, Kalia S, Hodaie M, Lozano AM

Stereotactic and functional neurosurgery2022

DOI: 10.1159/000517873 PMID: 34380132

Surgical targeting of large hypothalamic hamartomas and seizure-freedom following MR-guided laser interstitial thermal therapy.

Mithani K, Neudorfer C, Boutet A, Germann J, Elias GJB, Weil AG, Donner E, Kalia S, Lozano AM, Drake JM, Widjaja E, Ibrahim GM

Epilepsy & behavior : E&B2021

DOI: 10.1016/j.yebeh.2021.107774 PMID: 33549939

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Suneil Kalia

Research

Latest papers

Latest funding

fMRI during active GPi DBS uncovers target-specific networks.

The pattern of fMRI activation with STN DBS reveals symptom-specific networks.

Assessment of auditory pathway microstructure in vestibular schwannoma patients: a quantitative diffusion tensor tractography study.

Tics and Parkinson's Disease: Clinical and Pathophysiological Insights from a Rare Syndromic Association.

Dorsal Column Spinal Cord Stimulation Attenuates Brain-Spine Connectivity through Locomotion- and Visuospatial-Specific Area Activation in Progressive Freezing of Gait.

Clinico-physiological correlates of Parkinson's disease from multi-resolution basal ganglia recordings.

Use of cortical volume to predict response to temporary CSF drainage in patients with idiopathic normal pressure hydrocephalus.

Airway Management with Leksell Frame in situ with or without Frontal Bar: A Mannequin Study.

Neuromodulation for Pain: A Comprehensive Survey and Systematic Review of Clinical Trials and Connectomic Analysis of Brain Targets.

Surgical targeting of large hypothalamic hamartomas and seizure-freedom following MR-guided laser interstitial thermal therapy.

Precision Medicine in Parkinson's Disease: Neuroimaging Biomarkers for Individualized DBS Outcome Prediction and Patient Selection

Transcranial Ultrasound Neuromodulation of Deep Brain Nuclei in Parkinson's Disease

Synaptomic-DBS: Functional reconstruction and restoration of human subcortical circuitry using deep brain stimulation

Developing a Biologically-realistic Model-based Approach for Generating Deep Brain Stimulation Patterns

Design and implementation of novel multimodal electrodes for neural precursor activation to promote neural regeneration

Regulation of neurodegeneration by chaperone proteins

Cortical and basal ganglia mechanisms in movement disorders

Long-term stability of local field potentials recorded from the subthalamic nucleus and effects of deep brain stimulation

Pathophysiology of Parkinson's disease

Frequent collaborators

Alfonso Fasano

Alexandre Boutet

Mojgan Hodaie

Jurgen Germann

Mark Bernstein

Gelareh Zadeh

Andres Lozano

Luka Milosevic

Milos Popovic

Melanie Cohn

David Mikulis

Connie Marras

Elysa Widjaja

Gerold Schmitt-Ulms

Robert Chen