Brief Biography

Dr. Cecil Hahn completed medical school at the University of Toronto in 1998, followed by a residency in paediatric neurology at SickKids, where he was awarded the William J. Logan award of excellence in clinical teaching. Supported by a three-year Duncan L. Gordon fellowship from the SickKids Foundation, Dr. Hahn completed a clinical research fellowship in paediatric epilepsy and neurocritical care at Children’s Hospital Boston, together with a Master of Public Health at Harvard University.

Dr. Hahn returned to SickKids in 2003 as a Clinician-Investigator and Associate Scientist in the Research Institute. He is contributing to the hospital’s growing interdisciplinary neurocritical care program, with strong clinical and research collaborations in both the neonatal and paediatric intensive care units.

Clinical Care Activities

Epilepsy, Neurocritical Care

Research Interests

Defining mechanisms of brain injury in critically ill neonates, infants and children, particularly the potential contribution of seizures to brain injury.

Evaluation of bedside tools for continuous monitoring of brain function.

Achievements

2006 - Duncan L. Gordon Fellowship, The Hospital for Sick Children Foundation

2003 - Harvard Associates in Canada Scholarship, Harvard University

2002 - William J. Logan Award of Excellence in Clinical Teaching, The Hospital for Sick Children

2002 - President's Prize, Canadian Association of Child Neurology

Publications

Hahn CD, Banwell BL: Diseases of the peripheral nervous system. In: Pediatric Critical Care Medicine: Basic Science and Clinical Evidence (Wheeler D, ed). Springer-Verlag, London 2007.

Hahn CD, du Plessis AJ: Neurologic disorders associated with cardiac disease. In: Pediatric Neurology: Principles & Practice 4th edn. (Ferreiro, Swaiman, Ashwal, eds). Mosby, St. Louis 2006.

Donner E, Hahn CD, Shemie S: Epilepticus. In: Pediatric Critical Care, 3rd Edition (Fuhrman B, Zimmerman J, eds). Elsevier, Philadelphia 2006.

Kuban KC, O'Shea M, Allred E, Leviton A, Gilmore H, DuPlessis A, Krishnamoorthy K, Hahn C, Soul J, O'Connor SE, Miller K, Church PT, Keller C, Bream R, Adair R, Miller A, Romano E, Bassan H, Kerkering K, Engelke S, Marshall D, Milowic K, Wereszczak J, Hubbard C, Washburn L, Dillard R, Heller C, Burdo-Hartman W, Fagerman L, Sutton D, Karna P, Olomu N, Caldarelli L, Oca M, Lohr K, Scheiner A: Video and CD-ROM as a training tool for performing neurologic examinations of 1-year-old children in a multicenter epidemiologic study. Journal of Child Neurology 2006: 20: pp 829-31.

Hahn CD and Riviello, JJ Jr: Neonatal Seizures and EEG: Electroclinical Dissociation and Uncoupling. NeoReviews 2004: 5: pp e350-5.

Hahn CD, Shroff M, Blaser SI, Banwell BL: MRI criteria for multiple sclerosis: evaluation in a pediatric cohort. Neurology 2004: 62: pp 806-8.

Hahn CD, Miles BS, MacGregor DL, Blaser SI, Banwell BL, Hetherington CR: Neurocognitive outcome following acute disseminated encephalomyelitis. Pediatric Neurology 2003: 29: pp 117-123.

Hahn CD, Nicolle DA, Lownie SP, Drake CG: Giant cavernous carotid aneurysms:clinical presentation in fifty-seven cases. Journal of Neuro-Ophthalmology 2000: 200: pp 253-8.

Nishino I, Spinazzola A, Papadimitriou A, Hammans S, Stiener I, Hahn CD, Connolly AM, Verloes A, Guimarães J, Maillard I, Hamano H, Donati MA, Semrad CE, Russell JA, Andreu AL, Hadjigeorgiou GM, Vu TH, Tadesse S, Nygaard TG, Nonaka I, Hirano I, Bonilla E, Rowland LP, DiMauro S, Hirano M: Mitochondrial neurogastrointenstinal encephalomyopathy: An autosomal recessive disorder due to thymidine phosphorylase mutations. Annals of Neurology 2000: 47: pp 792-800.