Gord Gubitz

Gord Gubitz is an Assistant Professor of Neurology at Dalhousie University, in Halifax, Nova Scotia. He obtained his MD at McMaster University in Hamilton, and completed his neurology training in Dalhousie, before spending two years as the Cochrane Stroke Fellow at the Department of Clinical Neurosciences in Edinburgh, Scotland. The focus of his fellowship training was clinical trial methodology and meta-analysis. Dr. Gubitz works as an attending physician on the Acute Stroke Unit in Halifax, and is the Director of the Outpatient Neurovascular Clinic. Apart from clinical care, which focuses almost exclusively on cerebrovascular diseases, he is involved in stroke-related research, with an emphasis on stroke outcomes, and database research related to organized stroke care. Dr. Gubitz has been a member of the Board of Directors for the Heart and Stroke Foundation of Nova Scotia since 2006, currently sitting as Vice Chair of the Board, and he is also a member of the HSFNS Stroke Advisory Committee. He is co-chair of the Capital Health Research Fund (Nova Scotia), and a member of the Dalhousie University Research Ethics Board. He is also a member of the Canadian Stroke Strategy’s Best Practice and Guidelines Development Group.