James Rutka, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

James Rutka

physician

Date of Birth: 14-Jan-1956

Place of Birth: Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Profession: neurosurgeon

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn

James Rutka (born January 14, 1956) is a Canadian neurosurgeon from Toronto, Canada, and the RS McLaughlin Professor and Chair of the Department of Surgery in the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Toronto.
He subspecializes in pediatric neurosurgery at The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids), and is a Senior Scientist in the Research Institute at SickKids.
His main clinical interests include the neurosurgical treatment of children with brain tumours and epilepsy.
His research interests lie in the molecular biology of human brain tumours – specifically in the determination of the mechanisms by which brain tumours grow and invade.
He is the Director of the Arthur and Sonia Labatt Brain Tumour Research Centre at SickKids, and Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Neurosurgery.He was named an Officer of the Order of Canada in 2015.