Gideon Koren MD, FABMT, FRCPC

Prof Koren is an Israeli-Canadian pediatrician and a composer of Israeli popular music. After graduating in medicine in Israel, he pursued research in Toronto where he became an International expert in Pediatric Toxicology, Pharmacology, and Membrane Biology.

He focused mainly on understanding the complex interactions between drugs and the developing fetus. Professor Koren established the only group worldwide that studies brain development in children exposed in utero to drugs. He tests IQ, language, attention, and behavior in children exposed during pregnancy to a large selection of drugs.

In 1985, Prof Koren founded and directed until 2015The Hospital for Sick Children's Motherisk Program in Toronto.

He is the founder of the FACE (Fetal Alcohol Canadian Expertise) Network[25] and founding editor of the peer-reviewed Journal of FAS International (Fetal Alcohol Syndrome).

​Since 1986, Koren has trained physicians from over 30 countries, and over 80 graduate students in pharmacology, making his program the largest worldwide.