Gregory William John Hawryluk MD, PhD

Gregory Hawryluk is an Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery at the University of Manitoba where his practice is focused on complex spinal surgery and the management of spine and brain trauma. Dr. Hawryluk grew up in Sherwood Park, Alberta where he was designated as a Rutherford Scholar, and he completed his medical school at the University of Alberta with Honours and Honours in Research in 2003. Thereafter he completed his neurosurgical residency at the University of Toronto. During this time he also completed a basic science PhD in Neural Repair and Regeneration under the supervision of Dr. Michael Fehlings which examined the mechanism by which neural precursor cells augment recovery from spinal cord injury. He then went on to complete subspecialty training in the management of neurotrauma and complex spinal surgery at the University of California San Francisco under the supervision of Drs. Geoffrey Manley and Dean Chou.