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Dr. Nir Lipsman recognized as a 'Shining Light of Leadership in the Pandemic Age' in Financial Post Magazine

March 5, 2021

Dr. Nir Lipsman, neurosurgeon, scientist, and director of Sunnybrook’s Harquail Centre for Neuromodulation, is featured in Financial Post Magazine where Canada’s Top 40 Under 40® for 2020 are being hailed as "Shining Lights of Leadership in the Pandemic Age."

Dr. Lipsman is a recipient of Canada’s Top 40 Under 40® for 2020, an award which recognizes the “exceptional achievements of 40 outstanding Canadians under the age of 40 chosen on four key criteria: Vision & Innovation; Leadership; Impact & Influence; and Social Responsibility. In this latest feature, the honourees for 2020 are noted as innovative change-makers and leaders during the pandemic.

The article also shines a spotlight on recipients’ careers and highlights the best career advice or lesson learned for honourees. Dr. Lipsman, says his most valued career lesson has been, “Hire few, but hire well. A small group of bright motivated, and driven individuals can be more successful than a group ten times as large.”

Dr. Lipsman and his team are world leaders on the cutting-edge of innovation, medicine and science, having led groundbreaking clinical trials in MRI-guided focused ultrasound and deep brain stimulation for a many complex and challenging brain disorders including Parkinson’s disease, Alzheimer’s disease, major depression, post-traumatic stress disorder, and alcohol use disorder.

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