Every year, about 50,000 Canadians suffer a stroke that results in death or disability. In honour of Stroke Awareness Month, Dimensions invited Canadians to ask questions about stroke, which we then posed to a scientist in the field.
Click on one of the faces below to hear a question and the scientist’s answer.
The scientist
Dr. Antoine Hakim is CEO and Scientific Director of the Canadian Stroke Network, Professor and University Chair in Neurology at the University of Ottawa, Director of the Neuroscience Program at the Ottawa Hospital Research Institute and a neurologist at The Ottawa Hospital. He has received many honours for his work supporting scientific discovery and its application for stroke prevention, care and rehabilitation.
