Recorded on November 14, 2025.

Join us for grand rounds this week where Dr. Aleksander Vitali, a functional and pediatric neurosurgeon practicing in Saskatoon, and Dr. Jonathan Norton, a PhD neurophysiologist also practicing in Saskatoon, discuss functional neurosurgical procedures and the impact of anesthesia on these procedures.

Aleksander Vitali received his MD in Poland, completed training in South Africa and fellowships in Functional and Pediatric Neurosurgery in Vancouver. He has been a neurosurgeon in Saskatoon since 2007.

Jonathan Norton gained his PhD in Neuroscience from University College London, UK, and moved to Saskatoon in 2013 to establish an intraoperative neurophysiology program. He is an Associate Professor in the Department of Surgery, with an interest in pediatric neurophysiology alongside neuromodulation.

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