College of Medicine

About

Dr. Persad grew up in Edmonton, Alberta where he completed his undergraduate and medical degrees. He trained in developmental neuroscience and cancer biology laboratory of Dr. Roseline Godbout during his training, with a focus on axon guidance cues during development of the CNS. Following this, he completed his neurosurgery residency at the University of Saskatchewan. Dr. Persad underwent fellowship training in Neurosurgical Oncology and Stereotactic Radiosurgery at Stanford University in California as well as Epilepsy Surgery at Western University in London, Ontario.

Dr. Persad is excited to join the division of surgery as Assistant Professor. He aims to develop a strong epilepsy surgery program and to develop the neurosurgical oncology program. His research interests are glioma development, network integration and associated immunologic phenomena as well as characterizing networks underlying mood and pain disorders. He has an interest in resident education and surgical mentorship, and hopes to be able to help with development of the residency program in order to make it a prime destination for Canadian trainees. He looks forward to returning to Saskatoon and enjoying the hiking and lake locations with his fiancée.