Frank L Silver, MD, FRCPC

Clinician Investigator, Krembil Research Institute (Krembil)
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7569-8429
Keywords: cerebrovascular disease, stroke, clinical trials, health informatics
  • Cerebrovascular disease
  • Clinical trials in stroke
  • Patient registries
  • Health informatics

My academic interests are in the areas of stroke management and improving stroke care delivery through regional organized care. I have been involved in the implementation and monitoring of many clinical trials in stroke.


I am currently on the board of the Canadian Stroke Consortium and I am a theme leader in the Canadian Stroke Network. I am the co-principal investigator of the Registry of the Canadian Stroke Network and I founded Ontario's Telestroke program. I am currently the Director of the University Health Network's Stroke Program and the Medical Director of the Toronto West Stroke Region.

For a list of Dr. Silver's publications, please visit PubMed or Scopus.
Clinician Investigator, Krembil Research Institute (Krembil)

Professor of Medicine, Department of Neurology, University of Toronto