Dr. Sivananthan
MD, FRCPC - Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation
Physiatrist. Academic clinician. Independent medical examiner across Ontario and Atlantic Canada.
About Dr. Sivananthan
Dr. Dhinesh Sivananthan is a Royal College certified Physiatrist (Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation) practicing at Scarborough Hospital Network and a Lecturer at the University of Toronto. He provides independent medical assessments and catastrophic impairment evaluations across Ontario, British Columbia, and the Atlantic Provinces. His clinical and academic focus is recovery after sports and neurovascular injury, with emphasis on improving and standardizing treatment for musculoskeletal and neuromuscular conditions.
- MD, FRCPC (Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation)
- BSc, Human Biology, University of Toronto
- MSc, Environmental Science, University of Toronto
- MBBS, James Cook University, Australia
- Fellow, Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada (2022 to Present)
- Ontario, College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario (License #109378, 2016 to Present)
- British Columbia, College of Physicians and Surgeons of BC (License #10794236, 2023 to Present)
- Atlantic Provinces License (2023 to Present)
- Certified Catastrophic Impairment Evaluation, Canadian Society of Medical Evaluators (2022)
- Certified Medicolegal Expertise, Canadian Society of Medical Evaluators (2022)
- ACLS Certified (2016)
- Physiatrist, Department of Medicine, Scarborough Hospital Network (2021 to Present)
- Lecturer, University of Toronto (2022 to Present)
- Residency: FRCPC, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, University of Toronto (2016 to 2021)
- Prior Roles: Cardiac Scientist, Townsville University Hospital (2010 to 2015); Research Coordinator, Peter Munk Cardiac Centre, Toronto General Hospital (2007 to 2009)
- Peer-to-Peer Musculoskeletal Clinical Skills Lecturer, U of T Medical School (2016 to 2020)
- Integrated Clinical Experience, Musculoskeletal Medicine, U of T Medical School (2017 to 2020)
- Application Reviewer, Faculty of Medicine, U of T (2018 to 2021)
- Judge, Medical Student Research Day, U of T (2018 to 2021)
- Resident Member, Assessment Committee, Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada (2016 to 2017)
- Soft-tissue and neurological recovery after trauma and neurovascular injury
- Standardizing treatment of common musculoskeletal and neuromuscular conditions
- Quality improvement in inpatient stroke rehabilitation
- Peer-Reviewed: Selvaraj RJ, Suszko AM, Subramanian A, Sivananthan D, Chauhan V. Body Surface Projection of Action Potential Duration Alternans. Heart Rhythm Society, 2009; Vol 6(8):1211-1219.
- National Poster: Streamlining Secondary Stroke Prevention Workup in Inpatient Stroke Rehabilitation, Canadian Stroke Congress, Ottawa (2019)
- International Poster: NEJM Resident 360 QI Challenge (2020)
- Multiple Grand Rounds and Invited Speaker engagements at U of T, Sunnybrook, Toronto Rehab, and Bridgepoint (2016 to 2020)
- Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada (Fellow)
- American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (former Resident Member)
- Canadian Association of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (former Resident Member)
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