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OTTAWA, December 1, 2011  —  Dr. Eve Tsai, assistant professor in the Faculty of Medicine at uOttawa, neurosurgeon at The Ottawa Hospital and associate scientist with the Ottawa Hospital Research Institute (OHRI), has been named one of Canada’s top 25 Women of Influence in the health category by Women of Influence Magazine. In addition to this major recognition, Dr. Tsai is featured on the cover of the magazine.

Dr. Tsai, whom the magazine calls “Ottawa’s best-kept secret and the most influential woman you’ve yet to meet,” is commended for the contributions she and her team have made in the field of spinal-cord injury, such as the MRI imaging technique they developed, allowing surgeons to view spinal-cord nerve fibers.

Dr. Tsai is also the winner of the American Association of Neurological Surgeons’ Young Clinician Investigator Award, and of Canada’s Top 40 under 40 Award.

For more information, please visit the Faculty of Medicine website.