Ebinu | Department of Surgery | School of Medicine

Dr. Julius Ebinu MD, PhD, FRCSC, FACS, FAANS, FCNS

Position(s)

Associate Professor

Attending Staff, Kingston Health Sciences Centre

Contact Info

T. 613.549.6666 ext. 67444

F. 613.548.1346

Dr. Ebinu is a dual-fellowship-trained spine and skull base/neuro-oncology neurosurgeon, one of a small number of surgeons in Canada with formal fellowship training in both complex spine surgery and skull base neuro-oncology. His clinical practice emphasizes a patient-centred approach to brain and spinal disorders, using state-of-the-art computer-guided technologies, stereotactic radiosurgery, robotics, and minimally invasive techniques to improve patient outcomes and maximize surgical safety. He has particular expertise in the surgical treatment of complex spinal disorders, including spinal cord tumors, craniocervical lesions, total disc replacement, spinal deformity and reconstruction, and traumatic spinal cord injuries, with advanced training in robotic spine surgery and endoscopic spine surgery. Dr. Ebinu serves as Surgeon Lead for the Southeast Ontario Rapid Access Clinic for Low Back Pain (RAC-LBP) regional hub at Kingston Health Sciences Centre.

Dr. Ebinu is a graduate of the Cumming School of Medicine at the University of Calgary and completed his neurosurgical residency at the University of Toronto, followed by a fellowship in skull base and neuro-oncology at the University of Toronto / Toronto Western Hospital and a fellowship in complex and minimally invasive spine surgery at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine / Jackson Memorial Hospital. He earned a PhD in Biochemistry, Molecular Biology, and Oncology from the University of Alberta, with work published in Science, and completed a Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) postdoctoral fellowship in neurobiology at Harvard University. He is board-certified in neurosurgery and holds Fellowships in the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada (FRCSC), the American College of Surgeons (FACS), the American Association of Neurological Surgeons (FAANS), and the Congress of Neurological Surgeons (FCNS).

Dr. Ebinu leads the Ebinu Lab, an interdisciplinary research group at Queen's University and Kingston Health Sciences Centre that pairs clinical neuroscience, artificial intelligence, and health services research to improve neurosurgical outcomes, reduce inequities in access to care, and streamline surgical workflows. The lab mentors a growing team of graduate, medical, and undergraduate trainees across programs spanning clinical prognostication and diagnostics of neurological disorders, biopsychosocial determinants of surgical outcomes, language-based biomarkers of neurodegeneration, surgical systems performance, and emerging surgical technology and global health equity. Dr. Ebinu's academic interests also include health policy, equitable access to neurosurgical care, and global and community neurosurgery, with ongoing outreach and support for neurosurgical training in low- and middle-income countries. For current projects, team, and publications, visit ebinulab.ca.

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