Dr. Mark G Hamilton, MDCM, FRCSC

Professor of Neurosurgery, Department of Clinical Neurosciences, University of Calgary
Director, Calgary Adult Hydrocephalus Program
Chair, Adult Hydrocephalus Clinical Research Network
Chair, Medical Advisory Board of the Hydrocephalus Association
President of the Adult Hydrocephalus, Chiari & ICP Society (AHCIS)
Past President of the Hydrocephalus Society (ISHCSF)

Dr. Mark Hamilton graduated from McGill University Medical School in 1983. He completed his neurosurgery residency at the University of Calgary and a fellowship at the Barrow Neurological Institute in Phoenix, Arizona. He is a Professor of Neurosurgery in the Department of Clinical Neurosciences at the University of Calgary’s Cumming School of Medicine and established an Adult Hydrocephalus Clinic in 2008. He served as Division Chief of Pediatric Neurosurgery from 2002 to 2011. He was President of the Canadian Neurosurgical Society (2004-2006), the Canadian Neurological Sciences Foundation (2004-2007), and the Hydrocephalus Society (2019-2021). He is the founder and current President of the Adult Hydrocephalus, Chiari & ICP Society (AHCIS). He organized the Hydrocephalus 2015 World Congress in Banff, Alberta, and served as Congress President.

Dr. Hamilton chairs the Adult Hydrocephalus Clinical Research Network (AHCRN), which comprises seventeen clinical sites across three countries; is a past president of the Hydrocephalus Society; chairs the Medical Advisory Board (MAB) of the Hydrocephalus Association (HA); is a member of the Board of Directors of Hydrocephalus Canada (HC); and is a member of the HC MAB. He is a co-Editor-in-Chief of Fluids and Barriers of the CNS and has served as a past co-chair of the Journal of Neurosurgery Editorial Board. His primary clinical and research interests focus on diagnosing and managing adult hydrocephalus. He is a co-Principal Investigator for the NIH-funded PENS trial and co-Leader of the International iNPH Guidelines update project.