Dr. Fiona Costello

Biography

Fiona Costello is a Professor in the Departments of Clinical Neurosciences and Surgery (Ophthalmology) at the Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary. She is a Clinician Scientist at the Hotchkiss Brain Institute. Dr. Costello graduated from medical school in 1995 and completed her Neurology residency training in 2000 at Memorial University of Newfoundland. Subsequently, she undertook a clinical fellowship in Neuro-Ophthalmology at the University of Iowa from 2000 to 2002. Dr. Costello's research primarily focuses on utilizing eye models to study brain disorders such as multiple sclerosis and brain tumors. In 2013, she was named Chair of the Roy Joan Allen Investigatorship in Vision Research to help establish a translational vision research program at the Hotchkiss Brain Institute. She has served as the Director of the Office of Surgical Research in the Department of Surgery at the University of Calgary from 2013 to 2017 and has occupied leadership roles in various organizations including the Canadian Neurological Society and the North American Neuro-Ophthalmology Society. In 2022, she was appointed Associate Dean for Chairs and Professorships at the Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary.

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