Tyson Brust
Clinical Assistant Professor of Neurology
MD, PhD, FRCPC Neurology
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Biography
Dr. Tyson Brust is a multiple sclerosis neurologist in the Calgary MS Program and is affiliated with University of Calgary Cumming School of Medicine. He also has a general neurology practice at the Peter Lougheed Centre and sees patients in the Neuroimmunology Clinic at the South Health Campus.
He was born in Fort McMurray, Alberta, and grew up in Lethbridge, Alberta. He completed a BSc in neuroscience at the University of Lethbridge before pursuing a PhD in neuroscience at the University of British Columbia. His thesis explored endogenous mechanisms of neuroprotection against hypoxia and ischemia using rat brain slice electrophysiology as a model. Following his successful PhD defense in 2006, he attended medical school at the University of Toronto, earning his MD in 2010. Subsequently, he completed his residency training in adult neurology at the University of Calgary in 2016.
After becoming a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians of Canada in 2016, he went on to complete a fellowship in Multiple Sclerosis and Neuroimmunology at the University of Calgary. Currently he is interested in patient education, and is developing a series of podcasts aimed at educating MS patients about their disease, with an emphasis on empowering patients to take an active role in managing their symptoms.