Ian Langleben
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Education
University of Toronto Faculty of Medicine, Residency in Core Internal Medicine
Jul 2024 — Jun 2027 (expected)
McGill University Faculty of Medicine, MDCM
Aug 2020 — Apr 2024
Dawson College, DEC
Sep 2017 — May 2019
Herzliah High School, High School Diploma
Aug 2012 — Jun 2017
Publications, Abstracts, and Presentations
Real-Time multifaceted artificial intelligence vs In-Person instruction in teaching surgical technical skills: a randomized controlled trial, Nature Scientific Reports
Published Jul 2024
Anti-RuvBL1/2 autoantibodies are novel myositis-associated antibodies, 5th iMyoS Global Conference on Myositis
Presented Mar 2024
Surgical Cost Awareness Program Study: Impact of a Novel, Real-Time, Cost Awareness Intervention on Operating Room Expenses in Thoracoscopic Lobectomy, Journal of the American College of Surgeons
Published Dec 2022
Effect of Artificial Intelligence Tutoring vs Expert Instruction on Learning Simulated Surgical Skills Among Medical Students: A Randomized Clinical Trial, Congress of Neurological Surgeons
Presented Apr 2022
A 3D-Printed, Adjustable Armband for Electromyography-Based Finger Movement Classification With Haptic Feedback, IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics (SMC)
Published Dec 2020
Research and Projects
Long-Term Care Home Antibiogram Visualizer Tool, Public Health Ontario
Dec 2024 — Present
CARE-AD Project
Oct 2024 — Present
ResearchX, VP Web Development
Jun 2021 — Jun 2024
- A centralized research platform created for McGill medical students to explore available research projects
- Designed and coded the backend of the website, includeing database and user management
Myositis research
Aug 2023 — Apr 2024
Surgical IQ, Departments of Surgery and Cardiology, MUHC
May 2021 — Dec 2022
- Design a web-based point-of-sale app for use in OR to help encourage efforts at lowering operative costs
- Programmed the interface to work with a scanner for easy of use and sterilization
Franki, Partner: Charles Tessier
Jan — Jul 2022
- Project to help medical students improve their French clinical vocabulary
- Created a flashcard deck of over 500 terms translated bidirectionally between English and French, hosted on widely-used medical school studying tool Anki
BPH Decision Aid, Canadian Urological Association
Jun 2020 — Mar 2022
- Co-led the programming of a patient-level therapeutic decision aid for patients with benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH)
- Collaborated with a team of urologists and medical students to update content and ensure clarity and accessibility
Website designer and creator, McGill Medical Students' Society
Jun 2021 — Jan 2022
- Continually collaborate with members of the MSS and classmates to improve and add to the content
- Spearheaded the design and creation of a new website for the Medical Students' Society
- Manually migrated over dozens of pages' worth of content from the old website
- Programmed custom scripts to automatically populate the website with individual pages for each of our 70+ clubs
EMGeyboard, McGill NeuroTech 2020
Jan — Dec 2020
- Helped build an armband capable of identifying finger motion using EMG and haptic feedback
- With the Dashboard team, designed a React app for collecting data and testing ML models, and a hybrid Python-Flask/Node.js backend
- Assisted with the recruitment and application process for members of the incoming team
Fullstack web developer, CHIME Experiment
May — Aug 2020
- Wrote frontend (React/Typescript) and backend (Go) plugins for Grafana, a cloud metrics system
- Redesigned the group's public website (chime-experiment.ca) with a Gulp.js build pipeline
SFVentilator, Agorize Code Life Ventilator Challenge
Mar 2020
- Built in 3 weeks with a team of 20 for ICU use during the COVID-19 pandemic
- Designed and implemented the React-based UI, which ran as a Linux service on a Raspberry Pi
- Handled serial comms between an Arduino and the Pi with a Node.js/Express server
The Fifth Sense
Aug 2018 — May 2019
- An aid device for visually impaired people. Users visualize their surroundings through surround sound. Uses a data pipeline which projects optical images of a user’s surroundings into surround sound in real-time. Helps prevent head-level injuries that occur despite use of a white cane
- Hosted on a trio of Raspberry Pi's communicating over an ad-hoc Wi-Fi network
- Pipeline written in Python - communication handled by Flask servers; computer vision in OpenCV
Frontend web developer, CHIME Experiment
Jun 2017 — Jan 2018
- Designed, built, and maintained the first website of the CHIME Experiment at chime-experiment.ca
Smart Arm
Oct 2016 — Mar 2017
- A simple upper-body exoskeleton suit for lifting heavy objects, connected to an EEG headband. The EEG headband detects when the user is blinking or clenching their jaw and controls the suit, directing it to either tense or relax
- Data pipeline involves Bluetooth communication between a native Android app and an Arduino
Committee Involvement and Extra-Curricular Activities
University of Toronto Internal Medicine Residency Training Committee, PGY-2 Representative
Aug 2025 — Present
- Collect and organize feedback for program improvement from co-residents
- Meet regularly with faculty and program leadership to discuss program improvement strategies
Internal Medicine Near Peer Mentorship program, Near Peer Mentor
Jul 2025 — Present
McGill MDJA, Co-President
Sep 2023 — May 2024
- Plan educational and cultural events tying Judaism and Jewish life into medical education
- Promote these events to both Jewish and non-Jewish medical and dental students in my year
MSS Internal Medicine Interest Group, Infectious Diseases Rep
Aug 2023 — May 2024
MSS Internal Medicine Interest Group, MSK/Rheumatology Rep
Oct 2022 — May 2024
- Led a review session of common rheumatological pathology for over 100 medical students
MyCourses Working Group, Member
May 2022 — May 2024
- Consult with the McGill Medicine faculty on the improvement of MyCourses, the primary course-management software used by the program
CSTAR, Clinical Skills Advisor
Aug 2022 — May 2024
- Co-lead a team of nine to organize bi-monthly clinical skills workshops for students of all years
- Supervising the opening of a parallel branch at Campus Outaouais
meMeDCM, Administrator
Mar 2022 — May 2024
- Promote humour and wellness among classmates by providing a platform for them to share topical memes
- Run occasional meme tournaments to encourage engagement
McGill MDJA, VP Communications
Oct 2021 — Jul 2023
- Plan educational and cultural events tying Judaism and Jewish life into medical education
- Promote these events to both Jewish and non-Jewish medical and dental students in my year
MSS General Council, IT Officer
Aug 2021 — Jun 2023
- Consult with the McGill Medicine faculty on matters of student-related IT systems
- Run secure online student votes for referenda on questions or for election of General Council members
- Designed and created the Medical Students' Society website
McGill NeuroSim Group, Medical student researcher
Sep 2020 — Jan 2023
- Maintain the group's Wordpress site (neurosim.mcgill.ca) with custom PHP/HTML/CSS plugins
- Assisted an MSc student with the logistics and data collection of a trial focusing on the effectiveness of VR neurosurgery simulations in training prospective surgeons
- Wrote a detailed protocol for the trial
- Trusted to run the trial for participants when the MSc student is unavailable
CSTAR, Co-President
Aug 2021 — Jul 2022
- Co-lead a team of nine to organize bi-monthly clinical skills workshops for students of all years
- Supervising the opening of a parallel branch at Campus Outaouais
MSS Chess Club, VP Social
Oct 2021 — May 2022
- Organize chess tournaments and publicize them via social media and class communication channels
St. John Ambulance, First Aider
Sep 2019 — Apr 2022
- Volunteer at events such as hockey games, fundraisers, and concerts as a first aider
- Attend monthly CPD workshops on first aid situations
- Trained in crisis management, communication, and teamwork
CSTAR, Med-1 Representative
Oct 2020 — Jul 2021
- Organize the logistics of the monthly clinical skills workshops
- Promote the workshops on social media and via internal publications
McGill MDJA, Med-1 Representative
Oct 2020 — Jul 2021
MDSA Fashion Show for ANEB, VP Technology
Nov 2018 — May 2019
- Handled social media, communication, and registration for the 2020 edition of the show
- Organized an auxillary fundraiser for 80 at a board games bar venue
Dawson College, Enriched Sciences program, Year Representative
Sep 2018 — May 2019
- Organized activities, such as a Valentine's Day event and a talent show, for peers in my program
- Balanced the load of schoolwork with the responsibility of representing my peers
MariHacks - the first CEGEP-level hackathon, Organizer
Jun 2018 — Mar 2019
- Responsible for technology and content
- Recruited educators and mentors via professional networks and LinkedIn
- Communicated with them regularly in a professional manner
Achievements and Awards
McGill Faculty of Medicine, CHAP - Partnering for Healthier Communities Group Presentation Prize
May 2023
McGill Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Dr. Clarke K. McLeod Memorial Scholarship
May 2021
Intel International Science and Engineering Fair
May 2019
- Oracle Academy Award for Outstanding Project in the Systems Software Category
- Second Award in the Physical Sciences: Systems Software Category
- GoDaddy Joining Forces for the Community Award
Montreal Regional Science and Technology Fair
Mar 2019
- Gold Medal (Senior 2 category)
- Super expo-sciences Hydro Québec Experimentation & Design Award
- Concordia School of Engineering and Computer Science Innovation Scholarship
- Intel Excellence in Computer Science Award
- McGill University - School of Computer Science (Non Robotics) Award
- McGill Faculty of Engineering Award
Lieutenant Governor of Quebec's Youth Medal
May 2017
Herzliah High School, The Ronald W. Dalfen Memorial Scholarship
May 2017
Montreal Regional Science and Technology Fair
Mar 2017
- McGill Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering Award
Montreal Regional Science and Technology Fair
Mar 2016
- McGill Faculty of Engineering Award