The Krembil Neuroscience Centre is home to many international leaders in Neuroscience Research
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Dr. Andres Lozano R. R. Tasker Chair in Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery. Ranks number one in the world in the field of Deep Brain Stimulation and five in the field of Parkinson’s Disease as measured by scientific citations. |
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Dr. Anthony Lang Director, Gloria and Morton Shulman Movement Disorders. Jack Clark Chair in Parkinson’s Disease Research. Referred to by Lancet Neurology as a ‘master of movement disorders’. |
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Dr. Peter St George-Hyslop Director of Toronto Western Research Institute and Director of Centre for Research in Neurodegenerative Diseases. World leader in Alzheimer’s Research Recipient of Premier’s Summit Award. |
STROKE |
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Dr. Michael Tymianski Translating a drug that has the potential to dramatically reduce the damaging effects of stroke. |
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Dr. Karle terBrugge Chief of Neuroradiology and the David Braley and Nancy Gordon Chair in Interventional Neuroradiology. |
| BRAIN TUMORS |
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Dr. Mark Bernstein Co-Director of the Joey and Toby Tanenbaum Family Gamma Knife Centre and first in the world to perform outpatient awake brain surgery. |
| NEUROSURGERY |
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Dr. Moji Hodaie Neurosurgeon and Co-Director of the Joey and Toby Tanenbaum Family Gamma Knife Centre. |
| EPILEPSY |
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Dr. Taufik Valiante Co-Director of UHN’s Epilepsy Program and recipient of a CIHR Clinician-Scientist Award for pioneering epilepsy surgery. |
| SPINE |
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Dr. Michael Fehlings Medical Director, Krembil Neuroscience Program, and first in the world to use adult stem cells to repair and regenerate the injured spinal cord. |
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Dr. Charles Tator Inducted into Canada’s Medical Hall of Fame in 2009 for his lifetime contributions to neurotrauma research. |
| NEUROLOGY |
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Dr. Vera Bril Head, Division of Neurology and the Krembil Family Chair in Neurology. |
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Dr. Robert Chen Neurologist and Senior Scientist, Catherine Manson Chair in Movement Disorders. |
