Dr. Michael Tymianski
MD PhD FRCSC
Neurosurgeon and Senior Scientist, Toronto Western Hospital, University Health Network

Dr. Michael Tymianski is the Medical Director of the Neurovascular Therapeutics Program of the University Health Network. Dr. Tymianski specializes in the neurosurgical treatment of patients with complex brain vascular disorders, including stroke. He graduated from Medical School at the University of Toronto in 1987 and began his Neurosurgery training, which he completed in 1995. During his training, he also obtained his PhD in neurosciences (1994). Afterwards, Dr. Tymianski undertook additional specialty training in cerebrovascular and skull base neurosurgery at Toronto Western Hospital (TWH) in 1995 and at the Barrow Neurological Institute in Phoenix, Arizona in 1996.

Dr. Tymianski joined TWH in 1997 and is a Professor of Surgery at U of T where he teaches medical students and clinical fellows. A Senior Scientist with Toronto Western Research Institute, he directs the Neuroprotection Laboratory where he explores the mechanism that causes brain cells to be damaged by stroke and other injuries such as epilepsy and trauma. Recently, he and his team developed a new drug that, in laboratory tests, immediately stops the brain damage of stroke. In 2003, Dr. Tymianski founded a biotechnology company in order to enable him to bring his new drug to clinical trials for the treatment of stroke patients.. This drug is now being tested at several neuroscience hospitals accross canada, and has the potential to help patients afflicted with strokes and other brain injuries.

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