Dr. Christopher Wallace
Head, Division of Neurosurgery, University Health Network
Program Director, Division of Neurosurgery, University of Toronto
Dr. Christopher Wallace has worked at the University Health network for over 20 years and is one of Canada's best known clinician scientists specializing in cerebrovascular disease. As Head of a Division of 11 neurosurgeons at the Toronto Western Hospital, he directs one of the most academic neurosurgery units in North America.
Dr. Wallace is a Professor at the University of Toronto and holds the Foundation Baxter et Alma Ricard Chair in Cerebrovascular Neurosurgery. He co-founded the University of Toronto Brain Vascular Malformation Study Group (1989), which has become a national referral centre for patients suffering cerebrovascular conditions and is known internationally for its clinical research. Patient education in these disease areas is available through the group’s website www.brainavm.com.
A common cause of stroke in patients aged 30-55 is an intracranial aneurysm, a blood-filled blister on an artery wall that ruptures. The resulting bleeding kills brain cells and threatens the lives of patients. Advanced and innovative surgical techniques and endovascular methods of treatment are available at the Toronto Western Hospital for these complex lesions.
In addition to research, the physicians and surgeons in the cerebrovascular group provide advanced training for specialists from around the world in the diagnosis and treatment of patients with aneurysms and arteriovenous malformations. As Program Director for the University Division of Neurosurgery, Dr Wallace is responsible for the postgraduate education of over 35 residents in neurosurgery, the largest such single program in the world.
Dr. Wallace was a Senior Scientist at the Toronto Western Research Institute (1988-2006) and served as its director from 1999-2004. He remains active in clinical research associated with his special interest in intracranial aneurysms and vascular malformations of the central nervous system.
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