B U I L D I N G F O R D I S CO V E R Y
Krembil Discovery Tower
• A9-storeystate-of-the-artnewbuildingforTWH
• 5floorsdedicatedtoresearchspace
• Featuringwetanddrybenchspace; corefacilities,lectureandseminarrooms
• 325,000squarefeet
• $165millioncapitalproject
• Multipurposebuilding
• GroundFloorEducationSpace
• 1.5floorsdedicatedtoAltumHealth– asuccessfulUniversityHealthNetwork enterpriseprovidinginnovativesolutionsforhealthanddisabilitymanagement.Revenueswillassistinfinancingandbuildingoperationalcosts.
BUILDINGHIGHLIGHTS
The Krembil Discovery Tower at Toronto Western Hospital
THIS ISTHEPLACE• theworld’sbestbrainsdoingleading-edgetranslationalresearchandcreatingbreakthroughsforourpatients.
•hometoCanada’slargestconcentration–over150–neurologists,neurosurgeons,neuroradiologistsandneuroscientists.
• consideredamongthetopintheworldforParkinson’sandAlzheimer’sresearch.
• amajortrainingcentreforfuturemedicalandscientificleaders.
TWRISNAPSHOTS2011TorontoWesternResearchInstituteishometotheresearchprogramsassociatedwiththeneuralandvisualsciences,musculoskeletaldiseaseandcommunityhealthprograms.TWRIinvestigatorscollaboratecloselywithcliniciansatTWH.
122Researchers 105,000 sq. ft. ResearchSpace 157Trainees 515 TotalPublications 206Technical/SupportStaff $43,612,000 ExternalFunding
CallingtheresearchcentrethefinalpieceofthepuzzleinTorontoWesternHospital’srenewalprojects,UniversityHealthNetworkPresidentandCEO, Dr.BobBell,explains:“TheresearchrecruitmentenvironmentisverycompetitiveinNorthAmerica.Inordertoretainthebrightestandbestresearchersaswellasrecruitothers,wemustcreateaspacethatmatchestheircaliberofwork.”
FUNFACTS• KDTis30,193.5squaremeters(alittlemorethan19NHLicerinksurfaces)
• KDTis56.5mtall(185feet)(about11CadillacEscaladesor36smartcarsstackedupendtoend)
• KDTwillcontain16,500cubicmetresofconcrete(couldfillmorethan 6Olympicswimmingpools)
• KDTwillcontain550000kgofreinforcingsteel(equaltotheweightof101AfricanElephants)
2001 FirstinNorthAmericatousedeepbrainstimulationtotreatpatientswithadvancedstageParkinson’sdisease
2003UseofDeepBrain Stimulationfortreatmentof drugresistantdepression
2009Outpatientcraniotomyforaneurysm
2009FirstinCanadatouselaser-basedbrainbypasssurgery
2010 UseofDeepBrain StimulationforAlzheimer’sdisease
2010FirstCanadianstemcelltransplantprogramforeyedisease
2011 Identificationof5genesresponsibleforlate-onset Alzheimer’sdisease
2012 Developmentofadrugthatprotectsbrainfromstrokedamage
RECENTFIRSTS IN NEUROSCIENCE
Tennys J.M. HansonPresident&CEOTel:[email protected]
Doug EarleCampaignDirector KrembilNeuroscienceProgramandBrainCampaignTel:[email protected]
Toronto General & Western Hospital FoundationTorontoWesternHospitalGroundFloor,WW1-406399BathurstSt.TorontoONM5T2S8Tel: 416.603.5958Fax: 416.603.6224