BUILDING FOR DISCOVERY - uhn.ca · • KDT is 56.5 m tall (185 feet) (about 11 Cadillac Escalades...

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:416.340.4373tennys.hanson@uhn.ca

Doug EarleCampaignDirector KrembilNeuroscienceProgramandBrainCampaignTel:416.603.6438doug.earle@uhn.ca

Toronto General & Western Hospital FoundationTorontoWesternHospitalGroundFloor,WW1-406399BathurstSt.TorontoONM5T2S8Tel: 416.603.5958Fax: 416.603.6224