The Toronto Hospital Neurosciences Centre Our achievements......
..so far the achievements of The Toronto Hospital Neuorsciences Centre span
almost 90 years. Many of the techniques and procedures first developed at
The Toronto Hospital are now being used by specialists around the world.
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1924 - Canada's first dedicated neurosurgeon, Dr. Kenneth G. McKenzie, is
appointed to Toronto General Hospital.
1927 - Dr. McKenzie pioneers the treatment for brain tumours.
1936 - Dr. William Keith performs Canada's first operation for the removal
of a ruptured lumbar disc.
1941 - Physicians demonstrate that brain hemorrhage is often due to brain
aneurysm.
1956 - Neurosurgeons develop the technique of lowering the body temperature
to repair brain aneurysms during surgery.
1965 - Development of a prototype clip for aneurysms, the forerunner of
the aneurysm clips that are standard today.
1971 - World's first bypass graft to the brain to circumvent a completely
blocked carotid artery.
1972 - Canada's first Neuro-ophthalmology Unit is established.
1973 - Canada's first intracranial pressure monitoring laboratory is established.
1978 - First in the world to show the reversibility of brain shrinkage and
dysfunction from alcoholism with abstinence.
1980 - Canada's first Tourette's Syndrome Clinic is established.
1980 - Canada's first Sleep Disorders Clinic is established.
1984 - Canada's first endovascular treatment of a newborn with brain vascular
malformation.
1985 - Think First Canada, the country's first national spinal cord and
head injury prevention program is established.
1988 - The world's first human sciatic nerve allograft.
1989 - Canada's first multidisciplinary Brain Vascular Malformation Clinic
is established.
1990 - Researchers develop the world's most advanced 3D imaging computer
system for locating specific areas in the brain during neurosurgery and
other procedures.
1992 - First to develop a novel strategy using chemical substances to prevent
or treat brain damage from stroke or trauma by regulating cell calcium.
1996 - First in Canada to test a new form of gene therapy to treat glioblastoma,
a lethal brain tumour.
The Toronto Hospital Neurosciences Centre has been a leader in patient care,
research and teaching. It will continue with this tradition into the 21st.
century.
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