Krembil Research Institute

In the early 1980s, Toronto Western took on additional neurological and neurosurgical care responsibilities for the UHN group.

By 2004, under the founding leadership of neurosurgeon C. Wallace, the Krembil had emerged as one of the largest research institutes in Canada with a neuroscience emphasis.

This research is directed into the following areas: molecular genetics of blinding eye diseases with brain disorders; treatment and biophysics of glaucoma; eye movement control mechanisms; neuronal damage; retinal degeneration and diabetic retinopathy.

[2] Christopher Wallace MD, MSc, FRCSC, a neurosurgeon and neurophysiologist, was the first official director of the Krembil; his research focussed on therapeutic approaches to vascular brain injury.

[21] [22] Krembil occupies 105,000 sq ft (9,800 m2) at Toronto Western Hospital for basic science, clinical, imaging and epidemiological research.