TORONTO, Feb. 21, 2018 /CNW/ - Sunnybrook's internationally recognized leaders in neuromodulation — the ability to intervene in brain circuitry to stop, start, and interrupt the systems at the root of the most common and challenging brain disorders — have received an important boost from local philanthropists.
The Harquail family has made a landmark $5-million investment to establish the Harquail Centre for Neuromodulation at Sunnybrook, the world's first centre to offer a complete range of neuromodulation treatments under one roof. Sunnybrook Foundation will direct an additional $5 million in donor funds, bringing the total investment to $10 million. The joint investment will support a critical mass of world experts in neuromodulation and help build a physical hub for innovative care and research.
"Neuromodulation uses advanced, image-guided technologies such as focused ultrasound to interact directly with malfunctioning brain circuits," says Dr. Nir Lipsman, inaugural director of the Harquail Centre for Neuromodulation and international expert in image-guided brain therapies. "The Harquail Centre for Neuromodulation will be the first in the world to offer patients the full spectrum of state-of-the art neuromodulation treatments. There is no other centre in the world that can do that in one place."
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With this investment, Dr. Lipsman has already recruited two of the world's foremost experts in neuromodulation to the Sunnybrook team: Dr. Clement Hamani and Dr. Peter Giacobbe. Their vision and passion for the future of image-guided treatments for brain disorders will help Sunnybrook produce research that will change the way brain disorders are treated globally.
To be housed in the soon-to-be constructed 60,000-square-foot Garry Hurvitz Brain Sciences Centre, the 4,000-square-foot Harquail Centre for Neuromodulation will provide leading-edge care and serve as a recruitment epicentre for first-in-the-world clinical trials of focused ultrasound and other highly sophisticated neuromodulation technologies.
About neuromodulation at Sunnybrook
Sunnybrook is at the global forefront of advances in neuromodulation, and focused ultrasound in particular. In 2016, Sunnybrook was designated a centre of excellence by the Focused Ultrasound Foundation, the leading organization for research and advocacy in the field. The honour is the first ever awarded to a Canadian hospital and one of only six in the world.
