The Joey and Toby Tanenbaum Family
Gamma Knife Centre:

On September 20th, 2005, the Joey and Toby Tanenbaum Family Gamma Knife Centre was officially dedicated and opened at the Toronto Western Hospital (TWH) within the University Health Network (UHN). The Gamma Knife Centre at TWH, the first of its kind in the province of Ontario, was made possible through the philanthropic efforts of Joey and Toby Tanenbaum. The Gamma Kfnie Centre. The Gamma Knife Centre represents a unique collaboration between the Neuroscience Program at the Toronto Western Hospital and the Radiation Medicine Program at Princess Margaret Hospital. The Gamma Knife is a specialized equipment for intracranial radiosurgery, a non-invasive method for treating brain disorders. It delivers a single, high dose of radiation to an intracranial target. This technology makes it possible to administer a high radiation dose to the diseased area, minimizing the risk of damaging healthy tissue.

The Gamma Knife unit at TWH is currently being used to benefit citizens of Ontario suffering from a broad range of neurological and neurosurgical disorders including arteriovenous malformations, benign brain tumours such as acoustic neuromas, meningiomas, pituitary tumors, chordoma, and glomus tumours, movement disorders such as Parkinson disease, pain syndromes such as trigeminal neuralgia and epilepsy.

Inquiries regarding patient referrals can be made to the program co-ordinators: Dr Mark Bernstein (Neurosurgeon TWH), and Dr Cynthia Menard (Radiation Oncologist, PMH) at 416-603-5445. Faxed referrals can be send with relevant documentation to: 416-603-5155.

Address: Patient Referrals - Gamma Knife Centre
Toronto Western Hospital
Room 3McL-448
399 Bathurst Street
Toronto, Ontario M5T 2S8

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