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Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre

2075 Bayview Ave.

Toronto, ON M4N 3M5

Canada

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Primary Contact: Stephanie Roberts

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Research Areas

Pre-Clinical	Clinical	Technical	Bioeffect
Brain Metastases, Breast Cancer Breast Cancer Glioblastoma Liver Metastases Liver Tumors Colorectal Tumor Epilepsy Stroke, Intracerebral Hemorrhage Atrial Fibrillation Hypertension Deep Vein Thrombosis Depression Parkinson's Disease Alzheimer's Disease Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) Bone Mets	Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) Bone Cancer Glioblastoma Liver Tumors Colorectal Tumor Head & Neck Tumors Uterine Fibroids Depression Essential Tremor Parkinson's Disease Huntington's Disease Brain Metastases, Breast Cancer Uterine Fibroids Alzheimer's Disease Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) Glioblastoma	Drug Delivery Technology FUS Transducer Technology FUS Physics Ultrasound Imaging For FUS Guidance MR Imaging For FUS Guidance FUS Treatment Monitoring FUS Simulation And Treatment Planning Standards & QA	BBB Opening - Drug Delivery BBB Opening - Increased Vascular Permeability Hyperthermia - Drug Delivery Immune Cell Delivery Immunotherapeutic Delivery Other Chemosensitization Sonoporation Therapeutic Delivery (unencapsulated) - Drug Delivery Vasodilation - Drug Delivery Stem Cell Delivery Clot Lysis Neuromodulation Radiosensitization Vascular Disruption Thermal Ablation

Researchers

Aaron Boyes	Alexandra Colquhoun	Anthony Levitt	Danny Enepekides
Elizabeth N David	Gregory Czarnota	Harry Foster	Irene Karam
Kullervo Hynynen	Linda Sugar	Lorne Zinman	Michael J Bronskill
Nir Lipsman	Peggy Richter	William Chu

Research Projects Funded by the Focused Ultrasound Foundation

Category	Title	Indication	Status
Clinical Trial	A Study to Evaluate the Safety and Feasibility of Blood-Brain Barrier (BBB)...	Alzheimer's Disease	Complete
Clinical Trial	A Study to Evaluate the Safety and Feasibility of Blood-Brain Barrier...	Astrocytoma	Complete
Clinical Trial	A Feasibility Study to Evaluate Safety and Initial Effectiveness of ExAblate...	Essential Tremor	Complete
Clinical Trial	Magnetic Resonance Guided High Intensity Focused Ultrasound for Head and Neck...	Head & Neck Tumors	Active
Technical	Study of standing waves and secondary focal spots: A Preliminary Feasibility...		Complete
Technical	Study of standing waves and secondary focal spots		Complete
Pre-Clinical	Focused Ultrasound Immunomodulation in a Mouse GL261 Intracranial Glioma	Glioblastoma	Complete
Clinical Trial	Phase I trial of MR-guided Focused Ultrasound (MRgFUS) bilateral capsulotomy...		Active

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