Michael Tymianski, M.D., Ph.D., F.R.C.S.C.

Dr. Tymianski is a neurosurgeon specializing in the treatment of patients with brain vascular disorders, including surgery for stroke (carotid endarterectomy), brain aneurysms, arteriovenous malformations, cavernous malformations, and EC-IC bypass. He Joined the Toronto Western Hospital staff in 1997. He obtained his clinical specialty training first at the University of Toronto and then at the Barrow Neurological Institute under Prof. Robert F. Spetzler.

He is an associate professor of surgery at the University of Toronto. He teaches and supervises medical students, residents and clinical fellows.

In his research laboratory, he studies the cellular and molecular mechanisms that cause brain cells to die during a stroke, and new drug treatments for protecting the brain from being damaged by stroke and other injuries.