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Sunnybrook construction
approx 1970-1980
Toronto, Ontario, Canada

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Sunnybrook's evolution throughout the 1980's continued, spearheaded by Board of Trustees Chairs Ian Douglas, John Orr, and Michael Scott. Dr. Martin Barkin served as Chief Executive Officer from 198401987, when he was succeeded by Peter Ellis.

The hospital's development plan was adjusted for lack of funding , and renovations began to build new clinical areas such as emergency, radiology, family practice, nursing units, and service areas.

To reflects its new role as the community-oritented acute care teaching hospital and research facility, the hospital was renamed Sunnybrook medical Centre in 1973. The Sunnybrook Hospital University of Toronto Clinics (SHUTC) were formed to offer modern ambulatory diagnostic and treatment services. The Sunnybrook Volunteer Association replaced the Red Cross as the organisation responsible for assisting patient care and comfort, although most Red Cross volunteers stayed on to join the Volunteer Association.

Many new specialty services opened their doors in the 1970's, including an acute spinal cord injury unit and a stroke unit. Sunnybrook also established Canda's first regional trauma unit for the care of those with life-threatning multiple injuries. Other trauma programs have since been modelled to the standard set by Sunnybrook's initial trauma unit. A helipad was installed to dramatically cut transfer times for patients brought to Sunnybrook from all over Ontario.

Dr. Hugh Little pioneered Sunnybrook's outreach in rheumatology, establishing clinics in remote northern communities to connect to the hospital's services.

In 1975 Kilgour Wing, a 400-bed facility for veterans was opened. The wing was build on property transfered to Sunnybrook in 1966, and funded by the federal government. Among those who headed Sunnybrook's growth in the 1970's was Board of Trustees Chair Norman Bell, a Kilgour Heir.

In 1981, a long-range program plan for Sunnybrook was developed. Based on criteria set by this plan, Sunnybrook identified the programs which would be its major focus for the future: aging, cancer, heart and circulation, trauma and mental health.

In 1982, the Toronto-Bayview Regional Cancer Centre opened as Toronto's regional cancer centre. To provide additional patient support services, The Canadian Cancer Society formed a Sunnybrook-based volunteer group for cancer patients.

Also in 1982, the federal government transferred its prosthetics unit to the hospital, requiring major renovations to meet growin gpatient needs. The 1985 official opening of the Sunnybrook Centre for Independent Living showcased an outpatient facility providing prosthetics and orthotic devices and ahost of other services for disabled adults.

In 1985, the First Sunnybrook Fund was launched - a major fundraising effort which appealed to the public to raise $29 million for expansion and renovation.

The Cardiovascular Surgical Unit opened in 1989.

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In 1990 the hospital changed its name to Sunnybrook Health Science Centre to recognize the importance of health promotion and research.

On October 17, 1990, the George Hees Wing officially opened. The Reichmann Research Building opened in 1991, providing the hospital with 160,000 square feet of research laboratory space. By 1993, research programs had attracted $17 million per year in funding from external sources.

In 1992, the Institue for Clinical Evaluative Sciences in Ontario (ICES), headed by Dr. David Naylor, was launched as an outgrowth of Sunnybrook's clinical epidemiology research program. ICES scientists have as their objective to investigate how health services are delivered in Ontario, and ways medical care can be made more efficient and effective.