Yasmine Hoydonckx
@YHoydonckx
Associate Professor, Department of Anesthesia and Pain Medicine, UHN, Toronto Western Hospital, University of Toronto.
Looking for patient with chronic daily headache for KetHead trial!

Proud to have co-chaired our 2nd Canadian SIH Conference. Grateful to our amazing US & Canadian faculty—together we push for more awareness & improved care for SIH across Canada.@SpinalCSFCanada @DrIanCarroll @WouterSchievink@AndrewCallenMD


📍Join us for a 1.5-day event dedicated to understanding and treating Spontaneous Intracranial Hypotension (#SIH). 🗓2nd Canadian SIH Conference | May 31 – June 1, 2025. >>Secure your spot today! spinalcsfleakcanada.ca/home-page-cana…
@SpinalCSFCanada what an amazing conference! A total highlight and honor to meet the experts and patients I admire and who have helped me and others so much ❤️. So happy to have meet and hug my beautiful, brave friend @FPDESIGNTO proud of u! #dontgiveup #SIH #pPDPH #hope
📑 NEW PAPER ALERT 📑 From @iantmark et al @MayoRadiology #SIH “CONCLUSIONS: Our study provides further evidence that skull base and spinal CSF leaks represent distinct pathophysiologies and present with different brain MRI findings.” ajnr.org/content/early/…
Today I received an award from the Chair of CSF leak Canada. What an honor! Our survey showed 80% of CSF leak affects highly educated women resulting in huge disability. Potentially it is treatable and CSF foundation is instrumental in raising awareness of this
Exciting news! Today, @DrPhilipPeng received the inaugural Spinal CSF Leak Canada Leadership in Advocacy Award from the Canadian SIH Conference. We are very grateful to Dr Peng for his outstanding leadership & advocacy efforts in advancing care for Canadian SIH patients! 🏆👏🏻
Thank you to our fantastic speakers for making this sold out 1st edition of Canadian SIH conference a big success!@WouterSchievink@PeterGKranz @DrMassicotte @UofTanesthesia @gelarehzadeh@DrIanCarroll@SpinalCSFCanada

@YHoydonckx sharing some results from the national cross-sectional survey at the inaugural Canadian SIH conference
Today we write history: the first Canadian conference on Spontaneous Intracranial Hypotension. Organized by Spinal CSF leak Canada and University of Toronto(UHN). Together, we will fight this disabling disease

Proud to have chaired the Annual Research Day for Dpt of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine at UofT for 3rd year in a row- my final one.Grateful to help showcase our dpt’s outstanding research.Special thanks to Dr. Sean Mackey and Dr. James Khan for their inspiring talks!



Tremendous honour to have chaired the 2024 ASRA Pain and MSK ultrasound cadaver course. Inspiring faculty, enthusiastic participants. A must-attend event for everybody practicing pain medicine - for many reasons! @ASRA_Society @DrPhilipPeng @drjameskhan @VinitaSinghMD

Just one month until the #PainMedicine and #MSK #Ultrasound Cadaver Course, which is the only of its kind that adds an entire portfolio of interventional pain procedures done with ultrasound guidance! Will we see you in Chicago? Go to asra.com/ccp/register to participate!
It's open! Register now for the #PainMedicine and #MSK #Ultrasound Cadaver Course! Led by renowned experts, join us and your colleagues in Chicago this June for a hands-on, intensive learning experience. Visit asra.com/ccp/register to snag your spot before this course fills up!
Great spontaneous intracranial hypotension conference in Toronto with leaders @YHoydonckx @DrMassicotte @ChristianUlrich, RichardFarb, @PeterGKranz @WouterSchievink, Ian Carroll
Final hours to save 💰 on the Pain Medicine and MSK Ultrasound Cadaver Course! Early-bird rates end tonight at 11:59 pm ET. Earn 11.75 CME credits in an highly interactive learning environment with expert faculty. Snag your spot! ➡ asra.com/ccp
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Looking for chronic daily headache patients for the KetHead trial
Very interesting case report @AnnalsHeadache Glucagon-Like Peptide-1 Analogue In The Management Of Rebound Intracranial Hypertension Congratulations @YHoydonckx & @UHN team. #GLP #headache #SIH @aihsHeadache @DmitriSouza @PeterGKranz @KohanLynn ahmjournal.com/glucagon-like-…