What will be covered:

- What role do hormones play in migraine?
- Are hormones the reason why more women than men have migraine?
- Why do many women with migraine see an increase in attacks with their menstrual cycle?
- What is menstrually related migraine versus pure menstrual migraine?
- Is it common for menopause or perimenopause to trigger new-onset migraine?
- Does migraine typically get better or worse during the later years of a woman’s life?
- What type of practitioner is most suitable for managing hormonal migraine?
- What is the best way to get multiple providers to work together for you?
- Why is advocacy so important to improve and advances in treating hormonal migraine?


Dr. Candice Todd MD, MSc, FRCPC

Dr. Todd is a general neurologist and a headache medicine specialist at the Scarborough Health Network in Toronto, Canada. She completed her residency at the University of Toronto and completed her fellowship in Headache Medicine at the University of Toronto. She is interested in Women’s Issues in Neurology specifically pregnancy and its impacts on headache as well as gender and racial disparities in neurological diseases.