We are heartbroken to share the news that Amanda Pickard, our beloved vice-president of the board of directors of the Spinal CSF Leak Foundation, died unexpectedly on Tuesday, January 24, 2023. Amanda, who held a PhD in chemistry and worked as a research...
Here’s just some of what we celebrated in 2022! ? We debuted new video and narrative patient stories ? We updated our abstracts page to include the most up-to-date important research ? We highlighted patient voices about parenting while ill ? We shared new resources...
Support the Spinal CSF Leak Foundation this GivingTuesday! GivingTuesday was launched in 2012 as a simple idea: to create a day that encourages people to do good. Over the past decade, this idea has grown into a global movement that inspires hundreds of millions of...
We are excited to announce that the Fifth Cedars-Sinai Intracranial Hypotension Symposium will take place July 8-9, 2023. The symposium will feature speakers from Asia, Australia, North America, and Europe. Stay tuned for information to come about all the speakers and...
By far the most common email query we receive from members of our community is: How can I find a doctor who can help me? Our board of directors, our executive director, and our volunteers are all either currently or previously affected by spinal CSF leak, and so we...
Diana’s spinal CSF leak story Many people with spinal cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) leak find the experience challenging and stressful, even if they are diagnosed and treated promptly. Diana’s case stumped the doctors she saw, and she had to advocate for...