Patient Talk: The Surgical Experience

November 30, 2023Conference, News, Patient Stories

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A talk by family medicine physician and spinal CSF leak patient Dr. Claudia Perez Sandhu on her experience having surgery to treat her spinal CSF leak. This talk was given at the Bridging the Gap Conference on November 11, 2023, presented by the Spinal CSF Leak Foundation in partnership with the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus.

 

Claudia Perez Sandhu, MD, is a spinal CSF leak patient and family medicine physician who is also a member of the Spinal CSF Leak Foundation’s Patient Advisory Panel for Research. She was born and raised in Mexico, and completed her residency at St. Luke’s Hospital in Bethlehem, PA, where her two children were born. Claudia currently lives in California and works for Kaiser Permanente. Now recovered from her spinal CSF leak, she says, “I enjoy watching my kids grow and be part of their lives. As a family we enjoy traveling, watching Marvel movies, and hanging out with our dog.”

 

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Visit our Bridging the Gap conference page for more videos from the November 11, 2023, event.