An Vanhaesebrouck
DVM CEAV(Int Med) DipECVN DPhil MRCVS
Clinical Neurologist
Professional history
An graduated from the University of Ghent (Belgium) in 2004. In 2005 she obtained a certificate (CEAV) in small animal internal medicine in France. After a rotating internship in small animal medicine and surgery at the National Veterinary School of Alfort (Paris) in France, An returned to the University of Ghent to complete a residency in veterinary neurology. She worked as a clinical neurologist at the Queen’s Veterinary School Hospital from 2009 to 2014. An left the Queen’s Veterinary School Hospital to take up a research fellowship in clinical neurosciences sponsored by the Wellcome trust at Oxford University (DPhil), where she worked in Professor Beeson’s congenital myasthenia lab. She re-joined the Queen’s Veterinary School Hospital in May 2018 as a clinical neurologist. She received several awards for her clinical and DPhil research.
Research interests
An is interested in all neurological diseases and is particularly interested in neuromuscular diseases (neuropathies, myopathies and synapse disorders) and involuntary muscle contractions (e.g. myokymia, neuromyotonia), as well as electrodiagnostics. She enjoys setting up and guiding clinical research projects to understand disease processes and to improve patient care.
Teaching
An provides neurology lectures to the 5th year students.
Selected publications
Canine Nonstructural Megaesophagus as a Clinical Sign of Potential Neurological Disease: 99 Cases.
Gomes SA, Van Ham L, Van Ham A, Ives EJ, Vanhaesebrouck A.J Am Anim Hosp Assoc. 2020 Jan/Feb;56(1):7-16.
β2-Adrenergic receptor agonists ameliorate the adverse effect of long-term pyridostigmine on neuromuscular junction structure.
Vanhaesebrouck AE, Webster R, Maxwell S, Rodriguez Cruz PM, Cossins J, Wickens J, Liu WW, Cetin H, Cheung J, Ramjattan H, Palace J, Beeson D.Brain. 2019 Dec 1;142(12):3713-3727.
The congenital myasthenic syndromes: expanding genetic and phenotypic spectrums and refining treatment strategies.
Vanhaesebrouck AE, Beeson D.Curr Opin Neurol. 2019 Oct;32(5):696-703.
Intranasal Midazolam versus Rectal Diazepam for the Management of Canine Status Epilepticus: A Multicenter Randomized Parallel-Group Clinical Trial.
Charalambous M, Bhatti SFM, Van Ham L, Platt S, Jeffery ND, Tipold A, Siedenburg J, Volk HA, Hasegawa D, Gallucci A, Gandini G, Musteata M, Ives E, Vanhaesebrouck AE.J Vet Intern Med. 2017 Jul;31(4):1149-1158.
Medical management of spinal epidural empyema in five dogs.
Monteiro SR, Gallucci A, Rousset N, Freeman PM, Ives EJ, Gandini G, Granger N, Vanhaesebrouck AE.J Am Vet Med Assoc. 2016 Nov 15;249(10):1180-1186.
A novel movement disorder in related male Labrador Retrievers characterized by extreme generalized muscular stiffness.
Vanhaesebrouck AE, Shelton GD, Garosi L, Harcourt-Brown TR, Couturier J, Behr S, Harvey RJ, Jeffery ND, Matiasek K, Blakemore WF, Granger N.J Vet Intern Med. 2011 Sep-Oct;25(5):1089-96.
Clinical and electrophysiological characterization of myokymia and neuromyotonia in Jack Russell Terriers.
Vanhaesebrouck AE, Van Soens I, Poncelet L, Duchateau L, Bhatti S, Polis I, Diels S, Van Ham L.J Vet Intern Med. 2010 Jul-Aug;24(4):882-9.
Demyelinating polyneuropathy with focally folded myelin sheaths in a family of Miniature Schnauzer dogs.
Vanhaesebrouck AE, Couturier J, Cauzinille L, Mizisin AP, Shelton GD, Granger N.J Neurol Sci. 2008 Dec 15;275(1-2):100-5.