An Vanhaesebrouck DVM CEAV(Int Med) DipECVN DPhil AFHEA MRCVS

EBVS^® European Specialist in Veterinary Neurology

Associate Teaching Professor

Clinical Neurologist

Professional history

An graduated from the University of Ghent in Belgium, she holds a Certificate in Small Animal Internal Medicine (CEAV) from France and completed a rotating internship in small animal medicine and surgery at the National Veterinary School of Alfort in Paris. She pursued a residency in veterinary neurology at the University of Ghent and a research fellowship focused on congenital myasthenia at Oxford University, which resulted in a DPhil in Clinical Neurosciences. She is particularly interested in neuromuscular diseases and electrodiagnostics.

An is currently developing novel diagnostic tests to improve the diagnosis of seronegative myasthenia gravis in dogs. Click here for more information about this study.

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.

Specific interest in:

Myasthenia gravis
Acquired idiopathic megaesophagus
Idiopathic generalized tremor syndrome (little white shaker)

She is currently developing novel diagnostic tests to improve the diagnosis of seronegative myasthenia gravis in dogs. Click here for more information about this study.

Teaching

An teaches veterinary students and supervises neurology residents.

Publications

Key publications:

Selected publications

Gomes SA, Van Ham L, Van Ham A, Ives EJ, Vanhaesebrouck A. Canine Nonstructural Megaesophagus as a Clinical Sign of Potential Neurological Disease: 99 Cases. J Am Anim Hosp Assoc. 2020 Jan/Feb;56(1):7-16.
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. β2-Adrenergic receptor agonists ameliorate the adverse effect of long-term pyridostigmine on neuromuscular junction structure. Brain. 2019 Dec 1;142(12):3713-3727.
Vanhaesebrouck AE, Beeson D. The congenital myasthenic syndromes: expanding genetic and phenotypic spectrums and refining treatment strategies. Curr Opin Neurol. 2019 Oct;32(5):696-703.
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. Intranasal Midazolam versus Rectal Diazepam for the Management of Canine Status Epilepticus: A Multicenter Randomized Parallel-Group Clinical Trial. J Vet Intern Med. 2017 Jul;31(4):1149-1158.
Monteiro SR, Gallucci A, Rousset N, Freeman PM, Ives EJ, Gandini G, Granger N, Vanhaesebrouck AE. Medical management of spinal epidural empyema in five dogs. J Am Vet Med Assoc. 2016 Nov 15;249(10):1180-1186.
Vanhaesebrouck AE, Shelton GD, Garosi L, Harcourt-Brown TR, Couturier J, Behr S, Harvey RJ, Jeffery ND, Matiasek K, Blakemore WF, Granger N.J A novel movement disorder in related male Labrador Retrievers characterized by extreme generalized muscular stiffness. Vet Intern Med. 2011 Sep-Oct;25(5):1089-96.
Vanhaesebrouck AE, Van Soens I, Poncelet L, Duchateau L, Bhatti S, Polis I, Diels S, Van Ham L. Clinical and electrophysiological characterization of myokymia and neuromyotonia in Jack Russell Terriers. J Vet Intern Med. 2010 Jul-Aug;24(4):882-9.
Vanhaesebrouck AE, Couturier J, Cauzinille L, Mizisin AP, Shelton GD, Granger N.J Demyelinating polyneuropathy with focally folded myelin sheaths in a family of Miniature Schnauzer dogs. Neurol Sci. 2008 Dec 15;275(1-2):100-5.

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An Vanhaesebrouck DVM CEAV(Int Med) DipECVN DPhil AFHEA MRCVS