Miguel Cortel-LeBlanc
Biography
Dr. Miguel Cortel-LeBlanc has a dual practice in Headache Medicine at the Ottawa Headache Centre and Emergency Medicine at The Ottawa Hospital. As an Emergency Medicine specialist he carved a clinical and academic focus on neurological emergencies and headache disorders. He has produced a number of headache-related publications including co-authoring the 2025 American Headache Society updated guidelines for parenteral treatment of migraine in the emergency department.
Beyond improving migraine care, his particular interests also lie in CSF-leaks and spontaneous intracranial hypotension (SIH), trigeminal autonomic cephalalgias (TACs), and secondary headache disorders. He is an Assistant Professor at the University of Ottawa, and is completing a thesis-based Master of Headache Disorders at the University of Copenhagen and Danish Headache Center, and will be pursuing a Headache Fellowship at the Ottawa Headache Centre.
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Research interests
- Headache
- Migraine
- Neurological emergencies
- Medico-legal issues in medicine
Contact
Address
Université d’Ottawa
Email
mcortelleblanc@gmail.com