Christine Lay MD, FRCP, FAHS

A Bit About Me

Dr. Christine Lay is a Professor of Neurology and the founding director of the Headache Program at the University of Toronto, where she holds the Deborah Ivey Christiani Brill Chair for Neurology Research. She completed her residency at Mayo Clinic and her Headache fellowship at Albert Einstein College of Medicine in New York City. In addition to directing and growing the Headache program at U of T, and a very busy patient practice, she is actively involved in research and teaching, and directs the Canadian Headache Society Fellowship in Toronto. She is the Vice Chair of the American Migraine Foundation, is a board member of the American Headache Society, and co-chairs the annual AHS Scottsdale Symposium. Her main areas of interest include advocacy, education and the management of migraine, including hormonal migraine, as well as the health effects of adverse childhood experiences.