
Amy Yu, MD
@amyyu_md
Mom, wife, daughter. Stroke neurologist. Sr Scientist @Sunnybrook. Associate Prof @uoftmedicine. CRC in Data-driven Design of Stroke Systems. IG @amyyu_md ❤️ 🧠
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https://sunnybrook.ca/research/team/member.asp?t=36&m=774&page=934 12-02-2015 14:25:42
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Grateful for the opportunity to speak to Katherine Ward Globalnews.ca about post-partum vascular risk factor screening #cardioobstetric🤰❤️🧠 📺 globalnews.ca/video/11029749… 📝 in Circulation ahajournals.org/doi/10.1161/CI…


Suboptimal vascular risk factor screening after pregnancy-related hypertension or diabetes: <1 in 5 people screened in the 1st year Amy Yu, MD ICES Dr. Kara Nerenberg ahajournals.org/doi/full/10.11…


Data suggest that fewer than 1 in 5 women with hypertension disorders of pregnancy or gestational diabetes were screened for diabetes and dyslipidemia after their pregnancy. Is this a missed opportunity for prevention? #pregnancycare Amy Yu, MD Dr Roxana Mehran medscape.com/viewarticle/fe…

🎉 BIG congrats to the 4 inaugural neuroscience trainees who were selected for the Canadian Journal of Neurological Sciences Reviewer-In-Training program! Canadian Neurological Sciences Federation Alwyn Gomez, MD PhD Ann Subota Yasamin Mahjoub Dakota Peacock The future is bright! 💫


🚨 "Perioperative strokes: uncovering risks, sequelae, and a therapeutic future" out now in Anesthesiology and Perioperative Science link.springer.com/article/10.100… DCNS Calgary Understanding why periop strokes occur & how to prevent them (esp for high-risk surgeries) can help us advance stroke therapeutics for all!



With the support of Brain Canada and CIHR Institute of Gender & Health, two national research networks will each receive $5 million in funding to better understand women’s unique risk factors for heart disease and stroke, and improve diagnosis and treatment. Amy Yu, MD Rohan D'Souza #InternationalWomensDay

On this #InternationalWomensDay I count my blessings to be able to work with an amazing team to advance women's brain health 🧠❤️ So happy to see #StrokeGoRed featured in the The Globe and Mail theglobeandmail.com/life/adv/artic…


A warmest welcome and huge congrats to the new members of our U of T Adult Neurology Residents and UToronto Neurology family!! 🥳 👏 🧠 🤓 So grateful and excited to have these young and bright neurons training with us for the next 5 years!! 🙌 🥂


Check out our Editor's Choice in the latest issue from Jessalyn Holodinsky, PhD Amy Yu, MD Moira Kapral "Rising out-of-hospital mortality in Canada during 2020‒2022: A striking impact observed among young adults" link.springer.com/article/10.172… #cjph_rcsp


DYK - data from the Ontario Stroke Registry housed ICES have been used for >200 publications & reports. Read more about the registry's inception as a national Registry of the Canadian Stroke Network and its evolution in Canadian Journal of Neurological Sciences cambridge.org/core/journals/…

Join us TODAY Thursday April 3rd for U of T Stroke Rounds at 12:00pm – 1:00pm EST Bijoy K Menon of DCNS Calgary will be speaking on decision making and candidacy in acute thrombolysis! DM Dr. DiestroKE for the link! Ryan Muir SchaafsmaJoanna Neurovascular Center @ St. Michael's Hospital

I'm leaving the #CWHHS2025 with a renewed sense of purpose & motivation to improve #stroke outcomes in women Canadian Women's Heart Health Alliance (CWHHA) Heart & Stroke Heart Institute #StrokeGoRed

Dr. Amy Yu, MD leads StrokeGoRed, which aims to improve women's stroke outcomes. With $5 million in funding, innovative approaches, and a team of more than 50 experts across Canada, this team aims to revolutionize women’s outcomes after stroke: bit.ly/4jMCvaa.


🚨Can 24h NIHSS be a primary outcome for acute stroke RCTs? 24h NIHSS results aligned with 90d mRS in 84% of RCTs, but early NIHSS risks misclassifying 1/4 patients doi.org/10.1161/JAHA.1… Johanna Ospel, MD PhD Manon Kappelhof Rosalie McDonough Michael D Hill Mayank Goyal Stroke AHA/ASA DCNS Calgary

TEMPO‐2 sub-analysis: females treated with TNK less likely to return to baseline function compared to males. No difference in sICH. #AHAJournals Amy Yu, MD ShelaghCouttsMD DCNS Calgary ahajrnls.org/44qHSqV
