Dr. Sheftell has co-authored six books with Dr. Rapoport on the subject of headache and contributed to numerous others. He is past course director for the American Association for the Study of Headache and has served on its Board of Directors. Dr. Sheftell has authored numerous medical articles and has done extensive research on the subject of headache. He has lectured widely throughout North and South America and Europe on many aspects of the subject of headache to medical groups, institutions, business leaders, and universities. He is a winner of the United Way's Silver Award, the National Migraine Foundation's Public Awareness Award and the American Council for Headache Education's Lifetime Achievement Award.

He has been a featured guest on numerous national, regional and local broadcasts, including Nightline, Dateline NBC, National Public Radio, 20/20, Good Morning America, the Fox Network, CNN, the Today Show, and PBS' Innovations. He is editor of Seminars in Headache Management. He served on the editorial board and as a consultant to C. Everest Koop's Time-Life Medical vide series on migraine. Dr. Sheftell is the National President of the American Council for Headache Education (ACHE); Medical Advisor Chair, MAGNUM-The National Migraine Association; General Secretary of the International Headache Society's Education Committee and Chair of the Subcommittee for the World Headache Alliance.