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Personal Profiles of Headache and Migraine Sufferers and Professionals

Profiles of people who have or had headaches or Migraine disease as well as profiles of professionals in the field.

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Robert Kaniecki, M.D.
Robert Kaniecki, M.D., is an assistant professor of neurology and director of the Headache Center at the University of Pittsburgh. Dr. Kaniecki is also the founder of the Allegheny General Headache Center, which is revered as the focal point for numerous single and multi-center clinical research protocols.
Dr. Scott Strickler, Ophthalmologist
Profile of Dr. Scott Strickler, Ophthalmologist, of Ohio Valley Eye Physicians in Parkersburg, West Virginia. Dr. Strickler's special interests include topical cataract surgery and glaucoma and diabetic eye care. He is also well versed in headache and Migraine.
Elvis on LSD? No, DHE for Migraine!
The stories of LSD, Demerol, Propranolol, and other drugs were the result of Elvis's Intractable Migraines according to his personal Physician. Elvis, as many of today's Migraineurs, was judged harshly and wrongly. Here's the real story! Really!!
Headache/Migraine Care: As it SHOULD Be
People with Migraine Disease, Cluster Headaches, and other headache disorders often encounter problems getting proper and respectful treatment. Headache specialists and clinics can be the answer.
Profile: Paula Ann Garber, Migraineur
From 12-year-old "headacher" to grandmother and novelist: Paula has coped with Migraines, vowing not to let them control her life. She is now finishing her second novel, which will be published next year.
Joel R. Saper, M.D., F.A.C.P., F.A.A.N.
Dr. Saper is the Founder and Director of The Michigan Head·Pain & Neurological Institute. A board-certified neurologist and pain medicine specialist, Dr. Saper is past President of the American Association for the Study of Headache, past Chairman of the American Council for Headache Education, and an educator in the American Academy of Neurology and the American Pain Society...
Stephen D. Silberstein, MD, FACP
Dr. Stephen Silberstein is a Professor of Neurology at the Jefferson Medical College of Thomas Jefferson University in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and Director of the Jefferson Headache Center.
William B. Young, M.D.
William B. Young, M.D., is a board-certified neurologist. He is Assistant Professor of Neurology and Director of the In-Patient Program at the Jefferson Headache Center at Thomas Jefferson University.
Merle Diamond, MD, FACEP
Dr. Merle Diamond is Associate Director of the Diamond Headache Clinic, Chicago, Illinois, an attending physician in Internal Medicine at Saint Joseph Hospital and an emergency physician at Columbus and Saint Joseph Hospital, Chicago...
David W. Buchholz, MD
After graduating first in his class from the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Dr. Buchholz served as Chief Resident in Neurology at Johns Hopkins. He joined the faculty of Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, where for 14 years he was the Director of the Neurological Consultation Clinic...
Lawrence Robbins, M.D.
Dr. Lawrence Robbins is considered to be one of the top 10 experts in the U.S. on management of headache medications. His books, Headache Help and Management of Headache and Headache Medications have been very well reviewed, and both are bestsellers...
Alan Rapoport, M.D.
Dr. Alan M. Rapoport is Director and Co-founder of The New England Center for Headache in Stamford, Connecticut, and Medical Director of the Headache Inpatient Unit at Greenwich Hospital. He is Assistant Clinical Professor of Neurology at the Yale University School of Medicine in New Haven. He is also former director of Neurology at Greenwich Hospital...
Seymour Diamond, M.D.
Dr. Seymour Diamond is Director of the Diamond Headache Clinic and Director of the Diamond Inpatient Headache Unit at St. Joseph Hospital, Chicago, Illinois...
John Claude Krusz, Ph.D., M.D.
Dr. John Claude Krusz received his Ph.D. in neuropharmacology from State University of New York, Downstate Medical Center in 1975 and his Medical Degree from State University of New York at Buffalo School of Medicine in 1983. He is a Diplomate of the American Board of Neurology...
Richard B. Lipton, M.D.
Dr. Richard B. Lipton is a professor of Neurology, Epidemiology and Social Medicine at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine in the Bronx, New York. He is also a staff neurologist at the Montefiore Headache Unit and an attending physician at Montefiore Medical Center in Bronx, New York...
Robert E. Ryan, Jr., M.S., M.D.
Dr. Robert Ryan is executive director of both the Ryan Headache Center and of Mercy Health Research in St. Louis, Mo. He is nationally recognized for his work in the clinical research of new drugs for the treatment of headache...
"Alice in Wonderland:" A Children’s Book or a Migraineur’s Diary? About Headaches and Migraine
Lewis Carroll wrote of truly bizarre events in his “Alice in Wonderland” books. Alice goes through all kinds of metamorphic change: gets larger or smaller, experiences double vision and hallucinations of smiling cats. Lewis had quite the imagination. Or WAS it imagination? Researchers suggest Carroll was actually a Migraineur, and Alice’s manifestations were representative of his Migraine auras.
Fred Sheftell, M.D.
Dr. Fred Sheftell is director and founder of The New England Center for Headache located in Stamford, Connecticut and Associate Medical Director of the Headache In-Patient Unit at The Greenwich Hospital. He is Clinical Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychiatry at New York Medical College...

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