- Professor – Headache
Clinical Interests
- Diagnosis and treatment of headache and pain of all types including migraine with and without aura, chronic daily headaches, tension-type headaches (episodic and chronic), medication overuse headaches, cluster headache and other trigeminal autonomic cephalalgias.
Research Interests
- Headache, pain, analgesic drug development
Certifications
- Diplomate, American Academy of Pain Management, 1992
- Diplomate, American Board Forensic Examiners, 1996, 2014
- Diplomate, American Board of Forensic Medicine, 1996, 2014
- Diplomate, American Academy of Integrated Medicine, 2000, 2016
- Certified, American Society of NeuroRehabilitation, 1993
- American Board of Disability Analysts, Senior Disability Analyst and Diplomate, 1996
- Colorado Division of Worker’s Compensation – Level I & II Accreditation (1992-1998)
Education/Training
Degrees:
- MD
Northwestern University, 1976
Residencies:
- Internship in Internal Medicine
Northwestern Memorial Hospital, 1977 - Residency in Neurology
Northwestern University Medical Center, 1980
Fellowships:
- Fellow, American College of Forensic Examiners, 2015
- Fellow, American Academy of Pain Medicine, 1996
- Fellow, American Academy of Integrative Medicine, 2000, 2016
Publications, Research and Outreach
- Author of five textbooks and more than 150 peer review research papers and book chapters on the topics of headache, pain, and traumatic brain injury.
- Frequent lecturer on headache and pain of all types, minor traumatic brain injury, and the autonomic nervous system.
Professional Organization Memberships
- American Academy of Pain Management (Founding Member, 1988)
- American Academy of Pain Medicine (Algology), Founding Member, 1983
- American Headache Society (formerly American Association for the Study of Headache)
- American Pain Society
- American Society of Neurorehabilitation
- Eastern Pain Association (Past President)
- Florida Academy of Pain Medicine (Past President)
- International Association for the Study of Pain
- International Headache Society
Links
- Research
- UNC Division of Headache
- Patient Ratings (when available) – Physician satisfaction data is posted when a physician has received a minimum of 30 returned patient surveys.
