Section of Headache Medicine
New avenues for treating headache pain
Our faculty bring breakthrough pain-management therapies to patients with dental and head pain.
What sets us apart:
- Our busy practice, including unique cases. Our experienced providers treat nearly 1,000 patients each year.
- Rare expertise. We are one of only a few dental-headache specialty clinics in the nation.
- Innovative treatments. We offer the latest medications and pain management therapies.
- Fast access. We offer migraine patients quick access to outpatient IV therapy.
Questions?
Email us at deptofneuro@ohsu.edu
Faculty careers
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Clinical programs
Learn about the new ways we’re treating people with head and facial pain.
Research
Learn about our studies testing innovative therapies, including GLP1 drugs, for pain.
Clinical programs
Join our expert headache medicine clinicians to bring the latest therapies to patients.
Orofacial pain
You can work closely with colleagues at the OHSU Dental School to treat facial pain. We offer procedures like botulinum toxin injection, trigger point injection, supraorbital nerve block, auriculo-temporal nerve block, greater and lesser occipital nerve block and sphenopalatine ganglion block.
Outpatient IV for migraines
We offer patients rapid access to outpatient and inpatient IV therapy to treat refractory or prolonged migraine or trigeminal neuralgia and facial pain flare-ups.
Explore more clinical care at the OHSU Headache Center.
Headache medicine fellowship
You can prepare for a career in headache medicine by training with our experts. We offer a one-year headache fellowship accredited by the United Council for Neurologic Subspecialties.
Training includes:
- A focus on evaluation, diagnosis and management of patients with headache and facial pain disorders
- Practice in procedures such as Botox administration and trigger point injection
- Research, case presentations and journal clubs built into your schedule
Headache medicine research
You can lead or support studies that test investigational drugs or use approved drugs in new ways to treat headache, migraines and facial pain.
Current projects include:
- Investigating the effects of GLP1 agonists on migraine frequency
- Studying the effect of sphenopalatine ganglion block in patients with facial pain
- Measuring the benefits of gepants (small molecule compounds) as a mini prophylaxis for menstrual migraine
Meet section faculty
Specialists in our section have extensive training in headache medicine and are double board certified in headache medicine and neurology.
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Appointments and titles
- Assistant Professor of Neurology, School of Medicine
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Areas of interest
- Pediatric, adolescent and adult headache disorders
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“OHSU offers cutting-edge research opportunities and a very supportive academic environment that fosters growth, collaboration and clinical excellence.”
Continuing medical education
Attend grand rounds and more.
“Trainees can expect exceptional mentorship, multidisciplinary training and exposure to a wide range of complex headache disorders.”
