The Headache Medicine Fellowship curriculum consists of training through clinical rotations, research opportunities, and didactic education.
Rotations
Rotations are in half day to 1 week blocks spread throughout the year for well-rounded exposure to specialty evaluation of headache disorders and to gain a better understanding of the multi-disciplinary approach that is required to best treat this patient population:
- Headache Clinic (3 blocks) (includes Adult, Pediatric and Headache Infusion clinics)
- Integrative medicine (1 block)
- Research (1 block)
- NSx (1 block)
- Sleep (1 block)
- Neuro-opthalmology (1 block)
- Weight Management (1 block)
- Behavioral Medicine (1 block)
- Addiction Medicine (1 block)
- Neuroradiology (1 block)
- Pain Management (1 block)
On rotations with other department/specialties, the fellow will always have direct supervision (example: Weight Management, Neuroradiology, Neuro-ophthalmology, etc.).
Advocacy Connection Team:
ACT Now Fellow and Advocacy Training Program
ACT Now is a program the fellow will have the opportunity to become a member. This program trains doctors, patients, and caregivers to be advocates. The program includes monthly virtual meetings that educate and discuss various topics on advocacy and the field of migraine and headache disorders. The purpose of these meetings is to expose the group to stigma, policy & regulation, how advocacy should be a part of the treatment plan, and much more. Each advocacy training contains a knowledgeable speaker to educate and answer questions. Break-out sessions also provide intimate discussions about these topics hearing from both the patient/caregiver and doctor perspectives.
Conferences and Didactics
All conferences are multidisciplinary. Didactic activities include:
- Monthly headache case conference
- Monthly headache journal club
- Give one lecture for neurology and child neurology resident on a headache related topic.