Exploring the Boundaries Between Episodic and Chronic Migraine: Results from the CaMEO Study
AHSAM 2020 - Oral session
Published on October 2, 2020 | NEW
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Expert commentary byThomas N. Ward, MD
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Acknowledgements
This is a highlights summary of an oral session given at the AHSAM 2020 Virtual Annual Scientific Meeting and presented by:
Richard B. Lipton, MD
Professor and Vice Chair of Neurology
Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Bronx, New York
The content is produced by Infomedica, the official reporting partner of ASHAM 2020 Virtual Annual Scientific Meeting. The summary text was drafted by Goldcrest Medical Writing, reviewed by Marco Vercellino, MD, an independent external expert, and approved by Jessica Ailani, MD, FAHS and Mark J. Burish, MD, PhD, the scientific editors of the program.
The presenting authors of the original session had no part in the creation of this conference highlights summary.
In addition, an expert commentary on the topic has been provided by:
Thomas N. Ward, MD
Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth
About the Expert
Thomas N. Ward, MD
Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth
Dr. Thomas N. Ward grew up in Portsmouth, NH where he attended the public school system. He graduated from Dartmouth College cum laude in 1975 and from Dartmouth Medical School with honors in 1980 and was elected a member of AOA.
He was an intern and resident in Internal Medicine at Albany Medical Center from 1980-1982 then a resident in Neurology from 1982-1985 at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center. Subsequently he practiced Neurology at Laconia Clinic in Laconia, NH until returning to Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center in 1989 where he founded their headache clinic.
Dr. Ward is a Fellow of the American Headache Society and of the American Academy of Neurology as well as the American Neurological Association. He is President of the Headache Cooperative of New England and certified in the subspecialty of Headache Medicine by the United Council for Neurologic Subspecialties. He is an Active Emeritus Professor of Neurology at the Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth. He was the Editor in Chief of the journal Headache: the journal of head and face pain from 2013-2020. He currently sees patients at the White River Junction, VA Hospital
References
1. Headache Classification Committee of the International Headache Society (IHS) The International Classification of Headache Disorders. Cephalalgia 2018;38:1-211.
2. Adams AM, Serrano D, Buse DC, et al. The impact of chronic migraine: The Chronic Migraine Epidemiology and Outcomes (CaMEO) Study methods and baseline results. Cephalalgia 2015;35:563-578.
