The National Headache Foundation • www. headaches. org
NHF Board of Directors EXECUTIVE CHAIRMAN AND FOUNDER Seymour Diamond, MD
ASSOCIATE EXECUTIVE CHAIRMAN Roger K. Cady, MD
PRESIDENT Arthur H. Elkind, MD
VICE PRESIDENT Vincent T. Martin, MD
SECRETARY Margaret E. Azarian, PhD
TREASURER Chad J. Beste
NHF Board Members James Beasley Jan Lewis Brandes, MD Merle L. Diamond, MD
Joshua Freidman, Esq. Mark W. Green, MD Shirley Stroink Joondeph Alan B. Rosenberg, MD Timothy R. Smith, MD, RPh, FACP
Honorary Board Donald J. Dalessio, MD Carol Girard-de-Frain Philip E. Hixon Patrick P. A. Humphrey, PhD, DSc Emily Kaplan Kandel Paul Kandel Richard B. Lipton, MD Edmund Messina, MD Ian Phillips
A. David Rothner, MD Gary Ruoff, MD Oliver Sacks, MD James M. Staulcup, Esq. Walter Stewart, PhD, MPH K. Michael Welch, MB, ChB, FRCP Janet Zlatoff-Mirsky
Editorial Board Arthur H. Elkind, MD, Chair Margaret E. Azarian, PhD Jan Lewis Brandes, MD Roger K. Cady, MD A. David Rothner, MD
Editorial Consultant Mary A. Franklin
Mission The National Headache Foundation exists to enhance the health care of individuals with headache. It is a source of help to their families, physicians and allied health care professionals who treat them, and to the public. The NHF accomplishes its mission by providing educational and informational resources, supporting headache research, and advocating for the understanding of headache as a legitimate neurobiological disease.
Vision The National Headache Foundation is the premier educational and informational resource for individuals with headache, their families, physicians, allied health care professionals, and health policy decision makers. The NHF advocates for those experiencing headache. The organization employs the most effective means to disseminate information and knowledge about headache.
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This publication discusses a broad range of headache information in an effort to inform and educate readers, but is not intended to substitute for the advice of your health care provider. Statements expressed herein are not necessarily those of NHF.
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