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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 .
Head Wise ( Volume 3 , Issue 1 ) is published quarterly by the National Headache Foundation , 820 North Orleans , Suite 411 , Chicago , IL 60610 . Standard Mail Non-Profit postage paid at Carol Stream , IL 60188 and at additional mailing offices .
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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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