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Fête de Masque Unmasking the Mystery of Chronic Headache Disorders
Since September , 2012 , our staff and a loyal band of volunteers , under the leadership of the co-chairs – June Barnard and Katie Biggs – have met monthly to organize our annual fund raiser . Fête de Masque – Unmasking the Mystery of Chronic Headache Disorders was held on Saturday , May 4 , 2013 , at the Ritz Carlton Chicago . The gala included dinner , dancing , live and silent auction , car raffle , and the “ Wall of Wine ”, in addition to the raffle for a red 2013 Mazda3 sedan , with black interior .
At the event , two special awards were presented . K . Michael Welch , MB , ChB , FRCP , received the Lifetime Achievement Award of the National Headache Foundation , in recognition of his impressive and enduring body of work in the field of headache . Doctor Welch is President and CEO of Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science in North Chicago , Illinois . He is a member of the NHF Honorary Board .
The Elaine Diamond Service Award will be presented to long-time NHF Board member , James Beasley , in recognition of his excellent and enduring service to the National Headache Foundation . Mr . Beasley is involved in real estate in Turbeville , South Carolina .
Proceeds of this event will help the NHF in our mission to raise awareness about the malady of chronic migraine and headaches .
Dan Levy , PhD , addresses the guests at the Libby Fund event .
The Libby Fund Event
On March 10 , 2013 , Anne and Elon Spar welcomed more than 70 guests to their home in Armonk , New York , for a fund-raiser for The Libby Fund , which supports research on hemiplegic migraine . Guests were greeted by Emily and Paul Kandel , who are members of the Honorary Board of the NHF .
At the gathering , NHF board member Mark Green , MD , discussed the importance of the research supported by the Libby Fund . Dan Levy , PhD , of Harvard Medical School and a recipient of a Libby Fund grant , discussed the ongoing research and how it will impact our understanding of hemiplegic migraine . The third speaker was Eric Kandel , MD , who spoke of his work in migraine early in his career while he was at the National Institutes of Health . Dr . Kandel won the Nobel Prize in 2000 in Physiology or Medicine for his research on the physiological basis of memory storage in neurons .
Other attendees included Arthur Elkind , MD , the president of the NHF ; Leah Green , MD ; and , Shannon Babineau , MD , and Kate Mullin , MD , both of Mount Sinai Medical Center in New York City . More than $ 19,000 was raised at the event .
4 HEAD WISE | Volume 3 , Issue 1 • 2013