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NHF Board of Directors
EXECUTIVE CHAIRMAN AND FOUNDER Seymour Diamond, MD
PRESIDENT Vincent T. Martin, MD
VICE PRESIDENT Timothy R. Smith, MD, RPh, FACP
SECRETARY Margaret E. Azarian, PhD
TREASURER Chad J. Beste
NHF Board Members James Beasley Jan Lewis Brandes, MD Roger K. Cady, MD Merle L. Diamond, MD Arthur H. Elkind, MD
Joshua Friedman, Esq. Emily Kaplan Kandel Marc D. Lefkowitz Sarah Rahal, MD Alan B. Rosenberg, MD Stephen Stern, Esq.
Honorary Board Donald J. Dalessio, MD Carol Girard-de-Frain Philip E. Hixon Patrick P. A. Humphrey, PhD, DSc Paul Kandel Richard B. Lipton, MD Edmund Messina, MD Ian Phillips A. David Rothner, MD Gary Ruoff, 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
Managing Editor Mary A. Franklin
Editorial Consultant Erick Ward
Design Consultant Colleen Currat
Mission To cure headache, and end its pain and suffering.
Vision A world without headache.
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