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National Headache Foundation Lectureship
Since 1970, the National Headache Foundation has been the premier educational and informational resource for those living with headache disorders, their family members, physicians, allied health professionals, and health policy decision makers. Staying true to our mission, the NHF created the National Headache Foundation Lectureship Award to preserve the highest level of neurobiological research and advancement in medicine today. Recipients of the award prove themselves to be up-and-coming physicians and scientists who have demonstrated interest in the management of common and complex headache problems. In addition, the honorees have impressive research experience as evidenced by the poster presentations and published articles which have been reviewed by the Award Committee. This committee is comprised of physician members of the NHF Board of Directors and the Honorary Board. The Lectureship is presented annually at a scientific meeting.
Sheena Aurora, MD
The recipient of the 2016 Lectureship was Sheena Aurora, MD. Dr. Aurora’ s lecture,“ What’ s Scintillating about Migraine,” was presented on February 14, 2016, at the postgraduate course, The Practicing Physician’ s Approach to the Difficult Headache Patient, hosted by the Diamond Headache Clinic Research & Educational Foundation, in Newport Beach, CA. At the time of the lectureship, Doctor Aurora was Clinical Associate Professor, Neurology & Neurological Sciences, at Stanford University School of Medicine, and a consultant in neurology at Stanford Hospital and Clinics Stanford, CA. She is now Medical Launch Leader – Headache and Pain, at Eli Lilly and Company, Indianapolis, IN.
She received her M. D. at Christian Medical College, Ludhiana, India, and completed a residency in neurology and a fellowship at Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, MI. Doctor Aurora received board certification in Neurology, from the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology in 1997. In 2006, she received certification in Headache Medicine from the United Council for Neurologic Subspecialties.
She previously served as Co-Director of Swedish Headache Center, Swedish Neuroscience Institute, and Assistant Professor, Department of Neurology, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington through 2012. She has received the Harold G. Wolff Award by the American Headache Society on three occasions – 1999, 2001, and 2007. In 2002, Doctor Aurora received the Migraine Innovators Award. Doctor Aurora has authored 25 publications on headache. HW
8 HeadWise ® | Volume 6, Issue 1 • 2016