Why are neurologists especially good at diagnosing and treating migraine and other headache disorders?
Description
Neurologists are usually the best at diagnosing and treating migraine and other headache disorders because migraine is a disorder of the brain.
Transcript
Because we are treating the brain, I think that we are the right kind of specialists in order to be able to at least treat those patients that are the worst. I would love - we've been doing this for ages, at least since I've been in the field - to teach other specialists, especially primary care, because migraine is so prevalent that you cannot just stay with ... you cannot just take care of everyone, so you have to kind of spread the knowledge and try and hope that other doctors will try and help patients. Although the one that is giving out knowledge has to be the neurologist. I think that is very important, at least in my view. It's a brain disorder, it's not ... another type of disorder. That's why neurologists have to be there.
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Patricia Pozo-Rosich, MD, PhD
Head of the Neurology Department
Vall d’Hebron University Hospital and Institute of Research
Patricia Pozo-Rosich, MD, PhD, is a neurologist and one of Europe’s leading migraine experts. She leads the Neurology Department at Vall d’Hebron University Hospital in Barcelona and directs the Migraine Adaptive Brain Center, a national reference center focused on advancing migraine research and care. She also heads the Headache Research Laboratory at the Vall d’Hebron Institute of Research (VHIR) and serves as president-elect of the International Headache Society.
Dr. Pozo-Rosich is deeply committed to helping people understand migraine as a complex neurological disorder and improving access to effective treatment. She founded the Spanish-language education site MiDolordeCabeza.org and has authored more than 250 scientific publications. Her work has received multiple national awards, and she serves as associate editor for leading headache journals. She has been principal investigator in more than 100 clinical trials and is an active member of international headache genetics consortiums.
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