Tsubasa Takizawa, MD, PhD

Assistant Professor, Department of Neurology
Keio University School of Medicine

Dr. Tsubasa Takizawa is a neurologist and headache specialist at Keio University School of Medicine in Tokyo, where he leads research within the Department of Neurology’s Headache Group. He earned his medical degree from Keio University and was a research fellow at Massachusetts General Hospital/Harvard Medical School for two years, studying experimental models of cortical spreading depolarization — the brain mechanism thought to underlie migraine aura.

Dr. Takizawa’s research bridges laboratory and clinical settings to better understand what initiates migraine attacks and how emerging therapies work in real-world practice. He has been published widely on migraine mechanisms, treatment responses, and the role of calcitonin gene-related peptide (CGRP) pathways.

His expertise offers unique insight into how migraine triggers arise and how science is helping to turn that understanding into more effective prevention strategies.