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There are additional pass add-ons available for this summit. These give you lifetime acces to treatment directories, guidelines and other helpful resources. You can get access by purchasing a VIP or Box Set Plus summit pass.
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Why Doesn’t Migraine Have a Cure Yet? |
Tissa Wijeratne, MD, FRACP, FAANChair, Department of Neurology |
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Unlocking the Mystery of Migraine Pathogenesis |
Peter Goadsby, MDProfessor of Neurology and Neurologist |
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Latest Strategies for Chronic Migraine Control |
Carrie Dougherty, MD, FAHSAssociate Professor of Neurology |
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Finding Resilience With Migraine, Its Comorbidities, and COVID |
Noah Rosen, MD, FAHSAssociate Professor of Neurology & Psychiatry |
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Day 2 (2021) |
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Discovering New Treatments Worth Trying |
David Dodick, MDDirector of Headache Program |
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Racial Inequities In Migraine Treatment |
Sheila L. ThornePresident & CEO |
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What Causes Migraine and Its Symptoms |
Catherine Stark, MDNeurologist |
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Moving Through the Pain: Exercise and Migraine |
Richard Lipton, MDProfessor, Neurologist and Director |
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Day 3 (2021) |
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Preventing Attacks Before They Happen |
Jan Lewis Brandes, MDAssistant Clinical Professor of Neurology |
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How Weight Affects Migraine Disease |
Dale Bond, PhDProfessor of Psychiatry & Human Behavior (Research) |
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Light Sensitivity and Therapy for Migraine |
Deborah Friedman, MD, MPH, FAANProfessor of Neurology & Ophthalmology |
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How to Manage Weather Triggers |
Jan Hoffmann, MD, PhDClinical Senior Lecturer & Honorary Consultant in Neurology |
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Is the Gut-Brain Connection at the Heart of Oral Migraine Treatment Failure? |
Nada Hindiyeh, MDClinical Assistant Professor & Director of Clinical Research in Headache Medicine |
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Day 4 (2021) |
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How An Integrative Approach Can Help Migraine |
Deena Kuruvilla, MD, FAHSNeurologist & Director |
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Headache and Migraine in Later Life |
Matthew Robbins, MDAssociate Professor of Neurology and Residency Program Director |
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Recovering From Trauma and Concussion |
Morris Levin, MDNeurologist & Director |
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Yoga for Migraine: Does It Help? |
Adriane DellorcoYoga Teacher & Patient Advocate |
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Day 5 (2021) |
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Migraine Diets and Food Triggers |
Vince Martin, MDNeurologist and Director |
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Medications That Make Migraine Worse |
Stewart J. Tepper, MD, FAHSNeurologist and Professor of Neurology |
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Finding Work That Works Despite Migraine |
Melanie Whetzel, MA, CBISLead Consultant, Cognitive/Neurological Team |
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Difficult Diagnoses: Rare Headache Types |
Shuu-Jiun Wang, MDNeurologist and Director |
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Day 6 (2021) |
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Shortening Attacks With Early Migraine Intervention |
Andrew Charles, MDDirector |
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Sex Headaches: Serious or Just Awkward? |
Katherine Hamilton, MDAssistant Professor of Clinical Neurology |
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Autoimmune Disease and Migraine: What’s the Link? |
Peter McAllister, MDNeurologist & Director |
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Managing Migraine With Little to No Insurance |
David Watson, MD, FAANChair & Professor of Neurology |
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Day 7 (2021) |
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Juggling Multiple Conditions With Migraine |
Rebecca C. Burch, MD, FAHSAssistant Professor of Neurology |
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Understanding Treatment Failure and Options |
Simona Sacco, MDProfessor of Neurology |
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Fighting Migraine With Food and Nutrition |
Belinda Savage-Edwards, MD, FAAN, AQHNeurologist |
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When Migraine Starts or Stays in Your Neck |
Sait Ashina, MDAssistant Professor of Neurology and Anesthesia |
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Day 8 (2021) |
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How Your Gut and Sleep Affect Migraine |
Stasha Gominak, MDRetired Neurologist |
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COVID in the Real World |
Lindsay Videnieks, JDExecutive Director |
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Understanding Vestibular Migraine |
Shin Beh, MD Founding Director, Vestibular and Neuro-Visual Disorders Clinic |
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Overcoming Monthly Menstrual Migraine |
Christine Lay, MD, FAHSProfessor of Neurology, Deborah Ivy Christiani Brill Chair |
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Day 9 (2021) |
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Highlights Webinar 2021 |
Paula Dumas & Carl CincinnatoCo-hosts |
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The Extended Edition 2021 interviews include (listed alphabetically):
Autoimmune Disease and Migraine: What’s the Link? - Peter McAllister, MD
Discovering New Treatments Worth Trying - David Dodick, MD
Migraine Diets and Food Triggers - Vince Martin, MD
Moving Through the Pain: Exercise and Migraine - Richard Lipton, MD
How An Integrative Approach Can Help Migraine - Deena Kuruvilla, MD, FAHS
How to Manage Weather Triggers - Jan Hoffmann, MD, PhD
How Your Gut and Sleep Affect Migraine - Stasha Gominak, MD
Juggling Multiple Conditions With Migraine - Rebecca C. Burch, MD, FAHS
Preventing Attacks Before They Happen - Jan Lewis Brandes, MD
Recovering From Trauma and Concussion - Morris Levin, MD
Shortening Attacks With Early Migraine Intervention - Andrew Charles, MD
What Causes Migraine and Its Symptoms - Catherine Stark, MD
Why Doesn’t Migraine Have a Cure Yet? - Tissa Wijeratne, MD, FRACP, FAAN
Unlocking the Mystery of Migraine Pathogenesis - Peter Goadsby, MD
The Extended Edition interviews are only available to those who have ordered a copy of the 2021 Migraine World Summit. If you have previously ordered a pass, the Extended Edition interviews will be added to your purchase automatically.
The online Migraine World Summit is free to watch during the live event. Each day four interviews are released and are available for 24 hours before the next day's interviews are released.
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Teva
About a billion people around the world are affected by migraine. Many suffer from severe headaches, and others endure debilitating pain, blurred vision, and other side-effects, some for as many as 15 days a month or more. Teva has been providing treatments for diseases of the central nervous system for over thirty years. We are working to bring innovative treatments to those suffering from migraine and headache, as well as bringing greater awareness of the impact these conditions can have on peoples’ lives.
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Migraine at Work
Migraine doesn't have to derail your career. Nearly every workplace in the country is impacted by migraine disease through absenteeism and presenteeism. Despite the prevalence of the disease, there is a lack of education and awareness around it. In the workplace, this often leads to unintended stigma and bias against employees living with migraine disease. Visit our website to learn more about programs available for both employees and employers.
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Axon Optics
Get 25% off at axonoptics.com when you use the code MWS25. Axon Optics develops eyewear with proprietary filters that block the wavelengths of light implicated in triggering and aggravating migraine attacks and light sensitivity.
Over 90% of people with migraine report sensitivity to light. Axon eyewear has been shown to reduce headache impact by 24% and light sensitivity impact by 38%. Thousands wear Axon Optics. A recent customer stated, “Attacks went from literally every day of the week to at worse once to twice per month.”
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