Why Most Doctors Get the Diagnosis Wrong
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Key Questions
- Why do so many people with migraine never go to a doctor or receive a correct diagnosis?
- Is it always necessary to see a doctor for infrequent episodic migraine?
- What are the migraine subtypes?
- What are some of the common misdiagnoses for migraine?
- What is subacute intracranial hypotension?
- Is medication overuse headache a type of secondary headache?
- What is the result when migraine is misdiagnosed?
- How is underdiagnosis different from misdiagnosis?
- What is the future role of artificial intelligence in diagnosing and treating migraine?
- How can we be part of this groundbreaking AI research effort?
Interview Notes
Robert P. Cowan, MD
Professor of Neurology & Director of Research in Headache and Facial Pain
Stanford University School of Medicine
Dr. Robert P. Cowan is a clinical professor of neurology and director of the Stanford Headache and Facial Pain Program Research division at Stanford University. He is board certified in neurology and pain medicine with a subspecialty certification in headache medicine. Dr. Cowan has held several nationally elected positions, including chair of multiple sections for the American Headache Society (AHS).
He is the past president of the Headache Cooperative of the Pacific and was the founding chief of the headache division in the Department of Neurology at Stanford, and before that, at the Keck School of Medicine of USC. He is a fellow of the American Academy of Neurology and the American Headache Society. He has served on the boards of the Alliance for Headache Disorders Advocacy and the now-defunct American Headache and Migraine Association. He has published over 200 articles, chapters, abstracts, and posters and is the author of The Keeler Migraine Method.
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