Boston University 35th Annual Winter Headache Symposium 2025

Advanced Migraine, Cluster Headache & Neuroimaging Update

The Boston University 35th Annual Winter Headache Symposium 2025 is a comprehensive headache medicine conference designed to provide clinicians with the latest evidence-based advances in the diagnosis, pathophysiology, neuroimaging, and treatment of headache disorders.

Hosted by HCNE in Old Greenwich, Connecticut, this multidisciplinary symposium brings together experts in:

• Migraine medicine
• Cluster headache
• Vestibular migraine
• Pediatric headache
• Neuroimaging
• Post-traumatic headache
• Intracranial pressure disorders
• Obesity and metabolic medicine
• Headache disparities and population health

through practical, clinically focused lectures and case-based discussions.

The program emphasizes modern headache therapeutics, imaging advances, and emerging biologic and metabolic approaches to headache management.

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📦 Product Details

• 🎥 20 Video Lectures
• 🎧 20 Audio Files
• 📝 20 Subtitle Files (.vtt)
• 📄 1 PDF
• 💾 Total Size: 6.44 GB
• 📅 Course Dates: March 7–8, 2025
• 📍 Location: Old Greenwich, Connecticut, USA
• 🌐 Format: Conference Recordings
• 🧠 Specialty: Headache Medicine & Neurology

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👨‍⚕️ Target Audience

This symposium is ideal for:

• Neurologists
• Primary care providers
• Dentists
• Psychologists
• Nurse practitioners
• Physician assistants
• Nurses
• Physical therapists
• Healthcare professionals interested in headache medicine

It is especially valuable for clinicians seeking:
✔️ Migraine management updates
✔️ Headache neuroimaging education
✔️ Vestibular migraine guidance
✔️ Pediatric headache treatment strategies
✔️ Complex headache disorder management

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🧠 Program Overview

Headache medicine continues to evolve rapidly with advances in:

• CGRP-targeted therapies
• Neuroimaging techniques
• Metabolic and obesity research
• Vestibular migraine understanding
• Pediatric headache management
• Intracranial pressure disorder recognition

This symposium provides practical, evidence-based education focused on improving diagnosis, treatment, and long-term outcomes for patients with both common and complex headache disorders.

The curriculum combines:
✔️ Clinical management strategies
✔️ Neuroimaging advances
✔️ Pathophysiology updates
✔️ Case-based discussions
✔️ Population health considerations
✔️ Emerging migraine therapeutics

into a comprehensive headache medicine update.

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🎯 Learning Objectives

After completing this course, participants will be able to:

✔️ Classify and diagnose primary headache disorders accurately
✔️ Apply modern acute and preventive migraine treatment strategies
✔️ Understand advances in migraine and cluster headache pathophysiology
✔️ Interpret structural and functional neuroimaging findings in headache disorders
✔️ Evaluate the relationship between migraine, obesity, and GLP-1 receptor agonists
✔️ Recognize cognitive implications associated with migraine disorders
✔️ Diagnose and manage vestibular migraine effectively
✔️ Identify and treat idiopathic intracranial hypertension (IIH) and spontaneous intracranial hypotension (SIH)
✔️ Apply evidence-based headache treatments in pediatric and adolescent patients
✔️ Manage post-traumatic headache using modern diagnostic and therapeutic approaches
✔️ Address disparities in headache care among underserved populations

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🧩 Core Topics Covered

🌩️ Migraine Diagnosis & Treatment

• Acute migraine therapies
• Preventive migraine strategies
• CGRP-targeted treatments
• Chronic migraine management

⚡ Cluster Headache & Primary Headache Disorders

• Cluster headache pathophysiology
• Diagnostic differentiation
• Evidence-based treatment approaches

🧠 Neuroimaging in Headache Medicine

• Functional neuroimaging
• Structural imaging findings
• Imaging biomarkers in migraine and cluster headache

⚖️ Migraine, Obesity & GLP-1 Agonists

• Metabolic influences on migraine
• Obesity-related headache mechanisms
• GLP-1 receptor agonists and migraine implications

🌀 Vestibular Migraine

• Diagnostic controversies
• Vestibular symptom evaluation
• Treatment strategies and management pearls

💧 Intracranial Pressure Disorders

• Idiopathic intracranial hypertension (IIH)
• Spontaneous intracranial hypotension (SIH)
• Diagnostic imaging and management

👶 Pediatric & Adolescent Headache

• Pediatric migraine diagnosis
• Evidence-based pediatric treatments
• Adolescent headache management

🚑 Post-Traumatic Headache

• Clinical characteristics
• Neuroimaging findings
• Treatment and rehabilitation strategies

🌍 Headache Disparities & Population Health

• Healthcare access challenges
• Vulnerable populations in headache medicine
• Equity-focused headache care strategies

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📚 Educational Features

✔️ Comprehensive Headache Medicine Update

Broad coverage of migraine and complex headache disorders.

✔️ Neuroimaging Integration

Strong focus on structural and functional imaging advances.

✔️ Multidisciplinary Perspective

Includes neurology, psychology, dentistry, rehabilitation, and primary care insights.

✔️ Evidence-Based Therapeutic Updates

Reviews modern migraine and headache treatment approaches.

✔️ Practical Clinical Application

Focused on real-world headache diagnosis and patient management.

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⭐ Why This Symposium Stands Out

✔️ Advanced Yet Practical Headache Education

Balances headache science with clinically actionable management strategies.

✔️ Excellent Vestibular & Intracranial Pressure Coverage

Addresses difficult and often underrecognized headache syndromes.

✔️ Strong Neuroimaging Focus

Highlights emerging imaging findings relevant to headache medicine.

✔️ Modern Metabolic Perspective

Explores migraine relationships with obesity, cognition, and GLP-1 therapies.

✔️ Multidisciplinary Clinical Relevance

Useful across neurology, primary care, psychology, rehabilitation, and dentistry.

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🚀 Clinical Value

The Boston University 35th Annual Winter Headache Symposium 2025 provides a practical and evidence-based update on modern headache medicine and neuroimaging.

By integrating:

• Migraine therapeutics
• Cluster headache advances
• Vestibular migraine
• Neuroimaging applications
• Pediatric headache management
• IIH and SIH diagnosis
• Post-traumatic headache care
• Metabolic and obesity-related headache research
• Headache disparities and population health

the symposium equips clinicians with advanced tools for diagnosing and managing complex headache disorders across diverse patient populations.

For neurologists, primary care clinicians, dentists, psychologists, rehabilitation specialists, and healthcare professionals seeking updated headache medicine education in 2025, this symposium is an outstanding educational resource.

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Day 1		Friday, March 7, 2025
7:00am – 8:00am	Breakfast
8:00am – 8:15am	Welcome and Introduction – Steven Baskin, PhD, Thomas Ward, MD, Alan Rapoport, MD
Part 1	Moderator	Elizabeth Loder, MD
8:15am – 8:45am	Session 1	Approach to the Headache Patient: Migraine Mimics – Lawrence Newman, MD
8:45am – 9:15am	Session 2	What’s New?  Practice Pearls from Recent Studies – Christopher Gottschalk, MD
9:15am -9:30am	Discussion	Fred Cohen, MD
9:30am – 9:45am	Q&A
9:45am – 10:00am	Break
Part 2	Moderator	Thomas Ward, MD
10:00am – 10:30am	Session 3	Update on the Trigeminal Autonomic Cephalalgias (TACs) – Emmanuelle Schindler, MD, PhD
10:30am – 11:00am	Session 4	Cluster Headache and Hypoxia – Jonathan Borkum, PhD
11:00am – 11:30am	Session 5	A New Spin on Vestibular Migraine – Morris Levin, MD
11:30am – 11:45am	Discussion	Brian Grosberg, MD
11:45am – 12:00pm	Q&A	Lunch and product theater
12:00pm – 1:00pm	Lunch and Product Theater
Part 3	Moderator	Peter McAllister, MD
1:00pm – 1:30pm	Session 6	IIH and SIH diagnosis, imaging and treatment – Brian Frishberg, MD
1:30pm – 1:45pm	Discussion	Shuhan Zhu, MD
1:45pm – 2:15pm	Session 7	Obesity and Headache – Richard Lipton, MD
2:15pm – 2:45pm	Session 8	Your Brain, Body and the Gila Monster: Multifaceted Role of GLP-1’s – Shivang Joshi, MD, MPH, RPh
2:45pm – 3:00pm	Discussion	Noah Rosen, MD
3:00pm – 3:15pm	Q&A
3:15pm – 3:30pm	Break
Part 4	Moderator	Paul Rizzoli, MD
3:00pm – 4:00pm	Session 9	Fellow Talks
4:00pm – 4:30pm	Session 10	Headache Medicine Disparities: Contributing Factors and Mitigation Strategies to Consider – Cynthia Armand, MD
4:30-4:45	Discussion	Tanya Bilchik, MD
4:45-5:00	Q&A
5:00pm – 5:15pm		Introduction Lifetime Achievement Award – Brian McGeeney, MD, MPH, MBA
5:15pm – 6:00pm		My Life in Headache Medicine – Bob Wold
6:00pm – 7:00pm		Wait, Wait, Don’t Tell Me “The HCNE Version” – Morris Levin & Participants
	Wine and Cheese Reception
Day 2		Saturday, March 8, 2025
7:00am – 8:00am	Breakfast
8:00am – 8:15am	HCNE Annual Meeting
Part 6	Moderator	Randall Weeks, PhD
8:15am – 8:45am	Session 11	Migraine and Cognition – Elizabeth Seng, PhD
8:45am – 9:00am	Discussion	Robert Duarte, MD
9:00am – 9:30am	Session 12	Post-Traumatic Headache – Alan Finkel, MD
9:30am – 10:00am	Session 13	Concussion and Post-Traumatic Headache in Youth – Catherine Patterson Gentile, MD, PhD
10:00am – 10:15am	Discussion	Bridget Mueller, MD, PhD
10:15am – 10:30am	Q&A
10:30am – 10:45am	Break
Part 7	Moderator	Andrea Harriott, MD, PhD
10:45am – 11:15am	Session 14	Structural and Functional Imaging in Migraine – Nouchine Hadjikani, MD, PhD
11:15am – 11:45am	Session 15	Future Anti-Migraine Targets – Sait Ashina, MD
11:45am – 12:00pm	Discussion	William Renthal, MD, PhD
12:00pm – 12:15pm	Q&A
12:15pm – 1:15pm	Lunch and TBD
Part 8	Moderator	Robert Shapiro, MD, PhD
1:15pm – 1:30pm		Introduction Lifetime Achievement Award – Elizabeth Loder, MD, MPH
1:30pm – 2:15pm		My Life in Headache Medicine – Dawn Buse, PhD
Part 9	Moderator	Paul Rizzoli, MD
2:15pm – 3:15pm	Session 16	Coddon Fellow and Fellow Talks
3:15pm – 3:30pm	Break
Part 10	Moderator	Herbert Markley, MD
3:30pm – 4:00pm	Session 17	Artifical Intelligence and Machine Learning in Headache Medicine – Chia-Chun Chiang, MD, PhD
4:00pm – 4:15pm	Discussion	Alexander Mauskop, MD
4:15pm – 4:45pm	Session 18	Sleep Devices for Managing Headache Disorders – Brij Chandwani, DMD
4:45pm – 5:00pm	Discussion	Adelene Jann, MD
5:00pm – 5:15pm	Q&A
	Wine and Cheese Reception
Agenda is subject to change without notice