Headache Fellowship

Overview

The Mass General Brigham and Harvard Medicine Combined Headache Fellowship, founded by Dr. Paul Rizzoli and UCNS-accredited in 2008, is centered at the John R. Graham Headache Center at Brigham and Women’s Faulkner Hospital in Boston. This one-year fellowship is focused on excellence in clinical care with the integration of research activities, formal and informal didactics, and fellows as teachers. Fellows care for patients with migraine, other headache disorders, and facial pain.

The fellowship is distinguished by the number of faculty, the variety of clinical experiences, and the focus on humanistic care of patients as individuals. In addition to the Graham Headache Center at BWH Faulkner, fellows rotate to clinical locations at the Graham Headache Center at 850 Boylston St (including BWH’s Osher Center for Integrative Medicine and Fish Center for Women’s Health), Massachusetts General Hospital, and Children’s Hospital.

Requirements

• Graduate of a residency program in neurology or other specialties accredited by the ACGME or RCPSC
• Board certified or eligible for certification in a primary ABMS or RCPSC specialty
• Eligible to obtain a full Massachusetts state license
• Unable to sponsor visas that do not allow full MA licensure

Curriculum

Didactics include thrice-monthly formal teaching conferences, monthly case conferences, and weekly headache division meetings. Fellows are strongly encouraged to attend local and national headache medicine educational conferences. The fellowship adheres to Mass General Brigham GME policies.

Research Experience

Research activities are integrated into the fellowship. The Graham Headache Center has received international recognition for clinical excellence, pioneering new approaches to headache treatment, and research on women’s issues and clinical trials.

How to Apply

Two fellows are accepted per year. The program follows the timeline agreed upon by the AAN and AHS. Interviews begin in March before the fellowship year starts; offer positions begin in August of the year before the start.

Applications are completed via the American Headache Society website.

Program Director: Brian E. McGeeney, MD, MPH, MBA.

Chief, Division of Headache and Pain: William R. Rental, MD, PhD

Fellowship and Faculty Contacts

• Brian E. McGeeney, MD, MPH, MBA, Program Director
• William R. Renthal, MD, PhD, Chief, Division of Headache and Pain
• William Joseph Mullally, MD
• Paul Rizzoli, MD, FAAN, FAHS, Founder of Fellowship