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Thursday, June 4, 2026
Test-Late Breaker
Test-Late Breaker
6:30 AM - 7:00 PM
EST
Registration Open
6:30 AM - 7:00 PM
EST
Registration Open
7:00 AM - 7:45 AM
EST
SIG/Committee Meetings *
7:00 AM - 7:45 AM
EST
SIG/Committee Meetings *
7:00 AM - 8:00 AM
EST
Test Pres
7:00 AM - 8:00 AM
EST
Test Pres
Presenting Author:
Michael Blanco
– Cadmium
8:00 AM - 10:00 AM
EST
Pre-Course 1: Vagus Nerve Anatomy, Physiology, Pathophysiology, and Therapeutics
Moderator:
Paul G. Mathew, n/a
– Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
8:00 AM - 10:00 AM
EST
Pre-course 1: Vagus Nerve Anatomy, Physiology, Pathophysiology, and Therapeutics
Moderator:
Paul G. Mathew, n/a
– Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
8:05 AM - 8:30 AM
EST
Vagus Nerve Anatomy and Physiology
Faculty:
Levi P. Sowers, PhD
– University of Iowa
8:30 AM - 8:55 AM
EST
Vagus Nerve Involvement in Headache and Pain...can Looking down Help Us Understand How VNS Terminates Headache?
Faculty:
Rami Burstein, PhD
– Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center / Harvard Medical School
8:55 AM - 9:20 AM
EST
Targeting the Vagus Nerve for the Treatment of Headache, Pain, Depression, Seizure, and Cardiac Conditions
Faculty:
Emmanuelle A. D Schindler, MD, PhD
– VA Connecticut Healthcare System
9:20 AM - 9:45 AM
EST
Mindful RAVANS: Integrating Mindfulness and Respiratory-gated Vagal Nerve Stimulation for Headache
Faculty:
Zev Schuman-Olivier, MD
– Cambridge Health Alliance
9:45 AM - 10:00 AM
EST
Panel Discussion
8:00 AM - 10:00 AM
EST
Pre-Course 2: The development and application of patient reported outcome measures (PROMs) for headache research
Moderator:
Betsy Seng, PhD
– Yeshiva University
8:00 AM - 10:00 AM
EST
Pre-course 2: The Development and Application of Patient Reported Outcome Measures (PROMs) for Headache Research
Moderator:
Betsy Seng, PhD
– Yeshiva University
8:05 AM - 8:30 AM
EST
Development of Patient Reported Outcome Measures for Migraine Clinical Trials
Faculty:
R.J. Wirth, PhD
– Vector Psychometric Group
8:30 AM - 8:55 AM
EST
Incorporating the Patient Voice to Determine What to Measure in Migraine
Faculty:
Rikki Mangrum, MLS
– Vector Psychometric Group
8:55 AM - 9:20 AM
EST
Psychometric Evidence for Headache-focused Patient Reported Outcome Measures: Examples from the Micoas Project
Faculty:
Carrie R. R. Houts, PhD
– Vector Psychometric Group
9:20 AM - 9:45 AM
EST
Translating Patient Reported Outcome Measures Research into Evidence-based Clinical Practice
Faculty:
Richard B. Lipton, MD
– Montefiore Medical Center and the Albert Einstein College of Medicine
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM
EST
Break *
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM
EST
Break *
10:30 AM - 12:30 PM
EST
Pre-Course 3: Refractory headache: Diagnostic and management challenges across headache disorders
Moderator:
Sam Irwin, MB BCh BAO, FRCPC
– University of Texas at Austin, Dell Children's Medical Center
10:30 AM - 12:30 PM
EST
Pre-course 3: Refractory Headache: Diagnostic and Management Challenges Across Headache Disorders
Moderator:
Sam Irwin, MB BCh BAO, FRCPC
– University of Texas at Austin, Dell Children's Medical Center
10:36 AM - 10:48 AM
EST
Clinical Considerations of Refractory High-, Low-, and Mixed-pressure Headache
Faculty:
Jill C. Rau, MD, PhD, FAHS
– HonorHealth / University of Arizona College of Medicine, Phoenix
10:48 AM - 11:00 AM
EST
Refractory Post-traumatic Headache Across the Lifespan
Faculty:
Carlyn A. Patterson-Gentile, MD, PhD
– Children's Hospital of Philadelphia and Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania
11:00 AM - 11:12 AM
EST
Refractory / Emergency Cluster
Faculty:
William S. Kingston, MD, FRCPC, FAHS
– Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, University of Toronto
11:12 AM - 11:24 AM
EST
Emerging Therapeutics for Refractory Migraine
Faculty:
Jennifer Robblee, MD
– Barrow Neurological Institute
11:24 AM - 11:36 AM
EST
Inpatient Management of Refractory Headache
Faculty:
Annika Ehrlich, DNP, FNP-C, CNRN, AQH
– UCSF Health
11:36 AM - 11:48 AM
EST
Medication Adaptation in Refractory Headache
Faculty:
Fred Cohen, MD
– Ichan School of Medicine at Mt Sinai
11:48 AM - 12:00 PM
EST
The Multidisciplinary Approach to Refractory Headache
Faculty:
Ali Ladak, PhD, DPT
– Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
12:00 PM - 12:30 PM
EST
Panel Discussion
10:30 AM - 12:30 PM
EST
Pre-Course 4: Telehealth in Headache Medicine: The Clinician will see you now
Moderator:
Jennifer Hranilovich, MD
– University of Colorado School
Moderator:
Sankeerth Challagundla, MD
– University of South Florida
10:30 AM - 12:30 PM
EST
Pre-course 4: Telehealth in Headache Medicine: The Clinician Will See You Now
Moderator:
Jennifer Hranilovich, MD
– University of Colorado School
Moderator:
Sankeerth Challagundla, MD
– University of South Florida
10:35 AM - 10:45 AM
EST
Delay in Accessing Care in Rural and Pediatric Population
Faculty:
Prasanna Kumar Gangishetti, MD, FAAP
– Children's Nebraska/University of Nebraska Medical Center
10:45 AM - 11:05 AM
EST
Recent/ongoing Original Research on Telehealth Delivery Models (1st Talk)
Faculty:
Jason J. Sico, MD
– VA Connecticut Healthcare System; Department of Psychiatry, Yale School of Medicine,
11:05 AM - 11:25 AM
EST
Recent/ongoing Original Research on Telehealth Delivery Models (2nd Talk)
Faculty:
Betsy Seng, PhD
– Yeshiva University
11:25 AM - 11:30 AM
EST
Panel Discussion
11:30 AM - 12:30 PM
EST
Ask the Experts Roundtable
Faculty:
Chia-Chun Chiang, MD
– Mayo Clinic
Faculty:
Jennifer Robblee, MD
– Barrow Neurological Institute
Faculty:
Scott Rosenthal, MD, MS
– Children's Hospital Colorado/University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, Colorado.
Faculty:
Betsy Seng, PhD
– Yeshiva University
Faculty:
Jason J. Sico, MD
– VA Connecticut Healthcare System; Department of Psychiatry, Yale School of Medicine,
Faculty:
Cathleen A. Turnage, PsyD
– Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU)
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM
EST
Break *
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM
EST
Break *
12:30 PM - 1:15 PM
EST
SIG/Committee Meetings *
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM
EST
Industry Sponsored Symposium - An Introduction to a Novel Multi-Mechanistic Acute Treatment for Migraine *
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM
EST
Industry Sponsored Symposium - An Introduction to a Novel Multi-Mechanistic Acute Treatment for Migraine *
Presenter:
Wade Cooper, DO, FAHS
Presenter:
Laura B. Xanders, FNP
– Medstar Georgetown University Hospital Headache Center
1:45 PM - 2:00 PM
EST
President's Welcome
1:45 PM - 1:55 PM
EST
President's Welcome
1:45 PM - 1:55 PM
EST
Welcome Remarks
Faculty:
Matthew S. Robbins, MD
– Weill Cornell Medicine
1:55 PM - 2:00 PM
EST
Chairs Welcome
Chair:
Mark J. Burish, MD PhD
– UTHealth Houston
Chair:
Christina Szperka, MD, MSCE, FAHS, FAAN
– Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
2:00 PM - 3:30 PM
EST
Plenary 1: New Frontiers in Treatments
Moderator:
Levi P. Sowers, PhD
– University of Iowa
Moderator:
Mark J. Burish, MD PhD
– UTHealth Houston
2:00 PM - 3:30 PM
EST
Plenary 1: New frontiers in treatments
Moderator:
Levi P. Sowers, PhD
– University of Iowa
Moderator:
Mark J. Burish, MD PhD
– UTHealth Houston
2:00 PM - 2:05 PM
EST
Introductions
Introducer:
Agatha M. Greenway, BSc
– University of Iowa
2:05 PM - 2:20 PM
EST
PAR2 And/or TRPM8
Faculty:
Greg Dussor, PhD
– University of Texas at Dallas
2:20 PM - 2:35 PM
EST
Pacap & vip:
Faculty:
Andrew F. F. Russo, PhD
– University of Iowa
2:35 PM - 2:50 PM
EST
Orexin & GLP-1 Research
Faculty:
Philip R. Holland, PhD
– King's College London
2:50 PM - 3:05 PM
EST
nav1.8 Suzetrigine
Faculty:
Sinifunanya Nwaobi, MD, PhD
– UCLA
3:05 PM - 3:20 PM
EST
Clinical Perspective: For Which Patients Would I Use These Novel Treatments?
Faculty:
Jessica Ailani, MD
– Department of Neurology, Georgetown University Hospital
3:20 PM - 3:30 PM
EST
Plenary 1: New Frontiers in Treatments
3:20 PM - 3:30 PM
EST
Panel Discussion
3:30 PM - 3:45 PM
EST
Break *
3:30 PM - 3:45 PM
EST
Break *
3:45 PM - 5:00 PM
EST
Awards Session 1
Moderator:
Rashmi B. Halker Singh, MD, FAHS, FAAN
– Mayo Clinic
Moderator:
Noah L. Rosen, MD
– Northwell Health
3:45 PM - 5:00 PM
EST
Awards Session 1
Moderator:
Rashmi B. Halker Singh, MD, FAHS, FAAN
– Mayo Clinic
Moderator:
Noah L. Rosen, MD
– Northwell Health
3:50 PM - 4:15 PM
EST
Frontiers in Headache Research: Plaque Presentations and Photos with the Awards Committee
4:15 PM - 4:25 PM
EST
FA-01 - In Their Own Words: Characterization of Migraine-Related Stigma at a Tertiary
Presenting Author:
Nicholas J. Bellacicco, DO
– University of Connecticut, Hartford HealthCare
4:25 PM - 4:35 PM
EST
FA-02 - Multi-omic and Spatial Transcriptomic Profiling of Human Trigeminal Ganglia
Oral Abstract Presenter:
Evangelia Semizoglou, PhD
– Brigham & Women's Hospital
Non-presenting Author:
Difei Zhu, BS
– Brigham & Women's Hospital
Non-presenting Author:
Iris Lopez, BA
– Brigham & Women's Hospital
Non-presenting Author:
Jeffrey Moffitt, PhD
– Boston Children's Hospital
Non-presenting Author:
William Renthal, MD, PhD
– Brigham and Women's Hospital
4:35 PM - 4:45 PM
EST
FA-03 - Utilization of Optic Nerve Ultrasound (ONUS) in CSF Dynamic Headache Disorders
Oral Abstract Presenter:
Medha Tandon, MBBS
– Mayo Clinic Arizona
4:45 PM - 5:00 PM
EST
2025 IHA Research Award Presentation: Investigating the Role of Treg Cells and interleukin-2 in Reversing Mtbi-induced Neurobehavioral Changes: Implications of IL-10 and TGFβ Pathways
Faculty:
Scheila Kraus, PhD
– Washington University in Saint Louis
5:15 PM - 6:00 PM
EST
Awards Session 1
5:15 PM - 6:00 PM
EST
Members Meeting *
6:00 PM - 7:30 PM
EST
Welcome & Exhibits Reception/Poster Session 1 (even) *
6:00 PM - 7:30 PM
EST
Welcome & Exhibits Reception/ Poster Codes: T, E, O, F *