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Stigma & Hesitation in Migraine Care

Examine how stigma and hesitating to consult a professional are making the cost of migraine in the workplace much greater.

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Expert Guest: Dr. Robert Shapiro, MD, MA, PhD, Professor of Neurology at University of Vermont and Founding President of Alliance for Headache Disorders Advocacy

Examine how stigma and hesitating to consult a professional are making the cost of migraine in the workplace much greater.

Questions Answered in this Webcast:

  • – Is migraine at work an issue people even need to think about?
  • – If migraine has such a huge impact,  how come no one talks about it?
  • – How many people hesitate to consult a doctor for their migraine condition?
  • – What is a headache specialist, and how may they treat migraine differently than a general practitioner or even a neurologist?
  • – If someone either chooses not to use, or does not have access to, medications, are there any other options for managing migraine?
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Robert Shapiro, MD, MA, PhD

Dr. Robert Shapiro is a professor in the Department of Neurological Sciences at the University of Vermont College of Medicine and the founding president and board member of the Alliance for Headache Disorders Advocacy. He is a member of the board of directors for the American Headache Society, a member of the Medical Advisory Board for Clusterbusters, and a member of the Viste Award Committee for the American Academy of Neurology. Dr. Shapiro holds an MA (philosophy/psychology) from Oxford University, a PhD (Anatomy) from University of Pennsylvania, and an MD from Columbia University, and completed his neurology residency training at Johns Hopkins Hospital.

His national advocacy efforts have been recognized by the American Academy of Neurology with the 2007 AAN Palatucci Advocate of the Year Award and the 2013 AAN Viste Patient Advocate of the Year Award. He is the past president of the Headache Cooperative of New England and winner of the 2013 HCNE Lifetime Achievement (‘Megrim’) Award. He currently serves on the board of directors of the American Headache Society and his publications have appeared in Nature, Science, Headache, Science Translational Medicine, and the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

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