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Seymour Diamond, MD
Lectureship
The 2014 Seymour Diamond, MD Lectureship
Dawn A. Marcus, MD
It is with deep regret that we report that our colleague in headache
medicine, Doctor Dawn A. Marcus, passed on October 19, 2013,
at the age of 52. Throughout the years, she was a great friend to
the National Headache Foundation, was often a contributor to
HeadWise™, and moderated two successful chat rooms for us. In
2007, Dawn received the Excellence in Media Award from the NHF.
Doctor Marcus graduated from medical school at the State
University of New York at Syracuse. Her residency in neurology was
completed at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center where,
since 1990, she had remained a faculty member, and was currently
a professor in the Department of Anesthesiology. Dawn developed
a Multidisciplinary Headache Program at the Pain Evaluation and
Treatment Institute at the University of Pittsburgh.
She was a prolific author, having contributed over 100 articles on
the topics of chronic pain and headache to the professional literature.
She also authored several books for healthcare professionals,
including Headache and Chronic Pain Syndromes. For patients she
contributed several texts, such as 10 Simple Solutions to Migraine
and The Women’s Fibromyalgia Tool Kit. During the last few years,
she combined her love of dogs with medicine and published, Fit
as Fido: Follow Your Dog to Better Health and The Power of Wagging
Tails, among others.
Doctor Marcus was a well-known lecturer on headache topics
including fibromyalgia and headache. She participated in research
trials on a variety of subjects, including pain epidemiology, headache
pathology and treatment, and women’s issues.
On behalf of the Board of the NHF, I would like to extend our
condolences to her husband of 28 years, Richard Marcus, MD, and
her sons, Steven and Brian. Her loss will be felt by her colleagues
and especially the patients to whom she was devoted.
Seymour Diamond, MD
Executive Chairman and Founder
Chicago, IL
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Volume 3, Issue 3 • 2013
has been awarded to Doctor Melodie R.
Winawer and her colleagues from the G.H.
Servievsky Center and Department of
Neurology, Columbia University, New York,
NY. The lecture will be presented on Friday,
February 14, 2014, during the Diamond
Headache Clinic Research & Educational
Foundation course, The 27th Annual Practicing
Physician’s Approach to the Difficult Headache
Patient, which will take place at the Island
Hotel Resort, Newport Beach, California.
The lectureship recognizes the most
significant paper on headache published
during the last year. The award is based on
the article, “Evidence for a Shared Genetic
Susceptibility to Migraine and Epilepsy,” which
appeared in the journal, Epilepsia, 2013;
54:288-295. Dr. Winawer is an Associate
Professor of Neurology at Columbia University.
She received her MD from the University of
Pennsylvania, and her MS in Epidemiology
from the Mailman School of Public Health
of Columbia University. Her internship was
undertaken at Mount Sinai Hospital in New
York, and she completed her neurology
residency and fellowship in Epilepsy and
Neuroepidemiology at Columbia.