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Special Lectureships
On Sunday, February 15, 2015, the National Headache
Foundation presented two lectureships at the course, The
28th Annual Practicing Physician’s Approach to the Difficult
Headache Patient. The course is sponsored by the Diamond
Headache Clinic Research and Educational Foundation,
and was held this year at the Balboa Bay Resort, Newport
Beach, CA.
Alexander Feoktistov, MD, PhD, Director of Research
at the Diamond Headache Clinic, Chicago, was awarded
the National Headache Foundation Lectureship. The National Headache Foundation Lectureship is presented to
an up-and-coming physician or scientist who has demonstrated interest in headache medicine. Dr. Feoktistov’s presentation was “Interventional Management of Intractable
Headache.” Dr. Feoktistov received his MD with honors at
Moscow Medical Academy, Moscow, Russia, where he also
completed a residency in neurology. In 2002, he received
a PhD in neurology at the Department of Neurology at
the Moscow Medical Academy, received board certification in neurology and psychotherapy in Russia, and served
as Deputy of Medical Director at the Professor Alexander
Vein Pain Clinic in Moscow. In 2001, Dr. Feoktistov
received a Presidential award for a 1-year fellowship of
his choice, and he was approved to study headache at the
Diamond Headache Clinic in Chicago, working directly
with Seymour Diamond, MD and the other physicians,
where he remained until 2007, conducting research and
assisting in clinical duties. In 2007, Dr. Feoktistov started
a residency in medicine at Saint Joseph Hospital, Chicago.
From 2010 through 2011, he completed a fellowship in
pain medicine at the Cleveland Clinic Foundation. He
has received Certification in Headache Medicine from the
United Council of Neurological Subspecialties. Dr. Feoktistov returned to the Diamond Headache Clinic in 2011
as a staff physician.
Lars Bendtsen, MD, PhD, Dr Med Sci was the recipient of the 2015 Seymour Diamond, MD Lectureship. The
lectureship was established in 2005 to honor the Executive
Chairman and Founder of the National Headache Foundation – Seymour Diamond, MD. The award recognizes
the most significant paper in headache medicine which
was published during the past year.
Dr. Bendtsen’s lecture, “Disability, Anxiety, and Depression Associated With Medication-Overuse Headache
Can Be Considerably Reduced by Detoxification and
Prophylactic Treatment,” is based on the article, “Disability, Anxiety, and Depression Associated With MedicationOveruse Headache Can Be Considerably Reduced by
Detoxification and Prophylactic Treatment. Results from
a Multicentre, Multinational Study (COMOESTAS Project),” which appeared in the journal, Cephalalgia 2014;
34:426-433. His coauthors were: SB Munksgaard, C
Tassorelli, G Nappi, Z Katsarava, M Lainez, JA Leston,
R Fadic, S Spadafora, A Stoppini, R Jensen, and the COMOESTAS Consortium.
Dr. Bendtsen is Associate Professor at the Department
of Neurology and Danish Headache Center, Glostrup
Hospital, University of Copenhagen. Currently, Dr.
Bendtsen is co-director of The Danish Headache Centre.
He received his PhD and Dr Med Sci degrees at the University of Copenhagen. He has actively been involved in
headache research since 1991 and has authored over 130
papers and book chapters on headache topics. Dr. Bendtsen is the recipient of the 1997 GlaxoWellcome Research
Prize, 2000 Danish Headache Society Prize for scientific
achievements, and 2001 Danish Neurological Society’s
Roche Prize for scientific achievements in neurology. He is
past President of the Danish Headache Society. HW
Drs. Roger Cady and Lars Bendtsen
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