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Course Details
The next Headache Masterclass will be held at:
The Royal College of Physicians
Regent's Park, London on
21 June 2019
Organisers
Associate Professor and Honorary Consultant Neurologist, Headache Group, Institute of Neurology and The National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, Queen Square, London.

Assistant Course Co-ordinators:
Dr Paul Shanahan MBBCh BAO MRCPI
Consultant Neurologist, Headache Group, The National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, Queen Square, London.
 
08.30-09:00
Registration and Refreshments
09:00-09:15
Introduction and Overview
 
Dr Manjit Matharu
 
Assessment of Headaches - When to worry?
 
Chair: Dr Manjit Matharu
09:15-09:35
History taking in headache
 
Dr Paul Ballinger
09:35-10:10
Secondary causes of headache
 
Dr Jane Anderson
10:10-10:30
Investigation of headaches: Who and when?
 
Dr Manuela Fontebasso
10:30-11:00
Refreshments
 
Common Headaches – Migraine and Tension-type Headache
Chair: Dr Jane Anderson
11:00-11:30
Diagnosis and pathophysiology of migraine and tension-type headache
 
Dr Anna Cohen
11:30-11:50
Abortive treatments of migraine and tension-type headache
 
Dr Jeban Ganesalingham
11:50-12:30
Preventive treatments of migraine and tension-type headache
 
Dr Giorgio Lambru
12:30-13:30
LUNCH
 
Complicating factors, Chronic Daily Headache and Cluster headache
 
Chair: Dr Debie Alvares
13:30-14:00
Medication overuse and chronic daily headache: diagnosis and management
 
Dr Salwa Kamourieh
14:00-14:30
Hormonal issues in migraine
 
Dr Anne MacGregor
14:30-15:00
Cluster headache and other trigeminal autonomic cephalalgias
 
Dr Manjit Matharu
15:00-15:30
Refreshments
 
Other Less Common Headache Disorders
 
Chair: Dr Jeban Ganesalingham
15:30-16:00
Rare headache syndromes
 
Dr Debie Alvares
16:00-17:15
Case histories and interactive discussions
 
All Speakers