Neurology

Dr. Cowan is Higgins Professor of Neurology and Neurosciences, and Chief of the Division of Headache Medicine at Stanford University. He has held several nationally elected positions, including chair of the sections on Chronic Daily Headache and In-office Patient Education for the American Headache Society. He is past President of the Headache Cooperative of the Pacific and is a fellow of the American Academy of Neurology and the American Headache Society. He is on the boards of the Alliance for Headache Disorders Advocacy, the Headache Cooperative of the Pacific, and the American Council for Headache Education.

Dr. Gottschalk is Director of the Yale Headache & Facial Pain program and Chief of the section of General Neurology. He is active in curriculum development at the American Headache Society, working to establish milestones for Headache Medicine knowledge and practice over the full range of medical education programs. Dr. Gottschalk is now President of the Alliance for Headache Disorders Advocacy, an organization that lobbies Congress to address barriers to appropriate care and funding for research of headache disorders.

Dr. Robbins is a neurologist specializing in headache, with certificates in pain management, headache, and psychopharmacology. He is an Assistant Professor of Neurology, Rosalind Franklin Medical School (CMS); previously he held similar posts in the neurology departments of the University of Illinois, and Rush Medical College in Chicago. Dr. Robbins holds the title of Master Psychopharmacologist and Master Clinician through the Neuroscience Education Institute. He is a Fellow of the American Headache Society, as well as a Fellow of the American Association of Integrative Medicine, and has authored/co-authored four books and 30 articles, mostly on headache.

Patricia K. Coyle, MD, FAAN, FANA, is Vice Chair (Clinical Affairs) and Professor of Neurology, as well as Director of the Stony Brook Multiple Sclerosis (MS) Comprehensive Care Center. She earned her medical degree and completed her residency in neurology at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine in Baltimore, MD, where she also completed a fellowship in neuroimmunology and neurovirology. Her areas of expertise include MS, neuroimmunology, and neurologic infectious disease (in particular, Lyme disease).

Dr. Coyle has held multiple leadership positions at the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, the American Academy of Neurology, the American Neurological Association, and the National MS Society. She has served as an adviser to the FDA and the Institute of Medicine. Dr. Coyle has received research funding from the NIH and the National MS Society, and is actively engaged in studies to understand and treat these diseases.

Robert T. Naismith, MD
Professor of Neurology
Clinic Director, John L. Trotter MS Center
Clinical Trial Director, MS and Neuroimmunology
Director, Neurology Clerkship

Areas of expertise: Multidisciplinary MS Care, Clinical Trial Design, Clinical Outcomes, MRI, Assessing Visual Pathways in MS, MS Symptom Management, Neuromyelitis Optica.