Stephanie Nahas

About

Stephanie J. Nahas, MD, MSEd, FAHS, FAAN, Professor of Neurology Stephanie Nahas earned her undergraduate degree in biology (AB, cum laude) at Harvard in 1995. She then went to Rush Medical College where, after a brief detour to pursue a Masters degree (MSEd) in instructional technology from the University of Southern California in 1998, she earned her MD in 2001. She completed internship at Rush followed by neurology residency then fellowship in headache medicine at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital. In January 2007, after 1.5 years of fellowship training, she joined faculty and became the Program Director for the Headache Medicine Fellowship at the Jefferson Headache Center of Thomas Jefferson University. In July 2023, she assumed the role of Assistant Director in support of a colleague and junior faculty member. She is a dedicated advocate for the field, having attended all but one Headache on the Hill events with the Alliance for Headache Disorders Advocacy (AHDA) in Washington, DC since 2007, and has served on the AHDA Board of Directors since 2018 (Vice President February 2018 – November 2019, Interim President November 2019 – February 2020, Member at Large February 2020 – present). Dr. Nahas serves on the Board of Directors of the American Headache Society (AHS), is former Co-Chair of and current Senior Advisor to the “First Contact: Headache Education in Primary Care” Committee, Co-Chair of the Mastering Migraine Therapies Planning Committee, and also has served on several other Committees and Special Interest Groups for the AHS. She is a former Section Editor for Current Pain and Headache Reports (2017-2022) and current Neurology Editorial Review Group Chair for Doody Enterprises (since 2017).

Work

Thomas Jefferson University
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Professor (initial appointment of Instructor)

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Education

Rush University Rush Medical College
United States of America

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MD

University of Southern California
United States of America

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MSEd

Harvard College
United States of America

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BA (biology, cum laude)

Publications

Risk factors for migraine disease progression: a narrative review for a patient-centered approach

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Journal of Neurology

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Persistence to anti-CGRP monoclonal antibodies and onabotulinumtoxinA among patients with migraine: a retrospective cohort study

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The Journal of Headache and Pain

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The Safety of Celecoxib as an Acute Treatment for Migraine: A Narrative Review.

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Pain and therapy

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Optimized Acute Treatment of Migraine Is Associated With Greater Productivity in People With Migraine

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Journal of Occupational & Environmental Medicine

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Correction: Efficacy and safety of fremanezumab in clinical trial participants aged ≥60 years with episodic or chronic migraine: pooled results from 3 randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled phase 3 studies

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The Journal of Headache and Pain

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Erenumab dosage for migraine prevention: An evidence‐based narrative review with recommendations

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Headache: The Journal of Head and Face Pain

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Beyond the Raskin Protocol: Ketamine, Lidocaine, and Other Therapies for Refractory Chronic Migraine

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Current Pain and Headache Reports

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Efficacy and safety of fremanezumab in clinical trial participants aged ≥60 years with episodic or chronic migraine: pooled results from 3 randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled phase 3 studies

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The Journal of Headache and Pain

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Cluster Headache and Other Trigeminal Autonomic Cephalalgias

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CONTINUUM: Lifelong Learning in Neurology

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Biomarkers in Migraine

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Neurology India

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Long term safety, tolerability, and efficacy of intracutaneous zolmitriptan (M207) in the acute treatment of migraine

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Journal of Headache and Pain

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Addressing the Crisis of Diagnosis and Management of Migraine in Primary Care: A Summary of the American Headache Society FrontLine Primary Care Advisory Board

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Headache

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Ten (No, Make that 11) Ways the Migraine Mavens Have Changed the Conversation About Sexism in Medicine

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Headache

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Unusual Brain MRI Findings in Patients Imaged for Headache: a Case Series

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Current Pain and Headache Reports

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Updated evaluation of iv dihydroergotamine (Dhe) for refractory migraine: Patient selection and special considerations

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Journal of Pain Research

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Correction to: Diving Headache (Current Pain and Headache Reports, (2019), 23, 7, (46), 10.1007/s11916-019-0787-8)

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Current Pain and Headache Reports

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Diving Headache

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Current Pain and Headache Reports

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Eleven Things Not to Say to Your Female Colleagues

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Headache

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Nummular Headache

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Current Neurology and Neuroscience Reports

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Bath-Related Headache

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Current Pain and Headache Reports

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Current Treatment Options: Headache Related to Menopause—Diagnosis and Management

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Current Treatment Options in Neurology

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Exploding Head Syndrome: a Review

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Current Pain and Headache Reports

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The Neuralgias

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Current Neurology and Neuroscience Reports

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Ketamine Infusions for Treatment Refractory Headache

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Headache

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CADASIL: Imaging Characteristics and Clinical Correlation

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Current Pain and Headache Reports

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Ice Pick Headache

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Current Pain and Headache Reports

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Patient Management Problem

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Continuum (Minneapolis, Minn.)

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Patient Management Problem-Preferred Responses

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Continuum (Minneapolis, Minn.)

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SUNCT/SUNA: A Review

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Current Pain and Headache Reports

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Supratrochlear and Supraorbital Nerve Stimulation for Chronic Headache: a Review

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Current Pain and Headache Reports

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Efficacy endpoints in migraine clinical trials: the importance of assessing freedom from pain

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Current Medical Research and Opinion

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Headache and temporal arteritis: When to suspect and how to manage

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Current Pain and Headache Reports

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Chemical mediators of migraine: Preclinical and clinical observations

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Headache

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Diagnosis of acute headache

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Current Pain and Headache Reports

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Medication adaptation headache

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Cephalalgia

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Right-to-left shunt is common in chronic migraine

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Cephalalgia

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What might the ideal electronic medical record for migraine headache look like?

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Current Pain and Headache Reports

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Triptans: Actions and reactions

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Headache

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