The weekly rounds are hosted by Mass General Brigham, Harvard Medical School, Harvard School of Dental Medicine, the University of Michigan School of Dentistry and Medical School, and faculty of Tufts University. These sessions are held on Wednesdays mornings from 8:00AM EST to 9:00AM EST. Follow the link below to register for each lecture in the series.
Continuing education: CME, nursing CE, psychology CE, and dental CE are provided in each session.
Reducing the Burden of Headache Disorders
Mario Peres, MD, PhD, FACP
- President-Elect, International Headache Society
- Founder, São Paulo Headache Center and Program Director of Headaches (GMA) at Albert Einstein Hospital
- Professor, Psychiatry Institute, São Paulo State University Medical School
Ethics and Closing the Health Equity Gap: Perspectives of a Spine Surgeon
Theresa Williamson, MD, MPH
- Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery, Harvard Medical School
- Neurosurgeon, Department of Neurosurgery, Massachusetts General Hospital
- Director, Minimally Invasive Spine Service, Massachusetts General Hospital
- Member, Center for Outcomes and Patient Safety in Surgery (COMPASS), Massachusetts General Hospital
Natural Experiments in Medicine
Christopher Worsham, MD, PhD
- MGH Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine; Assistant Professor of Medicine, HMS
Small Fiber Neuropathy: Current Research Updates
Anne Louise Oaklander, MD, PhD
- Associate Professor of Neurology, Harvard Medical School
- Assistant in Pathology (Neuropathology), Mass General Brigham
- Assistant in Neurology, Mass General Brigham
Shruti Handa, DMD (Discussant)
- Assistant Professor of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Harvard School of Dental Medicine
- Orofacial Pain, Mass General Brigham
Hsinlin Thomas Cheng, DMD, PA (Discussant)
- Assistant Professor, Department of Neurology
- Director, Headache and Neuropathic Pain Unit, Department of Neurology
Chronic Pain in Veterans
Sanjay Sharma, MD
- Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine
- Staff Physician, Southeast Louisiana Veterans Health System
Leveraging the Power of Interdisciplinary Pain Care
Jennifer Murphy, PhD
- National Director of Pain Management, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
- Associate Professor, Morsani School of Medicine, University of South Florida
Opium, Pain, Addiction, Markets, and World Trade: Nothing New Under the Sun
Nalton Ferraro, MD
- Assistant Professor of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Harvard School of Dental Medicine
- Director, Predoctoral Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Harvard School of Dental Medicine
Models for Brief Substance Use Assessment in Pain Medicine & Dentistry
Jafar Bakhshaie MD, PhD
Assistant Professor of Psychology in the Department of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School, Mass General Brigham
“The Difficult Patient” Somatization and Clinician Bias
Ronald J. Kulich, PhD
Lecturer, Mass General Brigham, Department of Anesthesia, Critical Care & Pain Medicine
The Folly of Botulinum Toxin for Migraine - A Treatment that Does Not Work
Brian E. McGeeney, MD, MPH, MBA
Dept. of Neurology and Harvard Medical School, Mass General Brigham
Neuralgia-Inducing Cavitational Osteonecrosis - Scam or Pseudoscience?
David Keith, BDS, DMD
- Visiting Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeon, MGH
- Corresponding Member of the Faculty, HSDM
Orofacial Pain: The Newest Specialty in Pain Education
Gary Heir, DMD
Clinical Professor, Program and Clinical Director
Division of Orofacial Pain, Rutgers School of Dental Medicine
Epidemiology and Comorbidity of Migraine
Richard Bruce Lipton, MD
- Professor, The Saul R. Korey Department of Neurology
- Professor, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
- Professor, Department of Epidemiology & Population Health (Epidemiology)
- Edwin S. Lowe Chair in Neurology
- Vice Chair The Saul R. Korey Department of Neurology
- Director, Montefiore Headache Center
New Models for Headache Education
Moises Dominguez, MD
Assistant Professor of Clinical Neurology, Weill Cornell Medical College
Matthew Robbins, MD (Discussant)
Associate Professor of Neurology, Weill Cornell Medical College
Neuromodulation for Complex Facial Pain and Headaches
Miles Day, MD, DABA, FIPP, DABIPP
Professor of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center - Department of Anesthesiology
Christopher Robinson, MD, PhD (Discussant)
Physician-Scientist, Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative, and Pain Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Mass General Brigham
Michael Schatman, PhD (Discussant)
Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative Care, and Pain Medicine, Department of Population Health - Division of Medical Ethics, NYU Grossman School of Medicine
Chronic Pain Management in the Veterans Administration
Milan Stojanovic, MD
- Assistant Professor of Anesthesia, Harvard Medical School
- Director, Interventional Pain Medicine, Edith Nourse Rogers Memorial Veterans Hospital
- Editor-in-Chief, Interventional Pain Medicine
Translational Research Using Animal Models of Orofacial Pain
John Neubert, DDS
Professor, Director of Pre-Doctoral Orthodontic Education, University of Florida College of Dentistry
Occipital Nerve Blocks and Neuromodulation for Headache Related Disorders
Erkan Kurt, MD
Neurosurgeon, Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre
Neurosurgeon, Canisius Wilhelmina Hospital - The Netherlands
Jay Austen, MD
Chief of the Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery Division, Burn Surgery and Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Mass General Brigham
Sumner M. Redstone Professor of Surgery, Harvard Medical School
Director, Aesthetic and Reconstructive Breast Fellowship Program
Cervicogenic Headache: A Pain in the Neck for Some Neurologists
Sait Ashina, MD
-Assistant Professor of Neurology and Anesthesia at Harvard Medical School
-Director of Comprehensive Headache Center at BIDMC, Harvard Medical School
Where are we at now?: History of OPPERA Prospective Cohort Study of Temporomandibular Disorders
Roger Fillingim, PhD
Associate Dean Of Planning And Institutional Effectiveness, Distinguished Professor, and Director Of Pain Research & Intervention Center of Excellence; University of Florida College of Dentistry
Public Policy and Accessing Pain and Headache Care
Christopher Gilligan, MD, MBA
Chief Medical Officer, Chief Quality Officer & Senior Vice President, Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital
Amitabh Gulati, MD (Discussant)
Director of Chronic Pain, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Assistant Professor of Clinical Anesthesiology, Weill Cornell Medical College
Psychedelics for Headaches and Pain Management
Emanuelle Schindler, MD, PhD
- Assistant Professor of Neurology, Yale School of Medicine
- Medical Director, Headache Center of Excellence
Trent Emerick, MD, MBA
- Associate Professor of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine and Bioengineering, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
- Associate Chief of Chronic Pain Division
Program Director, UPMC Pain Medicine Fellowship
Hurt and Pain: Literature and the Suffering Body
Susannah B. Mintz
Professor of English, Skidmore College
BA, UC Berkeley
MFA, Columbia University
PhD, Rice University
Physician Finances and Wellbeing: FICO Analysis of 4,000 Physicians & Debt Management for Physicians
Zwade Marshall, MD
Founder & Chief Medical Officer, Regenerative Spine & Pain Specialists, P.C.
Wael Saasouh, MD (Discussant)
- Regional Director of Research, NorthStar Anesthesia
- Clinical Assistant Professor, Wayne State University
- Clinical Associate Professor, Michigan State University
Psychosocial Factors Impacting Chronic Pain
Samantha Meints, PhD
- Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology, Harvard Medical School
- Pain Psychologist & Clinical Researcher, Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine, Mass General Brigham
Patient Selection for Minimally Invasive Pain Treatments
Timothy Deer, MD
- Founder, President and CEO, Spine and Nerve Center of the Virginias
- Chairman, American Society of Pain and Neuroscience
- Clinical Professor of Anesthesiology, West Virginia University School of Medicine
The Pediatric Pain Manual for War Zones
Paul Reavley, MD
- Pediatric Emergency Medicine Consultant, Bristol Royal Hospital for Children
- Co-Chair, Pediatric Blast Injury Partnership
Sleep, Pain & Headache
Alberto Herrero Babiloni, DDS, MS
PhD Candidate; Division of Experimental Medicine, McGill University; Hospital Sacre-Coeur de Montreal, CEAMS
Linda Sangalli, DDS, PhD
Assistant Professor, College of Dental Medicine-Illinois
The NIH HEAL Initiative and its Potential to Advance Treatment of Persons Suffering from Pain
Walter Koroshetz, MD
Director, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS)
Virtual Reality in Headache and Pain Medicine
Christopher Robinson, MD, PhD
Physician-Scientist, Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative, and Pain Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Mass General Brigham
Robert Jason Yong, MD, MBA
- Chair and Medical Director of the Pain Management Center, Mass General Brigham
- Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative, and Pain Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Mass General Brigham
Alan D. Kaye, MD, PhD (Discussant)
Immediate Former Vice-Chancellor of Academic Affairs, Chief Academic Officer, Provost, and Professor, Department of Anesthesiology, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center Shreveport