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Evidence-based education on migraine, cluster headache, trigeminal neuralgia and other headache disorders.
Learn how headache treatments are selected.
Practical summaries of migraine-specific treatments including Botox® and CGRP antagonists.
Medication information handouts, headache trackers, and reliable external resources.
New patient roadmap to specialized headache care
New patient roadmap to specialized headache care
Step 1: The referral
Step 1: The referral
A doctor or nurse practitioner must fax a referral to:
613-562-6384.
Step 2: Triage and getting ready
Step 2: Triage and getting ready
We review your referral and provide your referring doctor an estimated wait-time.
While you wait, start a headache diary. This will be valuable for your first appointment.
Step 3: First visit
Step 3: First visit
We will call you to book. Please bring a list of the previous medications you have tried for headache.
Read our clinic FAQ, and find out where we are.
Focused programs at the Ottawa Headache Centre
Focused programs at the Ottawa Headache Centre
While we provide comprehensive consultations for the full spectrum of headache medicine, we offer dedicated clinical pathways for our most frequently accessed specialized services:
A dedicated injection program for patients with chronic migraine. We provide neurologist and specialist-led administration of onabotulinumtoxinA (Botox®).
Safe, evidence-based management pathways for patients navigating family planning, pregnancy, and the postpartum period.
Specialized protocols for one of the most severe pain syndromes. Our pathway includes rapid-access acute therapy, bridge treatments, and advanced preventive strategies for episodic and chronic clusters.
For patients requiring urgent outpatient consultation after an emergency visit, this program was co-designed and is co-run by neurologists and emergency physicians.
Our pathway provides early specialist assessment, targeted investigations when needed, treatment optimization, and a clear care plan to prevent recurrence and reduce future ED visits.
Don't see your condition here?
Don't see your condition here?
As a regional referral site, we provide comprehensive consultations for the full spectrum of headache and facial pain disorders. Learn more about other headache disorders.
What do we offer?
What do we offer?
As a physician-led specialized headache clinic we are a regional referral site for Easter Ontario and Western Quebec for the full-spectrum of headache disorders.
We offer both foundational as well as specialized headache treatment (e.g., CGRP antagonists/monoclonal antibodies, occipital nerve blocks, onabotulinumtoxin-A - Botox® - injections, evidence-based off-label treatment, etc.).
Our clinic offers consultations in English, French, Spanish, and Arabic. To provide accurate and high quality care, for other preferred languages please bring an interpreter if you are able to.
What do we treat?
What do we treat?
We will provide a consultation for any headache disorder; some headache disorders may be more appropriately managed (or co-managed) by a different clinician (e.g., odontogenic causes may require a dentist).
Migraine and primary headache disorders
Migraine and primary headache disorders
Migraine: Episodic and chronic migraine
Acute and preventive migraine management
Botox® for migraine and headache disorders
CGRP based treatments
Headache in special populations
Headache in special populations
High vascular risk
Older adults
Transition from adolescence to adulthood
Secondary headache and other cranial neuralgic disorders
Secondary headache and other cranial neuralgic disorders
Secondary headache disorders
Cranial neuralgias (trigeminal neuralgia, occipital neuralgia, glossopharyngeal neuralgia, nervus intermedius neuralgia)
Not sure where to start?
Not sure where to start?
Most patients begin with Your First Visit.
How do I prepare for my visit?
How do I prepare for my visit?
We are committed to providing the highest level of care we can. To help us do this, please follow these recommendations:
Arrive prepared.
Think about the headache (or headaches) you have had, and how frequently you are experiencing them.
Consider completing a headache diary (e.g., with the Migraine Tracker from Migraine Canada, or at least in pen-and-paper to get a sense of your monthly-headache-days).
Your doctor should send any relevant investigations, or other headache-specific consultation reports.
Be early.
To help us be on time, it helps if you aim to be early. Late arrivals have a snowball effect for the rest of the patients.
Consider bringing a family member.
It can be easy to forget a detail after a consultation; family members can help take notes.
If you foresee a language barrier, please bring an interpreter if you are able to.
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