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The Ottawa Headache Centre: Advancing headache medicine through research, education, and collaboration
The Ottawa Headache Centre: Advancing headache medicine through research, education, and collaboration
The Ottawa Headache Centre is a specialist-led academic headache program committed to improving the care of patients with migraine and other headache disorders through research, education, and strategic partnerships.
Our physicians are actively involved in clinical research, medical education, and health-system innovation aimed at improving access to evidence-based headache care across Eastern Ontario and Western Quebec.
By integrating clinical care with academic work and collaborative partnerships, we aim to help shape the future of headache medicine while training the next generation of specialists interested in this rapidly evolving field.
The Ottawa Headache Centre's academic vision
The Ottawa Headache Centre's academic vision
Headache disorders are among the leading causes of disability, yet access to specialized headache care remains limited and fragmented. Our academic efforts focus on improving care delivery, supporting clinician education, and developing innovative models that improve patient outcomes.
Our priorities include:
Improving access to specialized headache care
Advancing evidence-based migraine treatment
Supporting emergency department and primary care headache pathways
Training clinicians in headache medicine
Developing innovative models of care delivery
Building collaborative research networks
Establishing strategic partnerships with like-minded organizations
Supporting knowledge translation into clinical practice
Research
Research
Areas of research focus include:
National guidelines generation
Emergency department headache care optimization
Rapid access headache clinic models
Health systems innovation to improve specialty access
Quality improvement in headache medicine
Education in headache medicine
Evaluation of novel acute and preventive migraine treatments
Education
Education
We are a Headache Fellowship training site, and offer Headache Medicine electives to residents.
Trainees gain exposure to:
Migraine and chronic migraine management
Cluster headache and trigeminal autonomic cephalalgias
Headache in pregnancy
Secondary headache evaluation
CGRP-targeted therapies
Botox for migraine and headache disorders
Cranio-facial nerve blocks
Rotation with our partners at The Ottawa Hospital Neuroscience Clinic, Pain Centre, Vestibular Program, and Neuro-ophthalmology
Strategic partnerships
Strategic partnerships
We align with like-minded organizations with the goal of improving headache care, including:
Multi-disciplinary teams and allied health
Clinicians interested in headache research
Academic investigators
Hospitals and health systems
Patient advocacy groups
Industry partners
Digital health innovators
Quality improvement groups
Education programs
Our clinical, academic, and leadership affiliations
Our clinical, academic, and leadership affiliations
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