Soma Sahai-Srivastava, MD

Clinical Professor of Neurology (Clinician Educator)

Division Chief, Headache Center

Director, LAC+USC Medical Center Ambulatory Care

Director, Keck Medical Center Ambulatory Care

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Overview

After completing her residency at USC, she joined as faculty in the department of Neurology in 2001. Dr Sahai is a board certified, headache specialist (UCNS) and advocates an integrated approach to management of headache disorders. She established the Headache and Neuralgia Center in 2006 and a UCNS certified fellowship program in Headache medicine in 2010. Dr Sahai developed a multidisciplinary team approach to treating refractory headache and face pain, complicated and challenging cases . Her clinical research focuses on migraine, headache disorders and neuromuscular disorders. Dr Sahai has participated in many clinical trials as principal or co-investigator relating to her areas of specialization. She has published numerous articles in scientific journals on topics relating to Headache, Neuropathic pain and neuromuscular diseases. She has a global neuroscience initiative in southeast Asia focused on teaching neurosciences in southeast Asia. She is a also a professional life and executive coach certified by the Seattle Coach Program.

Education and Training

  • Patna Medical College, Patna — MBBS — 6/1992 — Medicine
  • Keck School Of Medicine, Los Angeles — Resident — 07/2001 — Neurology, Medicine

Publications

  • Navigating migraine care during pregnancy and lactation. Curr Opin Obstet Gynecol. 2026 Apr 01; 38(2):78-85.. View in PubMed
  • The Chronic Headache Self-Efficacy Scale: Development and assessment of measurement properties. Headache. 2025 03; 65(3):460-472.. View in PubMed
  • Patient-Centered Treatment of Chronic Migraine With Medication Overuse: A Prospective, Randomized, Pragmatic Clinical Trial. Neurology. 2022 04 05; 98(14):e1409-e1421.. View in PubMed
  • Determinants of pain interference and headache impact in patients who have chronic migraine with medication overuse: Results from the MOTS trial. Cephalalgia. 2021 09; 41(10):1053-1064.. View in PubMed
  • Headache characteristics and burden from chronic migraine with medication overuse headache: Cross-sectional observations from the Medication Overuse Treatment Strategy trial. Headache. 2021 02; 61(2):351-362.. View in PubMed
  • Safety and efficacy of sphenopalatine ganglion stimulation for chronic cluster headache: a double-blind, randomised controlled trial. Lancet Neurol. 2019 12; 18(12):1081-1090.. View in PubMed
  • Greater Occipital Nerve Block for the Treatment of Chronic Migraine Headaches: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. Plast Reconstr Surg. 2019 10; 144(4):943-952.. View in PubMed
  • Experiences of an outpatient infusion center with intravenous magnesium therapy for status migrainosus. Clin Neurol Neurosurg. 2019 03; 178:31-35.. View in PubMed
  • Dextromethorphan/Quinidine in Migraine Prophylaxis: An Open-label Observational Clinical Study. Clin Neuropharmacol. 2018 Mar.. View in PubMed
  • Multidisciplinary Team Treatment Approaches to Chronic Daily Headaches. Headache. 2017 Oct; 57(9):1482-1491.. View in PubMed