{"id":41,"date":"2023-09-02T14:39:39","date_gmt":"2023-09-02T14:39:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/keck.usc.edu\/neurology\/?page_id=41"},"modified":"2025-07-02T01:10:10","modified_gmt":"2025-07-02T01:10:10","slug":"usc-headache-fellowship-program","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/keck.usc.edu\/neurology\/training-education\/fellowship-programs\/usc-headache-fellowship-program\/","title":{"rendered":"USC Headache Fellowship Program"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n\n\n  \n\n  \n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div\n  class=\"cc--component-container cc--hero-primary horizontal-navigation\"\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  >\n  <div class=\"c--component c--hero-primary\"\n    \n      >\n\n    \n  \n  <div class=\"inner-wrapper has-horizontal-nav\">\n\n          <div class=\"title-wrapper\">\n\n                  <div class=\"eyebrow-container\">\n                              \n<div class=\"f--field f--eyebrow\">\n\n    \n  <a href=\"https:\/\/keck.usc.edu\/neurology\/\" >Department of Neurology<\/a>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n                      <\/div>\n        \n                      \n<div class=\"f--field f--page-title has-stripe\">\n\n    \n      <h1>USC Headache Fellowship Program<\/h1>\n\n\n<\/div>\n        \n              <\/div>\n    \n              \n<div class=\"f--field f--link eyebrow-link\">\n\n    \n    \n  \n<a\n  class=\"link \"\n  href=\"https:\/\/www.keckmedicine.org\/centers-and-programs\/neurology\/\"\n    >\n        Are you a patient?\n    <\/a>\n\n\n<\/div>\n    \n    \n      \n              <div class=\"horizontal-nav\">\n                      <div class=\"horizontal-menu-container\">\n              <button class=\"expand-menu\">\n                                  In This Section\n                                <svg class=\"menu\" version=\"1.1\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" xmlns:xlink=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/1999\/xlink\" x=\"0px\"\n                  y=\"0px\" viewBox=\"0 0 35 35\" enable-background=\"new 0 0 35 35\" xml:space=\"preserve\">\n                  <path fill-rule=\"evenodd\" clip-rule=\"evenodd\" fill=\"#000\" d=\"M4,23h3v3H4V23z M4,16h3v3H4V16z M10,23\n                  h21v3H10V23z M10,16h21v3H10V16z M10,9h21v3H10V9z M4,9h3v3H4V9z\"\/>\n                <\/svg>\n\n                <svg class=\"close\" version=\"1.1\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" xmlns:xlink=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/1999\/xlink\" x=\"0px\" y=\"0px\"\n                  viewBox=\"0 0 35 35\" enable-background=\"new 0 0 35 35\" xml:space=\"preserve\">\n                  <polygon fill=\"#000\" fill-rule=\"evenodd\" clip-rule=\"evenodd\" points=\"26,10.4 24.6,9 17.5,16.1 10.4,9 9,10.4 16.1,17.5\n                  9,24.6 10.4,26 17.5,18.9 24.6,26 26,24.6 18.9,17.5 \"\/>\n                <\/svg>\n              <\/button>\n\n              <nav\n  class=\"mc--menu mc--\"\n  >\n  <ul class=\"m--menu m--\">\n    \n    \n      <li class=\"has-submenu menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-home menu-item-5 menu-item-has-children\">\n      <div class=\"link-arrow-wrapper\">\n      <a href=\"https:\/\/keck.usc.edu\/neurology\/\" >Neurology<\/a>\n\n      <button class=\"expand-children has-submenu arrow-toggle\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-haspopup=\"true\" aria-label=\"Display Submenu for Neurology\">\n        <svg height=\"35\" viewBox=\"0 0 35 35\" width=\"35\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\">\n          <path d=\"m17.5 20.2142857 6.2142857-6.2142857 1.2857143 1.2857143-7.5 7.5-7.5-7.5 1.2857143-1.2857143z\" fill=\"#000\" fill-rule=\"evenodd\"\/>\n        <\/svg>\n      <\/button>\n    <\/div>\n  \n      <div class=\"submenus-wrapper\">\n      <div class=\"submenus-wrapper-inner\">\n        <ul class=\"submenu\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n                      <li class=\" menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-223\">\n      <a href=\"https:\/\/keck.usc.edu\/neurology\/inclusive-excellence\/\" >Inclusive Excellence<\/a>\n  \n  \n<\/li>\n                  <\/ul>\n      <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n  \n<\/li>\n\n    \n      <li class=\" menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-21\">\n      <a href=\"https:\/\/keck.usc.edu\/neurology\/research\/\" >Research<\/a>\n  \n  \n<\/li>\n\n    \n      <li class=\"has-submenu menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-22 menu-item-has-children\">\n      <div class=\"link-arrow-wrapper\">\n      <a href=\"https:\/\/keck.usc.edu\/neurology\/training-education\/\" >Training &amp; 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Our multidisciplinary program incorporates multiple subspecialties that are required for the comprehensive management of complex headache disorders, including anesthesiology\/pain medicine, orofacial dentistry, neuroradiology, neurosurgery, pain psychology and complementary medicine. We provide a full range of headache and neuralgia treatment options, including nerve blocks, injections, infusions, radio frequency ablation and, in some cases, surgery. In addition, Lifestyle Redesign (LRD) program is used for chronic headaches which is an evidence-based approach that draws from a variety of preventive treatment strategies developed collaboratively with neurology and occupational therapy. In addition, our neurologists work closely with Physical Therapists who specialize in headache management to optimize headache management. We also offer an infusion center to treat headache patients with various intravenous infusions or injections along with urgent abortive medications.<\/p>\n<p>This comprehensive approach to headache and facial pain provides a holistic approach to headache management and creates an outstanding learning environment for the one-year UCNS (United Council for Neurologic Subspecialties) accredited Fellowship program.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"line\">Program Director<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Soma Sahai-Srivastava, MD<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Dr Sahai has been a faculty member of the USC Department of Neurology since 2001. She is UCNS board-certified in Headache medicine and board-certified in both Neurology and Internal Medicine. Under her leadership, we have integrated monthly multidisciplinary meetings where patient cases are discussed with neuroradiology, physical therapy, occupational therapy, and pain psychology. She has also organized symposiums on headache medicine. She is not only a member of the core neurology residency program committee in which she actively develops curriculum for the training program but is also the medical director of neurology ambulatory clinical services at Los Angeles General Medical Center. As Medical Director of Neurology ambulatory clinical services at the Los Angeles General Medical Center, and USC Faculty practice, she has been training medical students, residents, orofacial and pain fellows in headache medicine for over two decades. In addition, she organizes annual trips to Cambodia where she has established a global medicine neuroscience program for physicians and medical students.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n  <\/div>\n\n\n  <\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n\n  \n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div\n  class=\"cc--component-container cc--rich-text white\"\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  >\n  <div class=\"c--component c--rich-text\"\n    \n      >\n\n    \n  <div class=\"inner-wrapper\">\n        \n<div class=\"f--field f--wysiwyg\">\n\n    \n  <h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">Faculty<\/h2>\n<table style=\"border-collapse: collapse; width: 100%; height: 620px;\" tabindex=\"0\" border=\"1\">\n<tbody>\n<tr style=\"height: 620px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 50%; height: 620px;\">\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p class=\"LC20lb MBeuO DKV0Md\"><strong>Steven L Giannotta, MD<br \/>\n<\/strong>Professor of Neurological Surgery<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"LC20lb MBeuO DKV0Md\"><strong>Paul-Henri Cesar, MD<\/strong><br \/>\nClinical Associate Professor of Neurology<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Lauren Green, DO<\/strong><br \/>\nClinical Associate Professor of Neurology<\/li>\n<li><strong>Sandhya Ravikumar, MD<\/strong><br \/>\nClinical Assistant Professor of Neurology<\/li>\n<li><strong>Chelsea Stone, DO<\/strong><br \/>\nClinical Assistant Professor of Neurology<\/li>\n<li><strong>Susan Axtell, Psy.D<\/strong><br \/>\nClinical Associate Professor of Neurology<\/li>\n<li><strong>Ana Gjurgevich, NP<\/strong><br \/>\nInstructor of Clinical Neurology<\/li>\n<li><strong>Hawa Mapara, NP<\/strong><br \/>\nInstructor of Clinical Neurology<\/li>\n<li data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\"><strong>Sabrina Bates, NP<\/strong><br \/>\nInstructor of Clinical Neurology<\/li>\n<li><strong>Ana Lynch, OTD<\/strong><br \/>\nAssistant Professor of Clinical Occupational Therapy<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 50%; height: 620px;\">\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Kati Wechsler, OTD<\/strong><br \/>\nAssistant Professor of Clinical Occupational Therapy<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><span data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\">Nasim Sheikh-Bahaei<\/span>, MD<\/strong><br \/>\nAssistant Professor of Clinical Radiology<\/li>\n<li><strong>Darrin Lee, MD<\/strong><br \/>\nAssistant Professor of Clinical Neurological Surgery<\/li>\n<li><strong>Steven Richeimer, MD<\/strong><br \/>\nProfessor Clinical Anesthesiology<\/li>\n<li><strong>Mariela Padilla, DDS<\/strong><br \/>\nAssociate Professor of Clinical Dentistry<\/li>\n<li><strong>Lindsey Shomer, OTD<\/strong><br \/>\nAssociate Professor of Clinical Occupational Therapy<\/li>\n<li><strong>Melina Allahverdian OTD<\/strong><br \/>\nAssistant Professor of Clinical Occupational Therapy<\/li>\n<li><strong>Erika Sigman, DPT<\/strong><br \/>\nAssistant Professor of Clinical Physical Therapy<\/li>\n<li><strong>Lori Ginoza, DPT<\/strong><br \/>\nAssistant Professor of Clinical Physical Therapy<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n  <\/div>\n\n\n  <\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n\n  \n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div\n  class=\"cc--component-container cc--rich-text white\"\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  >\n  <div class=\"c--component c--rich-text\"\n    \n      >\n\n    \n  <div class=\"inner-wrapper\">\n        \n<div class=\"f--field f--wysiwyg\">\n\n    \n  <h2 class=\"line\" style=\"text-align: center;\">Curriculum of the Fellowship<\/h2>\n<h3>Headache Outpatient Care<\/h3>\n<p>In this UCNS certified headache programs fellows train in an outpatient setting where patients above 9 years old are referred from regional and national base with a broad range of interesting, unusual, and refractory headache and facial pain disorders. Fellows learn the tools to diagnose, treat and educate patients with various headache and pain disorders utilizing infusion center, trigger point injections, nerve blocks, SPG (Sphenopalatine ganglion) blocks and Botox injections both in a tertiary center and an underserved headache clinic at Los Angeles General Medical Center. Fellows see over 200 new patients in the year in which the first 6 months faculty members review and oversee all cases and then fellows are allowed to practice independently. Fellows also have the unique opportunity to not only work with other pain providers but also physical therapy, occupational therapy, and pain psychology.<\/p>\n<p>This is an entirely outpatient-based fellowship program, with no in-house call although fellows may rarely consult on refractory headache patients in the inpatient setting at Keck or Los Angeles General Medical Center.<\/p>\n<h3>Research Opportunities in Headache<\/h3>\n<p>The Headache Program is involved in clinical collaborative research projects and pilot studies. The fellow has protected time on a weekly basis for clinical or translational research. The research project should culminate in preparation of an abstract for presentation at a national or international meeting and eventual publication of a manuscript. The fellow is also expected to attend one national or regional headache meeting during the fellowship and deliver a neuroscience grand round presentation on headache disorders during the fellowship year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n  <\/div>\n\n\n  <\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\n    \n  \n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div\n  class=\"cc--component-container cc--video-with-text \"\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  >\n  <div class=\"c--component c--video-with-text\"\n    \n      >\n\n    \n  \n      <div class=\"videos-container\">\n                    <div class=\"video-container\">\n\n                      <div class=\"text-container\">\n\n                                  \n<div class=\"f--field f--eyebrow\">\n\n    \n  <span>Fellowship Overview<\/span>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n              \n                                  \n<div class=\"f--field f--cta-title\">\n\n    \n  <h3>\n          Educational Opportunities in Headache\n      <\/h3>\n\n\n<\/div>\n              \n                                  \n<div class=\"f--field f--description description-medium\">\n\n    \n  <p>Interested in the USC Headache Fellowship at USC? 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