Chairperson & Convener

Dr. Goutam Ganguly

drgoutamganguly@gmail.com

Chairman

Dr. Ashish Duggal

ashishduggal2005@rediffmail.com

Convener

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Details

Activities

The first National Headache Update in 2016 was held at Kolkata on 16th & 17th January, 2016 under the aegis of “Association of Neurologists of Eastern India” and endorsed by “Headache Subsection” of IAN. This meeting was well attended by over 150 Neurologists and 50 internists from the Eastern and North Eastern regions. There were didactic lectures, debate, case studies and quizzes.

Annual Headache subsection meeting was held during Agra IANCON. 3 clinical cases were presented by Dr Ambar Charkrovarty, Dr Sumit Singh and Dr Sanjay Prakash. Dr Rakesh Shukla gave a brief talk detailing the development of Headache medicine in India. The meeting was attended by 23 delegates.

The first National Headache Update in 2015 was held at Udaipur on December 19-20, 2014. Dr. Debashish Chowdhury was the Course Director. This meeting was well attended by over 150 Neurologists and 50 internists from various parts of India.

The second National Headache Update in 2015 was held at Pune on April 11-12, 2015. Dr. Ravishankar was the Course Director for this meeting. Approximately, 250 delegates attended.

The Headache Master School was conducted at Mumbai December 6-7, 2014. This event was an initiative of The I H S (International Headache Society) and was endorsed by The IAN. Dr. K. Ravishankar was the Course Director and the Faculty included eminent international headache experts – Drs. Alan Rapoport, Peter Goadsby, Allan Purdy, Fumihiko Sakai, Dr. S. J. Wang. From India we had Dr. K. Ravishankar, Dr. Debashish Chowdhury, Dr. Rakesh Shukla and Dr. M.V.Francis on the Faculty. The Meeting was attended by more than 150 young Neurologists and there was lively interaction with the Faculty and it was a good learning experience for all.

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