In Memoriam

1941-2023

A native of Little Falls, NY, Jerry was a renowned surgeon specializing in Otolaryngology. His passion for medicine resulted in a distinguished career involving surgery, teaching, and administrative leadership, and his efforts influenced many aspects of the growth of this specialty on a national and international level.

1947-2023

Dr. Schulman was incredibly dedicated to his patients who in turn adored him. He saw them as people not symptoms or a disease and they saw him as a Mensch. In response to their frequent thanks and praise Elliott could frequently be heard to quietly say “I am just doing my job”, a job and career he passionately loved.

1933-2022

Dr. Merrill did so much for the orofacial pain and headache fields. His heart was devoted to teaching many generations of clinicians and clinician-scientists, during his time as the Director of the UCLA Orofacial Pain Clinic since 1994, and then as the Director of the UCLA Orofacial Pain Program from 2003 to 2019. Dr. Merrill was a Fellow of the American Headache Society and a Fellow of the American Academy of Orofacial Pain.

1926 – 2019
Jim was the epitome of the clinician‐scientist well before the term was invented, and has been referred to as the neurologist who put migraine on the map. His interest in headache medicine lead to his co-founding of the International Headache Society (IHS), a society that later recognized him with the IHS Special Recognition Award for his important contributions to headache medicine.

1956-2019

Kim was a champion for headache medicine and was involved in headache medicine for most of her professional career. She worked at several esteemed headache programs, ran her own headache practice in College Station, Texas and most recently held a leadership position at UT Southwestern.

1939 – 2017
A true gentleman and a scholar, Dr. Bahram Mokri was a respected Neurologist at the Mayo Clinic and wonderful human being. In his more than 40 years at Mayo, Dr. Mokri pioneered research on cerebral spinal fluid leaks, mentored aspiring neurologists, and helped thousands of patients.

1957 – 2016

Steven was a trailblazer for dentists, expanding dental pain management to treat the full spectrum of headaches, and personally training many dentists.

1937 – 2015
Ninan was not only a headache pioneer, a sound clinician and great researcher but also a physician who really cared for his profession and his family. He showed us the way, and brought so many along with him to carry on after he was gone. We will truly miss him. May His Soul rest in peace!

1951 – 2012
Children, adolescents, and young adults with headaches and neurological diseases have lost a great advocate, educator and physician. We have all lost a leader in clinical care, research and education, and friend in the passing of Dr. Don Lewis.

1954 – 2012
The American Headache Society, the field of headache medicine, and countless patients have lost an enormous talent, beloved colleague, and compassionate and dedicated physician. Dr. Stuart Black remembers his friend and colleague, who died tragically in an automobile accident on February 16, 2012.

1941 – 2011
Fred was one of the truly great characters of the headache world, an incredibly vivid personality, and the mention of his name always brings a twinkle to the eye and a smile to the lips of any of his colleagues. He had an infectious enthusiasm and zest for his work, for the American Headache Society, his music, his family and his friends.

1936 – 2006
He was a brilliant and astute clinician, a teacher, a researcher, a mentor, a great intellect, a humorist, a historian, writer, editor, debater, expert witness, administrator, humorist, and the most valued and talented lecturer in our field in the world.