WHO SHOULD ATTEND?

The Annual Scientific Meeting is designed for physicians, psychologists, scientists, researchers, physician assistants, nurse practitioners, and other health professionals involved in the care of patients with head, neck, and orofacial pain.

AHS has dedicated over 60 years to leading and serving the headache community.

THE AMERICAN HEADACHE SOCIETY’S® ANNUAL SCIENTIFIC MEETING continues to be the premiere venue for the dissemination of the latest and most up-to-date research and scientific advances underlying the practice of Headache Medicine.

SPECIAL NOTE FOR THE PHYSICALLY CHALLENGED

The American Headache Society® wishes to take steps to ensure that no individual with disability is excluded, denied services, segregated, or otherwise treated differently than other individuals because of the absence of auxiliary aids and services. If you need any auxiliary aids or services identified in the Americans with Disabilities Act, or any assistance in registering for this symposium, please contact AHS Meeting Manager, Heidi Jetter at 856-423-0043, write to her at AHS, 19 Mantua Road, Mt. Royal, NJ, 08061, or email AHSHQ@talley.com.

SCIENTIFIC PROGRAM COMMITTEE

Chair

Amynah Pradhan, PhD

Members

Jessica Ailani, MD, FAHS

Mark J. Burish, MD, PhD

Catherine D. Chong, PhD, FAHS

Gregory Dussor, PhD

Deborah I. Friedman, MD, MPH, FAHS

Todd J. Schwedt, MD, MSCI, FAHS

Elizabeth Seng, PhD, FAHS

Christina L. Szperka, MD, FAHS

Abstracts

To submit an abstract of original contribution on any topic related to headache, please click here.

The deadline for abstract submission for presentation at the 63rd Annual Scientific Meeting is 11:59 pm HST on Sunday, January 31, 2021.

While submitting your abstract, you can also apply for the 2021 Harold G. Wolff Lecture Award and the Early Career Lecture Award. The deadline to submit is also Sunday, January 31, 2021 at 11:59 pm HST. For additional information on the Wolff Award please click here. For additional information about the Early Career Award, please click here.

Authors will receive acknowledgement of receipt of abstracts via email and notification regarding acceptance on or about March 30, 2021.  Accepted abstracts will be published in the journal Headache®.

Each abstract must include objectives, methods, results and conclusions and is limited to 3300 characters (characters include letters, symbols, punctuation and spaces). Mandatory fields are identified with an (*) in the submission site.  If the data submitted has been presented in total or in large part in the past, please note the date and place of the previous presentation(s).

Abstract Topics are as follows:

• Basic Science
• Clinical Presentation/Diagnosis
• Epidemiology
• Genetics
• Headache Education
• Health Services/Outcomes Research
• Imaging and Neurophysiology
• Therapeutics
• Other Clinical Studies
• Other

For questions or additional information, please contact AHS Headquarters at 856-423-0043 or ahshq@talley.com.