Tool Kit for UCNS Headache Board Certification

Below are some suggested resources for the Headache Medicine examination administered through the United Council for Neurologic Specialities (UCNS). This list of resources is meant to assist in your study efforts, and should not be considered required preparation for the exam. By using these resources, there is no guarantee that you will pass the exam. This list is not vetted through UCNS. For details on the exam, please contact UCNS directly.

If you have resources you would like to be added onto this page, please contact AHS for consideration.

Books:

• Comprehensive Review of Headache Medicine (Headache Cooperative of New England) – Morris Levin, MD, FAHS, et al
  
• Headache Medicine: Questions and Answers – Dara G. Jamieson, MD

Scholarly Articles:

• Stratified care vs step care strategies for migraine: the Disability in Strategies of Care (DISC) Study: A randomized trial– Lipton RB, et al. JAMA 2000;284(20):2599
• Features of medication overuse headache following overuse of different acute headache drugs– Katsarava Z, et al. Neurology 2001;57(9):1694

Powerpoint Presentations:

• Migraine: An Anatomic and Physiological Basis – Sheena K. Aurora, MD, FAHS
• Cervical Spine and Headache – Steven B. Graff-Radford, DDS, FAHS
• Headache Treatment in Children, Menstruation, Pregnancy and Lactation, Elderly, Renal Disease – Andrew D. Hershey, MD, PhD, FAHS
• Pharmacologic Treatment of Tension-Type Headache, Cluster Headache and TACs – Thomas N. Ward, MD, FAHS
• Headache Treatment in Children, Pregnancy and Lactation, the Elderly, and Renal Disorder– Thomas N. Ward, MD, FAHS

AHS Comprehensive Migraine Education Program (CMEP):

Morning Program:

• Diagnosing Migraine – content developed by David W. Dodick, FRCP, FACP, FAHS, Donna Gutterman, PharmD
• Risk Factors, Clinical Course and Barriers to Care – content developed Dawn Buse, PhD, FAHS, Richard B. Lipton, MD, FAAN, FAHS, Donna Gutterman, PharmD
• Case Study 1 – content developed by Lawrence C. Newman, MD, FAAN, FAHS, Donna Gutterman, PharmD
• Post-Traumatic Headache – content developed by Tad Seifert, MD, Donna Gutterman, PharmD
• Pathophysiology– content developed by Andrew C. Charles, MD, FAHS, Peter J. Goadsby, MD, PhD, FAHS, Donna Gutterman, PharmD
• Acute Treatment – content developed by Lawrence C. Newman, MD, FAAN, FAHS, Donna Gutterman, PharmD
• Preventive Treatment Strategies – content developed by Stephen D. Silberstein, MD, FAAN, FACP, FAHS, Donna Gutterman, PharmD
• Case Study 2 – content developed by R. Allan Purdy, MD, FRCPC, FACP, FAHS, Donna Gutterman, PharmD

Procedural Headache Medicine:

• Procedural Headache Medicine – content developed by David W. Dodick, MD, FRCP, FACP, FAHS, Richard B. Lipton, MD, FAAN, FAHS, Stephen D. Silberstein, MD, FAAN, FACP, FAHS, Andrew C. Charles, MD, FAHS,  Matthew S. Robbins, MD, FAHS, Donna Gutterman, PharmD

Behavioral and Non-Pharmacologic Enhancements to Headache Medicine:

• Behavioral and Non-Pharmacologic Enhancements to Headache Medicine – content developed by Dawn C. Buse, PhD, FAHS, Richard B. Lipton, MD, FAHS, Frank Andrasik, PhD, Robert A. Nicholson, PhD, FAHS, Todd Smitherman, PhD, FAHS, Donna Gutterman, PharmD

Guidelines:

• AAN Headache Guidelines

UCNS Review Course:

• Introduction to the UCNS Headache Medicine Exam – Noah Rosen, MD, FAHS
• Introduction to ICHD 3 (pdf) – Morris Levin, MD, FAHS
• Secondary Headaches – Noah Rosen, MD, FAHS
• Trigeminal Autonomic Cephalalgias (TACs) – Rashmi Halker Singh, MD, FAHS
• Update on Migraine Epidemiology, Genetics, and Basic Mechanisms – Andrew Charles, MD, FAHS
• Acute and Preventive Treatments for Headache (Evidence based Review) – Rashmi Halker Singh, MD, FAHS
• Tools & Tips for Headache Management in Special Populations: The Young & Old, Pregnant & Lactating – Lauren Doyle Strauss, DO, FAHS
• High Yield Images – Stephanie J. Nahas, MD, FAHS
• ICHD 3 – Guide to Use and Key Definitions (PowerPoint) – Morris Levin, MD, FAHS