The John R. Graham Headache Center and the Harvard Medical School have a long tradition of excellence in headache clinical care, research and education. Established in 1970 by Dr. John R. Graham, the Graham Headache Center was the first headache clinic in Boston and for some time the largest in the United States. The John R. Graham Headache Center has received international recognition for clinical excellence, for pioneering new approaches to headache treatment and for research on women's issues, as well as clinical trials for the treatment of headache disorders.

The most common chronic headache disorders are:

Headache
Headache disorders include migraine, tension-type and cluster headaches. Evaluation and treatment recommendations provided to referring clinicians emphasize the use of headache-specific treatments rather than general pain medications. Emphasis is placed on further prevention of headaches, for which non-pharmacological treatment or medications may be recommended.

Epilepsy
Epilepsy is a neurological condition involving the brain that makes people more susceptible to having seizures.  It is one of the most common disorders of the nervous system and affects people of all ages, races and ethnic background. More than 3 million Americans live with epilepsy. When a person has two or more unprovoked seizures, he or she is considered to have epilepsy. There are many possible causes of epilepsy, including tumors, strokes and brain damage from illness or injury. In many cases, there may be no detectable cause for epilepsy.

Sleep Disorders
The Sleep Disorders Program is devoted is aimed to understand sleep disorders and improve therapy for sleep disorders as well as provide clinical services to care for patients afflicted by these disorders.

Behavioral Neurology
We provide a comprehensive, multidisciplinary approach to the diagnosis and management of patients who have problems with memory, executive functions, attention, language, emotion, or behavior due to disease, injury, or developmental disorders of the central nervous system. Patients receive the highest standard of neurologic, psychiatric, and social work care for the treatment of their conditions.

Contact Us
Faulkner Hospital
John R. Graham Headache Center
1153 Centre St. - Suite 4970
Boston, MA 02130
Phone: 617-983-7580
Fax: 617-983-7582

Doctors

Elizabeth W. Loder, MD, MPH
Chief, Division of Headache and Pain
Department of Neurology
Brigham and Women's/Faulkner Hospital

Paul B. Rizzoli, MD
Director, John R. Graham Headache Center
Director, Headache Fellowship Program

Tracey Milligan, MD
Director, Faulkner Hospital Epilepsy/EEG

Milena Pavlova, MD
Neurology

Diler Acar, MD
Neurology