Headache Specialist

At Tufts Medicine, you’ll make an impact and build your career, supported by a community of brilliant, compassionate colleagues. Every single person at Tufts Medicine plays an integral role in building a holistic healthcare experience that’s accessible, empowering and, most of all, human.  

The Department of Neurology is seeking a Headache Specialist to join our team at Tufts Medical Center.  

In collaboration with our greater team of Neurologists within the Department managing headache cases, you will:  

• Offer a high-level of expertise to our outpatient headache population; 
• Directly manage patients with the highest complexity, refractory headache syndromes; 
• Develop programs to help manage acute and worsening headache syndromes that minimize Emergency Department utilization, such as infusion center protocols; 
• Support and develop protocols for elective inpatient admissions for refractory headaches (status migrainosus, autonomic/trigeminal neuralgic cephalgias); 
• Increase procedures offered to patients with refractory headache syndromes, such as botulinum toxin, nerve blocks, etc.; 
• Provide continuing education to Neurology clinicians on headache management to improve overall practice competency. 

Department of Neurology Overview:   

Integrated Healthcare: Tufts Medical Center, with over 700 affiliated doctors, is part of the Tufts Medicine Health System. Tufts Medicine includes Lowell General Hospital, Lowell Saints Hospital, MelroseWakefield Hospital, Lawrence Memorial Hospital of Medford, Tufts Medicine Care at Home, Tufts Medicine Community Care, and Tufts Medicine Integrated Network. 

Team Driven: The Department of Neurology is comprised of a dynamic group of physicians invested in growing and advancing clinical programs. In conjunction with the Epilepsy Center, TMC Neurology includes a Neurocritical Care Unit (that supports invasive EEG monitoring and Epilepsy surgeries) and a Neuroscience Intermediate Care Unit (stepdown unit) and Neurology med-surg unit with Neurology trained nurses that support elective EEG admissions. The Department also has divisions including Stroke and Cerebrovascular Diseases which supports a Joint Commission-certified Comprehensive Stroke Center, an active Neuromuscular division with a Neurophysiology lab, Movement Disorders, Neuro-Immunology, Neuro-Oncology, and Cognitive Neurology, which supports a multidisciplinary Memory Care Center. 

Research Based: Neurology research has a proven impact on patient care and outcomes. Our Department is no exception and we participate in multiple NIH- and industry-sponsored research projects as well as investigator-initiated projects to better understand and treat neurological conditions.  We have two full-time Neurology clinical research coordinators that help with IRB, trial, and registry support. 

Education: Our faculty are full-time academic staff members at Tufts University School of Medicine with many involved in teaching medical students, residents, and fellows (currently, in vascular neurology and neurocritical care).