University of Michigan Physician Wins National Headache Foundation Special Lectureship

CHICAGO, Feb. 15, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The National Headache Foundation is pleased to announce that Wade M. Cooper, D.O., of the University of Michigan Headache and Neuropathic Pain Clinic, has been named the recipient of the 2013 NHF Lectureship. As the premier educational and informational resource for those living with headache disorders, their family members, physicians, allied health professionals, and health policy decision makers, the NHF created this award to preserve the highest level of neurobiological research and advancement in medicine today. Recipients of the award prove themselves to be up-and-coming physicians and scientists who have demonstrated interest in the management of common and complex headache problems.

Doctor Cooper will present his lecture, "Allergy and Migraine: The Role of Mast Cells," at the course, The 26^th Annual Practicing Physician's Approach to the Difficult Headache Patient, which is sponsored by the Diamond Headache Clinic Research and Educational Foundation. The lecture will be presented on Monday, February 18, 2013, at the Westin Mission Hills, Rancho Mirage, California.

SOURCE National Headache Foundation