What to Expect at the Migraine 360 Training Course With Dr Diamond

Co-chair Merle Diamond, MD, shares "what to expect" at the complimentary half-day Migraine 360 Primary Care Training Course that will explore best practices for diagnosis, options for acute and preventive management, and novel therapeutic options that are changing the current landscape for migraine treatment.

Attendees will receive:

• Up to 3.0 hours of CE credit  
• Complimentary lunch and refreshments throughout the program
• Opportunities to interact with expert clinicians in the field of migraine management

For the agenda and registration information, visit migraine360pcp.com.

Read the transcript:

Merle Diamond: Hi, I'm Dr Merle Diamond from the Diamond Headache Clinic in Chicago, and I'm happy to be here today to talk about Migraine 360, which is a great new program that we're putting together to help us understand where we are with migraine today, what we understand about migraine disease, and all the nuances that help us to get patients the therapies that they need.

Migraine has changed. I've been doing headache for 32 years, almost 33 years, and the last few years have been super exciting for me as a clinician and for my patients because we have so many new therapies available for patients, both acutely and preventatively. And I think what this program can bring is this ability to mesh together what we understand about migraine disease and marry it to the new therapies that we have so that patients can have better outcomes in the long term.

We really worked hard putting this program together to bring in what we know about the population that suffers with this disease and what the important pieces are that can get them to live their lives more fully even though they have migraine attacks. And certainly understanding these news therapies and how they work within our patients and allow them to have a more normal life, even though they suffer from migraine, is really, really important.

So, I'm really excited to participate in this with Dr Martin. We worked really hard putting these slides together for everybody and you're going to have a great group of lecturers to give you their perspective on migraine and what the state of the art therapies are today, so thank you.

Dr Merle Diamond completed her bachelor’s degree with honors at University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, Michigan, and completed her Doctorate of Medicine from Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine in Chicago, Illinois. She is board certified in Internal Medicine from the American Board of Internal Medicine and was a Fellow of the American Board of Emergency Medicine. Dr Diamond is a Fellow of the Chicago Institute of Medicine. 

She joined Diamond Headache Clinic in 1989 and is currently the president and managing director of all Diamond Headache Clinic locations as well as AMITA St. Joseph Diamond Headache Clinic Inpatient Unit.  

Dr Diamond is a Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine, Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science/Chicago Medical School. She is also a Lecturer in the Department of Medicine (Neurology), Loyola University of Chicago’s Stritch School of Medicine.