Headache Center
Address: Thomas Jefferson University Hospital
Gibbon Building, Suite 8130
111 South 11th Street
Philadelphia, PA 19107
Phone: 215-955-2060
Fax: 215-955-2243
The Jefferson Headache Center, now part of Jefferson’s Department of Neurology, is an unusual medical facility offering headache
sufferers the services of a highly skilled team of neurologists, psychiatrists and psychologists who are sensitive to individual
problems and needs.
The Center’s goals are to diagnose each patient in an accurate and timely fashion, and to develop an individualized treatment
program to reduce the frequency and intensity of headaches, thereby enabling the patient to return to a more normal and active
lifestyle.
Additional information (including faculty/staff, services/treatment, clinical/non-clinical trials, and news)
Featured in the Media
Botox May Quiet Chronic Daily Headache
(April 15, ABC News) Botox injections may be an effective treatment for sufferers of chronic daily headache, according to
a new study. "The diagnosis of chronic daily headache is used in patients who have 15 or more 'headache days' in a 30-day
period," said study co-investigator Dr. Stephen Silberstein, director of the Jefferson Headache Center at Thomas Jefferson
University Hospital in Philadelphia. Experts estimate about four percent of the world's population suffers from this type
of recurrent headache pain. In their study involving 117 patients, Silberstein's team found that after three cycles of Botox
(botulinum toxin type A) injections in the face, head and neck, nearly 60 percent of participants experienced an average 50
percent reduction in headaches.
Media Coverage:
http://abcnews.go.com/Health/Healthology/story?id=673669
http://www.philly.com/mld/philly/living/health/11397712.htm
http://www.healthscout.com/news/1/525156/main.html
http://www.gjsentinel.com/health/content/shared-auto/healthnews/
http://www.daytondailynews.com/health/content/shared-auto/healthnews/hach/525156.html
http://www.wacotrib.com/health/content/shared-auto/healthnews/
Jefferson Neurologists Find Botulinum Toxin Type A Treatment Effective for Chronic Daily Headache Sufferers with Migraine
(Published 4-14-2005) Neurologists at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, Philadelphia, have had success in preventing and
treating Chronic Daily Headache, or CDH, in migraine sufferers with injections of botulinum toxin type A, popularly known
as “Botox.”
Featured in the Media:
Stormy Weather May Mean Agony For Migraine Sufferers
(Aired 3-24 -05, WCAU-TV Ch. 10) Not many people enjoy stormy weather. But those who suffer from migraines may have an additional
reason to dislike stormy weather.
“I can see when the fronts are coming and I know that they might be a bad day for me,” said Sharon Kane, a migraine sufferer
from Drexel Hill, Pa.
At the Jefferson Headache Center, doctors suggest keeping a record of when your migraines happen. “Find out what days you
have the headache and then go and get the barometric pressure weather report, and you can see if the weather triggered your
headache, said Stephen Silberstein, M.D., professor of Neurology, Jefferson Medical College of Thomas Jefferson University.
Media Coverage:
http://www.nbc10.com/health/4318628/detail.html
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