Neuroimaging of networks related to migraine in the developing brain; Clinical evaluation of autonomic nervous system changes in patients with headache.
Education
Medical School
Tufts University School of Medicine
1983
Boston
MA
Internship
Boston Floating Hospital for Infants and Children, New England Medical Center
1985
Boston
MA
Residency
Boston Floating Hospital for Infants and Children, New England Medical Center
1985
Boston
MA
Residency
Child Neurology
Massachusetts General Hospital
1989
Boston
MA
Fellowship
Pain Management
Massachusetts General Hospital
1991
Boston
MA
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Publications
The Photo- and Phonosensitivity Avoidance Behavior Scales: Evaluating Clinical Utility in Pediatric Primary Chronic Headache. Children (Basel). 2024 Oct 31; 11(11). View Abstract
Evidence of Chronic Complement Activation in Asymptomatic Pediatric Brain Injury Patients: A Pilot Study. Children (Basel). 2022 Dec 26; 10(1). View Abstract
Alterations in the structure and function of the brain in adolescents with new daily persistent headache: A pilot MRI study. Headache. 2022 07; 62(7):858-869. View Abstract
Integrated Features for Optimizing Machine Learning Classifiers of Pediatric and Young Adults With a Post-Traumatic Headache From Healthy Controls. Front Pain Res (Lausanne). 2022; 3:859881. View Abstract
Health Mindsets in Pediatric Chronic Headache. J Pediatr Psychol. 2022 04 08; 47(4):391-402. View Abstract
Biological and behavioral markers of pain following nerve injury in humans. Neurobiol Pain. 2020 Jan-Jul; 7:100038. View Abstract
The Impact of Sleep on Disability and School Functioning: Results From a Tertiary Pediatric Headache Center. J Child Neurol. 2020 03; 35(3):221-227. View Abstract
Parenting, self-regulation, and treatment adherence in pediatric chronic headache: A self-determination theory perspective. J Health Psychol. 2021 09; 26(10):1637-1650. View Abstract
Pediatric Headache and Sleep Disturbance: A Comparison of Diagnostic Groups - A Response. Headache. 2019 09; 59(8):1387-1388. View Abstract
Migraine in the Young Brain: Adolescents vs. Young Adults. Front Hum Neurosci. 2019; 13:87. View Abstract
Predictors of Primary Intracranial Hypertension in Children Using a Newly Suggested Opening Pressure Cutoff of 280 mm H2O. Pediatr Neurol. 2019 02; 91:27-33. View Abstract
Design and Reporting Characteristics of Clinical Trials of Select Chronic and Recurrent Pediatric Pain Conditions: An Analgesic, Anesthetic, and Addiction Clinical Trial Translations, Innovations, Opportunities, and Networks Systematic Review. J Pain. 2019 04; 20(4):394-404. View Abstract
Differences in Pediatric Headache Prescription Patterns by Diagnosis. Paediatr Drugs. 2018 Jun; 20(3):273-284. View Abstract
Rapid Screening of Risk in Pediatric Headache: Application of the Pediatric Pain Screening Tool. J Pediatr Psychol. 2018 04 01; 43(3):243-251. View Abstract
Pediatric Headache and Sleep Disturbance: A Comparison of Diagnostic Groups. Headache. 2018 Feb; 58(2):217-228. View Abstract
The Sleep Hygiene Inventory for Pediatrics: Development and Validation of a New Measure of Sleep in a Sample of Children and Adolescents With Chronic Headache. J Child Neurol. 2017 Nov; 32(13):1040-1046. View Abstract
Age- and sex-related differences in the presentation of paediatric migraine: A retrospective cohort study. Cephalalgia. 2018 05; 38(6):1107-1118. View Abstract
In child and adult migraineurs the somatosensory cortex stands out … again: An arterial spin labeling investigation. Hum Brain Mapp. 2017 08; 38(8):4078-4087. View Abstract
Parental Attitudes About Placebo Use in Children. J Pediatr. 2017 02; 181:272-278.e10. View Abstract
Autonomic dysfunction in pediatric patients with headache: migraine versus tension-type headache. Clin Auton Res. 2016 12; 26(6):455-459. View Abstract
"Headache Tools to Stay in School": Assessment, Development, and Implementation of an Educational Guide for School Nurses. J Sch Health. 2016 09; 86(9):645-52. View Abstract
Psychosis following traumatic brain injury and cannabis use in late adolescence. Am J Addict. 2016 Mar; 25(2):91-3. View Abstract
Fear and Reward Circuit Alterations in Pediatric CRPS. Front Hum Neurosci. 2015; 9:703. View Abstract
The migraine brain in transition: girls vs boys. Pain. 2015 Nov; 156(11):2212-2221. View Abstract
Depression as a mediator of the relation between family functioning and functional disability in youth with chronic headaches. Headache. 2016 Mar; 56(3):491-500. View Abstract
Butalbital and pediatric headache: stay off the downward path. Headache. 2015 Feb; 55(2):327-30. View Abstract
Transient and persistent pain induced connectivity alterations in pediatric complex regional pain syndrome. PLoS One. 2013; 8(3):e57205. View Abstract
Relations between pain characteristics, child and parent variables, and school functioning in adolescents with chronic headache: a comparison of tension-type headache and migraine. J Pediatr Psychol. 2013 May; 38(4):351-64. View Abstract
School functioning and chronic tension headaches in adolescents: improvement only after multidisciplinary evaluation. J Child Neurol. 2013 Jun; 28(6):719-24. View Abstract
The young brain and concussion: imaging as a biomarker for diagnosis and prognosis. Neurosci Biobehav Rev. 2012 Jul; 36(6):1510-31. View Abstract
Mapping pain activation and connectivity of the human habenula. J Neurophysiol. 2012 May; 107(10):2633-48. View Abstract
Pediatric analgesic clinical trial designs, measures, and extrapolation: report of an FDA scientific workshop. Pediatrics. 2012 Feb; 129(2):354-64. View Abstract
Commentary: health and behavior codes in a pediatric headache program: reimbursement data and recommendations for practice. J Pediatr Psychol. 2012 Jun; 37(5):509-13. View Abstract
The pediatrician's guide to managing the difficult pediatric headache patient. Clin Pediatr (Phila). 2012 Feb; 51(2):175-80. View Abstract
Recommendations for the pharmacological management of neuropathic pain: an overview and literature update. Mayo Clin Proc. 2010 Mar; 85(3 Suppl):S3-14. View Abstract
Neuropathic pain in children: Special considerations. Mayo Clin Proc. 2010 Mar; 85(3 Suppl):S33-41. View Abstract
Challenges of functional imaging research of pain in children. Mol Pain. 2009 Jun 16; 5:30. View Abstract
fMRI reveals distinct CNS processing during symptomatic and recovered complex regional pain syndrome in children. Brain. 2008 Jul; 131(Pt 7):1854-79. View Abstract
Complex regional pain syndromes in children and adolescents. Anesthesiology. 2005 Feb; 102(2):252-5. View Abstract
Patterns of spread in complex regional pain syndrome, type I (reflex sympathetic dystrophy). Pain. 2000 Dec 01; 88(3):259-266. View Abstract
Functional G-CSF pathways in t(8;21) leukemic cells allow for differentiation induction and degradation of AML1-ETO. Hematol J. 2000; 1(5):316-28. View Abstract