Seymour Diamond is director and founder of the Diamond Headache
Clinic, which was established in 1972. The clinic serves individuals who suffer
from various types of headache, and it supports research into headache causes
and treatments. He is also director of the Diamond Inpatient Headache Unit at
Saint Joseph Hospital in Chicago and is adjunct professor of Cellular and
Molecular Pharmacology and clinical professor of Family Medicine at the Chicago
Medical School at Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science in North
Chicago, Illinois.
Dr. Diamond is editor-in-chief of Headache and Pain-Diagnostic Challenges, Current Therapy. He has published more than
450 articles in the professional literature and is the author or co-author of
more than 30 books. In 1992, he co-edited The Practicing Physician's Approach to Headache, 5th edition. He has lectured
extensively throughout the United States, Europe, and Asia.
He is executive chairman of the National Headache Foundation, which
he helped found in 1970. He is the former executive officer of the World
Federation of Neurology Research Group on Migraine and Headache.
Awards
Lifetime Achievement Award, American
Association for the Study of Headache 41st Annual Scientific Meeting,
1999
National Migraine Foundation Lectureship Award,
1982
Migraine Trust Lectureship, first recipient, 1988
Certificate of Added Qualification in Headache Management,
National Board for Certification in Headache Management, first recipient,
2001
President's Award, Chicago Medical School Alumni Association,
2002
Presidential Recognition Award, Association for Applied
Psychophysiology and Biofeedback, 2005
Healthwise Knowledgebase Topics Reviewed
Cluster
Headaches
Tension/Migraine Headaches
Headaches (symptom
topic)
Education
MD: Chicago Medical School, 1949
Academic Appointments
Clinical Professor of Family Medicine,
Chicago Medical School at Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine, North
Chicago, IL
Adjunct Professor of Cellular and Molecular
Pharmacology, Chicago Medical School at Rosalind Franklin University of
Medicine, North Chicago, IL
Hospital Affiliations
Director, Diamond Inpatient Headache Unit, Saint Joseph Hospital,
Chicago, IL
Professional Affiliations
National Headache Foundation
Selected Publications
Diamond S (1995). The management of migraine
and cluster headaches. Comprehensive Therapy, 21(9): 492
- 498.
Hoffert MJ, Couch JR, Diamond S, et al. (1995). Transnasal
butorphanol in the treatment of acute migraine. Headache, 35(2): 65 - 69.
Diamond S (1994). Head
pain: diagnosis and management. Clinical Symposia,
46(3): 2-34.
Diamond S (1999). (Contributed Chapter 6 "Migraine
Headache" pp. 46-70 and Chapter 8 "Hormonal Headache" pp. 83-94.)
The Practicing Physician's Approach to Headache, 6th
ed., ML Diamond, DJ Dalessio (Eds.).
Diamond S, Diamond ML (2000).
Contemporary Diagnosis and Management of Headache and Migraine, 2nd ed., Handbooks in Health Care Company.
Diamond S, Diamond A (2001). Headache and Your Child. New York: Simon and Schuster.
Diamond S (2005).
Headache Through the Ages. Caddo, OK: Professional
Communications.
Financial Disclosure
Dr. Diamond has served as a consultant and/or conducted research
with the following:
