Dr. Olivia Begasse de Dhaem is the founder and medical director of the Institute for Headache and Brain Health in Stamford CT. She is assistant professor of Neurology at the University of Connecticut. She received her M.D. degree from Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons. She completed her Internal Medicine year at NYU and her neurology residency at Columbia University-Neurology Institute for New York. She completed her headache fellowship at Harvard University – MGH, Brigham Hospital, and Boston Children Hospital.
She is a Fellow of the American Academy of Neurology (AAN) and the American Headache Society (AHS). She served as an advisor for the American Academy of Neurology (AAN) Palatucci Advocacy Leadership Program and the AAN-World Federation of Neurology Global Advocacy Leadership Program. She has served on the AAN Brain Health Committee and Public Education Editorial Board and as Headache Topic Chair for the AAN Annual Scientific Meetings. She has served as Chair of the American Headache Society Advocacy Committee. She is an active member of the International Headache Society for which she had serves on the International Headache Society Education Committee. She is executive editor for the Pain Medicine journal. She has authored over 30 peer-reviewed academic papers and co-edited and contributed to books. Her work was featured in the Harvard Business Review.
