Dr. Amaal J. Starling is an Associate Professor of Neurology
in the Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science. She
joined Mayo in 2012 and is currently a board-certified
Consultant within the Department of Neurology. She is
presently the Program Director for the Headache Medicine
Fellowship and is Program Director for the Transitional Year
Residency Program in the Mayo Clinic College of Medicine
and Science – Arizona Campus.
Dr. Starling received her M.D. degree from Drexel University
College of Medicine in Philadelphia. She completed a
Transitional Year Residency, a Neurology Residency, and a Headache Fellowship at the
Mayo Clinic College of Medicine in Scottsdale, Arizona. She was also the External
Chief Resident for the Department of Neurology, Mayo Clinic, Arizona.
She is a Fellow of the American Academy of Neurology (AAN) and the American
Headache Society (AHS). She is an active member American Medical Association and
the American Pain Society. Dr. Starling serves on the advisory boards of Alder,
AMGEN, Eli Lilly and Company, the International Concussion Society (ICS),
NeurologyLive, the NDPH Research Foundation, and the United Council for Neurologic
Subspecialties. In addition, she has served as the Co-Chair of the American Headache
and Migraine Association, Chair of the New Investigator and Trainee Special Interest
Section of the AHS. She has been an invited speaker to many international, national, and
regional meetings and has been a perennial speaker at the AHS Annual Meeting in
Scottsdale, Arizona. Her many honors include the AHS Above and Beyond Award for
Service, Manfred D. Muenter Award for Excellence in Clinical Neurology, the AAN
Annual Meeting Residency Scholarship, the 2012 Spirit of Mayo Clinic Award, and the
Mayo Brothers Distinguished Fellowship Award. Dr. Starling’s most recent accolades
include the Women Leading in Neurology recognition from the AAN, Super Supporter
Award from Miles for Migraine, and the Outstanding Emerging Educator from the Mayo
Clinic College of Medicine and Science.
Dr. Starling has over 70 peer-reviewed publications and abstracts related to her fields of
interest which include migraine, concussion, posttraumatic headache, trigeminal
autonomic cephalalgias, secondary headaches, telemedicine and teleconcussion,
neurology resident education, and professionalism and clinical ethics. She is an active participant and member of many educational and departmental committees within Mayo
Clinic.
