Seymour Diamond, MD - Headaches

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

1. Diamond S (1995). The management of migraine and cluster headaches. Comprehensive Therapy, 21(9): 492 - 498.
2. Hoffert MJ, Couch JR, Diamond S, et al. (1995). Transnasal butorphanol in the treatment of acute migraine. Headache, 35(2): 65 - 69.
3. Diamond S (1994). Head pain: diagnosis and management. Clinical Symposia, 46(3): 2–34.
4. 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.).
5. Diamond S, Diamond ML (2000). Contemporary Diagnosis and Management of Headache and Migraine, 2nd ed., Handbooks in Health Care Company.
6. Diamond S, Diamond A (2001). Headache and Your Child. New York: Simon and Schuster.
7. 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:

• Abbott Laboratories
• Astra Zeneca
• Bayer Pharmaceuticals
• GlaxoSmithKline
• Merck and Co.
• Ortho-McNeil Pharmaceutical
• UCB Pharma
• Winston