62nd WINO Conference
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Friday, September 27, 2024
University Marriott Park Hotel
480 Wakara Way, Salt Lake City, UT 84108
KEYNOTE SPEAKERS
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Jessica Ailani, MD, FAHS, FAAN
Director, MedStar Georgetown Headache Center
Georgetown University Medical Center
Dr. Ailani is the Director of the Medstar Georgetown Headache Center and Professor of Clinical Neurology at Medstar Georgetown University Hospital in Washington, D.C. Dr. Ailani completed her Neurology training at NYU in New York, NY and a headache fellowship at the Jefferson Headache Center in Philadelphia, PA. Dr. Ailani is on the board of the American Headache Society as treasurer and serves as vice chair of the leadership development committee and chair of the finance committee. She is an advisor to the National Headache Foundation. For the American Academy of Neurology, she is part of the division chiefs committee and the Wolf award committee. Dr. Ailani lectures nationally and internationally on topics related to headache medicine, with the goal of improving the care provided to patients with headache disorders.
Christopher H. Gibbons, MD, MMSc
Associate Professor, Neurology
Harvard Medical School
Christopher Gibbons is a Professor of Neurology at Harvard Medical School. He is former Chair for the Autonomic Section of the American Academy of Neurology, Past-President of the American Autonomic Society, and Past-Chair of the International Diabetes Neuropathy Consortium. Dr. Gibbons is actively engaged in clinical/translational research. His current areas of research include: developing novel biomarkers for neurodegenerative disorders and defining the mechanisms and pathophysiology underlying the development of neuropathy. Dr. Gibbons has received research funding through the NIH (NINDS, NIA), the Goldberg Foundation, the Bion Family Foundation, and the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation.