X. MichelleAndroulakisMDMS, FAHS

Neurology • Columbia, SC

Headache, Neuroimaging, Pain Medicine

Chief of Neurology Division, Certified Headache Specialist, Columbia VA Health Care System

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Office
WJB Dorn VA Medical Center
Columbia, SC 29204
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Summary

Analysis examines migraine's link to higher stroke risk

Migraine with aura was associated with an increased risk of ischemic stroke in the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities study, but a recent post-hoc analysis pub

Education & Training

Emory University School of MedicineResidency, Neurology, 2012
University of Tennessee College of Medicine at ChattanoogaInternship, Transitional Year, 2008 - 2009
Hunan Medical UniversityClass of 1992

Certifications & Licensure

SC State Medical License 2012 - 2025
American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology Neurology
Headache MedicineUCNS Headache Medicine Board Certification

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

American Top doctor award 2014-2019
Fellow american headache society, 2017
Exceptional women in medicine 2017

Clinical Trials

[SOCRATES -Acute Stroke Or Transient IsChaemic Attack TReated With Aspirin or Ticagrelor and Patient OutcomES] Start of enrollment: 2014 Jan 07
Completed
Phase 3
Evaluation of Galcanezumab in the Prevention of Episodic Migraine- the EVOLVE-1 Study Start of enrollment: 2015 Nov 30
Completed
Phase 3
Evaluation of Galcanezumab in the Prevention of Chronic Migraine Start of enrollment: 2015 Nov 30
Completed
Phase 3
Study to Assess the Efficacy, Safety, and Tolerability of AVP-786 for the Treatment of Neurobehavioral Disinhibition Including Aggression, Agitation, and Irritability in Participants With Traumatic Brain Injury Start of enrollment: 2017 May 30
Completed
Phase 2
Remotely Supervised tDCS for Persistent Post-traumatic Headache Start of enrollment: 2019 Nov 04
Completed
Not Applicable
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Publications & Presentations

PubMed

2 citations
Remotely supervised at-home tDCS for veterans with persistent post-traumatic headache: a double-blind, sham-controlled randomized pilot clinical trial.
Leigh Charvet, Adam T Harrison, Kiersten Mangold, Robert Davis Moore, Siyuan Guo, Jiajia Zhang, Abhishek Datta, X Michelle Androulakis> ;Frontiers in Neurology. 2023 Jan 1
Risks of suicide in migraine, non-migraine headache, back, and neck pain: a systematic review and meta-analysis.
Kiersten Mangold, Anthony Androulakis, Noah Hyduke, Igor Galynker, Melinda Thiam, Guoshuai Cai, X Michelle Androulakis, Alec Giakas> ;Frontiers in Neurology. 2023 Jan 1
Author Response: Reationship Between Headache Characteristics and a Remote History of TBI in Veterans: A 10-Year Retrospective Chart Review.
X Michelle Androulakis, R Davis Moore> ;Neurology. 2022 Nov 15
4 citations
Relationship Between Headache Characteristics and a Remote History of TBI in Veterans: A 10-Year Retrospective Chart Review.
Colt Coffman, Deborah Reyes, Mary Catherine Hess, Melinda Thiam, Jason Jonathon Sico, Elizabeth Seng, William Renthal, Charles Rhoades, Guoshuai Cai, X Michelle Androu...> ;Neurology. 2022 Jul 12
12 citations
SARS-CoV-2 Impairs Dendritic Cells and Regulates DC-SIGN Gene Expression in Tissues.
Guoshuai Cai, Mulong Du, Yohan Bossé, Helmut Albrecht, Fei Qin, Xizhi Luo, Xiao M. Androulakis, Chao Cheng, Mitzi Nagarkatti, Prakash S. Nagarkatti, David C. Christian...> ;International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 2021 Aug 26
9 citations
Suicide Attempts in US Veterans with Chronic Headache Disorders: A 10-Year Retrospective Cohort Study
X. Michelle Androulakis, Siyuan Guo, Jiajia Zhang, Jason J. Sico, Peter Warren, Xiaoming Li, B. Lee Peterlin, Roy O. Mathew, Deborah Reyes, Alec Giakas> ;Journal of Pain Research. 2021 Aug 24
13 citations
A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis on the Efficacy of Repeated Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation for Migraine.
Guoshuai Cai, Zhu Xia, Leigh Charvet, Feifei Xiao, Abhishek Datta, X. Michelle Androulakis> ;Journal of Pain Research. 2021 Apr 27
9 citations
Post-traumatic Headache and Mild Traumatic Brain Injury: Brain Networks and Connectivity.
Nasim Maleki, Alan G. Finkel, Guoshuai Cai, Alexandra Ross, R. Davis Moore, Xuesheng Feng, X. Michelle Androulakis> ;Current Pain and Headache Reports. 2021 Mar 5
1 citations
Determination of Current Flow Induced by Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation for the Treatment of Migraine: Potential for Optimization.
Chris Thomas, Dennis Q Truong, Kiwon Lee, Choi Deblieck, Xiao Michelle Androulakis, Abhishek Datta> ;Frontiers in Pain Research. 2021 Jan 1
6 citations
Cortical and subcortical changes following sphenopalatine ganglion blocks in chronic migraine with medication overuse headache: a preliminary longitudinal study.
Roger D. Newman-Norlund, Chris Rorden, Nasim Maleki, Milap Patel, Brian Cheng, X. Michelle Androulakis> ;Women's Midlife Health. 2020 Aug 5
8 citations
Is There Any MRI Pattern That Discriminates Female From Male Migraine Patients
Nasim Maleki, Xiao Michelle Androulakis> ;Frontiers in Neurology. 2019 Sep 6
15 citations
Migraine Age of Onset and Association With Ischemic Stroke in Late Life: 20 Years Follow-Up in ARIC
X. Michelle Androulakis, Souvik Sen, Nishanth Kodumuri, Tianming Zhang, John M. Grego, Wayne D. Rosamond, Rebecca F. Gottesman, Eyal Shahar, B. Lee Peterlin> ;Headache. 2019 Apr 1
43 citations
Migraine with visual aura is a risk factor for incident atrial fibrillation: A cohort study
Souvik Sen, X. Michelle Androulakis, Viktoriya Duda, Alvaro Alonso, Lin Y. Chen, Elsayed Z. Soliman, Jared W. Magnani, Tushar Trivedi, Anwar T. Merchant, Rebecca F. Go...> ;Neurology. 2018 Dec 11
Clopidogrel and Aspirin in Acute Ischemic Stroke and High-Risk TIA.
Johnston SC, Easton JD, Farrant M, Barsan W, Conwit RA, Elm JJ, Kim AS, Lindblad AS, Palesch YY, Clinical Research Collaboration, Neurological Emergencies Treatment Tr...> ;The New England journal of medicine. 2018-05-16
16 citations
Resting State Functional Connectivity After Sphenopalatine Ganglion Blocks in Chronic Migraine With Medication Overuse Headache: A Pilot Longitudinal fMRI Study
Kaitlin Krebs, Chris Rorden, X. Michelle Androulakis> ;Headache. 2018 May 1
27 citations
Central Executive and Default Mode Network Intranet work Functional Connectivity Patterns in Chronic Migraine.
X. Michelle Androulakis, Kaitlin Krebs, Charmaine Jenkins, Nasim Maleki, Alan G. Finkel, Chris Rorden, Roger Newman> ;Journal of Neurological Disorders. 2018 Jan 1
26 citations
Modulation of salience network intranetwork resting state functional connectivity in women with chronic migraine.
X. Michelle Androulakis, Chris Rorden, B. Lee Peterlin, Kaitlin Krebs> ;Cephalalgia. 2018 Oct 1
43 citations
Modulation of intrinsic resting-state fMRI networks in women with chronic migraine.
X. Michelle Androulakis, Kaitlin Krebs, B. Lee Peterlin, Tianming Zhang, Nasim Maleki, Souvik Sen, Chris Rorden, Priyantha Herath> ;Neurology. 2017 Jul 11
51 citations
Ischemic stroke subtypes and migraine with visual aura in the ARIC study.
X. Michelle Androulakis, Nishanth Kodumuri, Lauren Giamberardino, Wayne D. Rosamond, Rebecca F. Gottesman, Eunsil Yim, Souvik Sen> ;Neurology. 2016 Dec 13
Ticagrelor versus Aspirin in Acute Stroke or Transient Ischemic Attack.
Johnston SC, Amarenco P, Albers GW, Denison H, Easton JD, Evans SR, Held P, Jonasson J, Minematsu K, Molina CA, Wang Y, Wong KS, SOCRATES Steering Committee and Invest...> ;The New England journal of medicine. 2016-05-10
11 citations
Hemicrania continua may respond to repetitive sphenopalatine ganglion block: A case report
X. Michelle Androulakis, Kaitlin Krebs, Avi Ashkenazi> ;Headache. 2016 Mar 1
Pregnancy-associated bovine and ovine glycoproteins exhibit spatially and temporally distinct expression patterns during pregnancy.
Green JA, Xie S, Quan X, Bao B, Gan X, Mathialagan N, Beckers JF, Roberts RM> ;Biol Reprod. 2000 Jun
Biophysical properties of descending brain neurons in larval lamprey.
Rouse DT, Quan X, McClellan AD> ;Brain Res. 1998 Jan 01
18 citations
Chemopreventive effects of Khaya senegalensis bark extract on human colorectal cancer.
Xiao M. Androulakis, Stephanie J. Muga, Feng Chen, Youssouf Koita, Boubacar Toure, Michael J. Wargovich> ;Anticancer Research. 2006 May 1
41 citations
Anticancer activity of limonoid from Khaya senegalensis.
Huaping Zhang, Xi Wang, Feng Chen, Xiao M. Androulakis, Michael J. Wargovich> ;Phytotherapy Research. 2007 Aug 1
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Journal Articles

Is There Any MRI Pattern That Discriminates Female From Male Migraine Patients?
nasim maleki, frontier in neuro
Resting State Functional Connectivity After Sphenopalatine Ganglion Blocks in Chronic Migraine with Medication Overuse Headache: A Pilot Longitudinal fMRI Study
X. Michelle Androulakis, MD, Headache: The Journal of Head and Face Pain
Embolic Stroke and Nephrotic Syndrome: A Case Report and Literature Review
N. Kodumuri, C. Jenkins, S. Mehtar, X. M. Androulakis, Journal of Neurology and Neurosurgery
Ischemic stroke subtypes and migraine with visual aura in the ARIC study
X. M. Androulakis, neurology, 11/15/2016
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Professional Memberships

American Academy of Neurology - AAN
Member
American Neurological Assoication
Member
American Headache Society
Member
International Headache Society
Member

Other Languages

Chinese (Mandarin)

Hospital Affiliations

Prisma Health Richland HospitalColumbia, South Carolina
Columbia VA Health Care SystemColumbia, South Carolina