JamesCouchMDPh.D.

Neurology • Oklahoma City, OK

Headache, Neurophysiology

Professor; and Medical Director, Oklahoma City VAMC Electroencephalography (EEG) Laboratory. Acting Medical Director, Oklahoma City VAMC Comprehensive Inpatient Integrated Rehabilitation Program.

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Office
Oklahoma University Health Sciences Center
920 Stanton L Young Blvd, ste 2040
Oklahoma City, OK 73104
Phone+1 405-271-4113
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Education & Training

Washington University/B-JH/SLCH ConsortiumResidency, Neurology, 1969 - 1972
Washington University/B-JH/SLCH ConsortiumInternship, Internal Medicine, 1966 - 1967
Baylor College of MedicineClass of 1965

Certifications & Licensure

OK State Medical License 1992 - 2024
TX State Medical License 1965 - 2004
IL State Medical License 1979 - 1993
MD State Medical License 1968 - 1986
American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology Neurology

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

3 citations
Persistence of headache and its relation to other major sequelae following traumatic brain injury at 2-8 years after deployment-related traumatic brain injury in veter...
James R Couch, Kenneth E Stewart> ;Headache. 2022 Jun 1
3 citations
Distinguishing Alzheimer’s Disease Patients and Biochemical Phenotype Analysis Using a Novel Serum Profiling Platform: Potential Involvement of the VWF/ADAMTS13 Axis
Jay S. Hanas, James R. Hocker, Christian A Vannarath, Megan R. Lerner, Scott G Blair, Stan Lightfoot, Rushie J. Hanas, James R. Couch, Linda A. Hershey> ;Brain Sciences. 2021 Apr 30
1 citations
Distinguishing and Biochemical Phenotype Analysis of Epilepsy Patients Using a Novel Serum Profiling Platform.
Jay S. Hanas, James R. Hocker, Christian A Vannarath, Betcy Evangeline, V. Prabhakaran, Anna Oommen, James R. Couch, Michael G. Anderson, Vedantam Rajshekhar, Hélène C...> ;Brain Sciences. 2020 Jul 31
8 citations
Distinguishing and phenotype monitoring of traumatic brain injury and post-concussion syndrome including chronic migraine in serum of Iraq and Afghanistan war veterans.
Jay S. Hanas, James R. Hocker, Megan R. Lerner, James R. Couch> ;Plos One. 2019 Apr 26
Editor's Note: a Brief History of Preventative Antimigraine Therapy (PAMT).
James R. Couch> ;Current Treatment Options in Neurology. 2019 Mar 21
23 citations
Headache Prevalence at 4–11 Years After Deployment-Related Traumatic Brain Injury in Veterans of Iraq and Afghanistan Wars and Comparison to Controls: A Matched Case-C...
James R. Couch, Kenneth Stewart> ;Headache. 2016 Jun 1
2 citations
Treatment of Headache Following Triptan Failure After Successful Triptan Therapy
Marc E Lenaerts, James R. Couch> ;Current Treatment Options in Neurology. 2015 May 13
Evaluation of a multiple sclerosis cluster among nurses in an inpatient oncology ward.
Elena H. Page, James Couch, Marie A. de Perio> ;Journal of Occupational and Environmental Hygiene. 2015 Apr 2
1 citations
Section Editor’s Comment on the 2014 Topical Collection on Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI)
James R. Couch> ;Current Treatment Options in Neurology. 2014 Oct 29
4 citations
Treatment of spontaneous intracranial hypotension with epidural blood patch: is a complex approach necessary or better than a simple one?
J. R. Couch, J. Persson> ;Acta Anaesthesiologica Scandinavica. 2012 Nov 1
22 citations
Update on Chronic Daily Headache
James R. Couch> ;Current Treatment Options in Neurology. 2011 Feb 1
82 citations
Amitriptyline in the Prophylactic Treatment of Migraine and Chronic Daily Headache
James R. Couch> ;Headache. 2011 Jan 1
12 citations
Is post-traumatic headache classifiable and does it exist?
James R. Couch, W. F. Stewart> ;European Journal of Neurology. 2009 Jan 1
63 citations
Can vagus nerve stimulation help migraine
Marc E Lenaerts, K. J. Oommen, James R. Couch, V Skaggs> ;Cephalalgia. 2008 Apr 1
36 citations
Spontaneous intracranial hypotension: The syndrome and its complications
James R. Couch> ;Current Treatment Options in Neurology. 2008 Feb 7
5 citations
Headache therapy with botulinum toxin: form over substance.
Ann Pakalnis, James R. Couch> ;Archives of Neurology. 2008 Jan 1
Preventive antimigraine therapy: the long-term outlook.
James R. Couch> ;The Lancet. Neurology. 2007 Dec 1
7 citations
Head or neck injury increases the risk of chronic daily headache: a population-based study.
James R Couch, Walter F Stewart, Ann I Scher, Lipton, R.> ;Neurology. 2007 Sep 11
9 citations
Medication overuse headache.
Marc E Lenaerts, James R. Couch> ;Minerva Medica. 2007 Jun 1
4 citations
Can medication overuse headache be treated by abrupt withdrawal of the overused agent
James R. Couch> ;Nature Clinical Practice. Neurology. 2006 Dec 1
Are the headache guidelines useful in therapeutic decisions for primary care physicians, general neurologists, and headache specialists?
James R. Couch, Robert G. Smith, J. D. Bartleson, Marc E Lenaerts> ;Current Treatment Options in Neurology. 2006 Jan 1
7 citations
Rebound-withdrawal headache (medication overuse headache).
James R. Couch> ;Current Treatment Options in Neurology. 2006 Jan 1
9 citations
The long-term prognosis of tension-type headache.
James R. Couch> ;Current Pain and Headache Reports. 2005 Dec 1
31 citations
Posttraumatic headache
Marc E Lenaerts, James R. Couch> ;Current Treatment Options in Neurology. 2004 Dec 1
5 citations
The tension headache component of chronic daily headache.
James R. Couch> ;Current Pain and Headache Reports. 2004 Dec 1
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Press Mentions

What Are the Symptoms, Signs and Causes of Traumatic Brain InjuryApril 21st, 2022

Hospital Affiliations

Oklahoma City VA Medical CenterOklahoma City, Oklahoma