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Office
300 20th Avenue North, Suite 603
Nashville, TN 37203Phone+1 615-516-0711- Is this information wrong?
Summary
- As the founder and director of Nashville Neuroscience Group, Jan Lewis Brandes, MD, MS, also holds an appointment as an Assistant Clinical Professor in the Department of Neurology at Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee. Prior to attending Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, where she subsequently earned her medical degree, Dr. Brandes attended the Robert Koch Institute of Virology, Free University in Berlin, Federal Republic of Germany, as a Fulbright Scholar. Her postgraduate medical training was completed at Vanderbilt University Medical Center where she served as chief resident in neurology. She also holds a Master of Science degree in microbiology from the University of Tennessee in Knoxville. She is certified by the National Board of Medical Examiners, The American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology and the National Board for Certification in Headache Management.
Dr. Brandes has been active in clinical trials for more than two decades. She has served as the principal or co-principal investigator in more than st100 studies, primarily examining issues in migraine including acute treatment, prophylaxis and menstrual migraine. She has published extensively in peer-reviewed journals including JAMA, Cephalalgia, Headache, and Mayo Clinic Proceedings.
Dr. Brandes is the immediate past chairman of Nashville Metro General Hospital Authority, a fellow of the American Headache Society and the American Academy of Neurology, and serves on the National Headache Foundation Board. She is a former member of the board of directors of the American Headache Society and is a past president of the American Council for Headache Education. In recognition of her professional endeavors, she has been named to Best Doctors in the Americas from 1996 to present.
Education & Training
Vanderbilt University Medical CenterResidency, Neurology, 1990 - 1993- Vanderbilt University Medical CenterInternship, Internal Medicine, 1989 - 1990
Vanderbilt University School of MedicineClass of 1989
Robert Koch Institute of VirologyFulbright Scholarship, Molecular Virology, 1982 - 1983- University of TennesseeMS, Microbiology, subspecialty, herpes virology, 1977 - 1980
- Mississippi University for WomenBS, Biology, Cum Laude, 1975
Certifications & Licensure
TN State Medical License 1991 - 2026- American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology Neurology
- United Council for Neurologic SubspecialtiesCertification in Headache Medicine
Awards, Honors, & Recognition
- Fulbright Scholar Robert Koch Institute of Virology
- Best Doctors in the Americas 1995-2018
- Health Care Heroes Award Recipient: Clinical Research Nashville Business Journal, 2012
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Clinical Trials
- A Study on the Usability of the Needle-free Intraject® System in Adult Patients During Acute Migraine Attack Start of enrollment: 2007 Sep 01
Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- 3 citationsLong-term efficacy and safety of erenumab in patients with chronic migraine in whom prior preventive treatments had failed: A subgroup analysis.Messoud Ashina, Stewart J Tepper, Jan Lewis Brandes, Uwe Reuter, Guy P Boudreau, Mark Weatherall, Andreas R Gantenbein, David Doležil, Jan Klatt, Andrea Wang, Ananda K...> ;Headache. 2022 May 1
- 12 citationsMicroglial inclusions and neurofilament light chain release follow neuronal α-synuclein lesions in long-term brain slice cultures.Melanie Barth, Mehtap Bacioglu, Niklas Schwarz, Renata Novotny, Janine Brandes, Marc Welzer, Sonia Mazzitelli, Lisa M. Häsler, Manuel Schweighauser, Thomas V. Wuttke, ...> ;Molecular Neurodegeneration. 2021 Aug 11
- 11 citationsEffects of fremanezumab on the use of acute headache medication and associated symptoms of migraine in patients with episodic migraineJan Lewis Brandes, David Kudrow, Paul P. Yeung, Fumihiko Sakai, Ernesto Aycardi, Tricia Blankenbiller, Melissa Grozinski-Wolff, Ronghua Yang, Yuju Ma> ;Cephalalgia. 2020 Apr 1
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Journal Articles
- ARISE: A Phase 3 Randomised Trial of Erenumab for Episodic MigraineDodick, D, Ashina, M., Brandes, J, Kudrow, D, Lanteri-Minet, M, Osipova, V, Palmer K, Picard, H, Mikol, D, Lenz R, Lancet Neurology
- Safety and Efficacy of Erenumab for Preventive Treatment of Chronic Migraine: A Randomused, Double-Blind, Plecebo-Controlled Phase 2 TrialBrandes JL, Tepper S, Ashina M, Reuter U, Lenz R, The Lancet Neurology, 1/1/2017
- Sex Differences in the Study of Neurological IllnessesAttarian H, Brandes JL, Dafer R, Giesser B, Behavioral Neurology, 1/1/2015
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Books/Book Chapters
Abstracts/Posters
- Multiple-Attack Efficacy and Tolerability of Sumavel DosePro (needle-free subcutaneous sumatriptan) Among Current Triptan UsersBrandes JL, Rothrock J, Cady R, Aurora S, Fox AW, Farr SJ, AAN Scientific Meeting, 1/1/2011
- Randomized, Controlled Trial of Telcagepant in Acute Treatment of Migraine in Patients with Stable Coronary Artery DiseaseHo TW, Ho AP, Chaitman BR, Johnson C, Mathew NT, Kost J, Fan X, Aurora S, Brandes JL, Fei K, Beebe L, Lines C, Krucoff M, Merck Research Laboratories, 1/1/2010
- Migrainous Vertigo Presenting in the PerimenopauseBrandes JL, Roberson S, Bennett M, Haynes D, 63nd Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Neurology, Toronto, 1/1/2010
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Lectures
- The Neurological ExaminationVanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN - 1/1/2017
- Vestibular Headache/ DysautonomiaLake Buena Vista, FL - 1/1/2016
- 25th Annual Practicing Physicians Approach to the Difficult Headache PatientDiamond Headache Clinic Reseach and Educational Foundation, Rancho Mirage, California
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Other
- Infertile Women Significantly More Likely To Have MigrainesBrandes J, Pain Medicine News – Headache and Migraine
1/1/2005 - Headache Medication Interactions: Focus on the TriptansBrandes JL and Tepper S, CNS News Special Edition
1/1/2003 - Perspectives on Managed Care – Managing with Managed CareJan Lewis Brandes, M.D., HEADACHE – Newsletter of the American Council for Headache Education
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Press Mentions
5 of the Most Common Migraine TriggersJuly 13th, 2021
Nashville General Hospital Seeks $20M Boost to Annual City SubsidyMarch 17th, 2017
FDA Approves ReyvowOctober 13th, 2019
Hospital Affiliations
Vanderbilt University Medical CenterNashville, Tennessee
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