Peter James Goadsby MD

Professor, Department of Neurology, University of California, San Francisco.

100 Medical Plaza DriveSuite #425Los Angeles, CA 90095
Phone+1 310-301-6800

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Education & Training

University of New South Wales Faculty of MedicineClass of 1985

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Certifications & Licensure

CA State Medical License 2007 - 2024

Clinical Trials

Bion for Occipital Nerve Stimulation
COMPLETED
PHASE1, PHASE2
Efficacy and Tolerability of Tonabersat in the Prophylaxis of Migraine Headache
COMPLETED
PHASE2
The Childhood and Adolescent Migraine Prevention Study
TERMINATED
PHASE3

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

16 citations
Ubrogepant for the treatment of migraine prodromal symptoms: an exploratory analysis from the randomized phase 3 PRODROME trial.
Peter J Goadsby, Jessica Ailani, David W Dodick, Amaal J Starling, Chengcheng Liu
Nature Medicine. 2025-07-01
10 citations
Efficacy and Safety of Eptinezumab in Episodic Cluster Headache: A Randomized Clinical Trial.
Rigmor H Jensen, Cristina Tassorelli, Stewart J Tepper, Andrew Charles, Peter J Goadsby
JAMA Neurology. 2025-07-01
6 citations
Concomitant anti-CGRP and immunomodulatory treatments in patients with migraine: towards integrated management strategies.
María Clara García-Castillo, Álvaro Sierra-Mencía, Edoardo Caronna, Daniel Toledo-Alfocea, Alex Jaimes
Journal of Neurology. 2025-06-03

Lectures

Headache Cooperative of the Pacific 5th Annual Winter Conference
Headache Cooperative of the Pacific, Ojai, California - 1/27/2012

Other

Pathophysiology of the trigeminal autonomic cephalalgias
Goadsby PJ, Cohen AS, May A
http://www.uptodate.com/contents/pathophysiology-of-the-trigeminal-autonomic-cephalalgias
UpToDate, Wolters Kluwer Health - 2013-01-17