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Office
211 Quarry Rd
Palo Alto, CA 94304Phone+1 650-723-6469Fax+1 650-725-0390- Is this information wrong?
Education & Training
- Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern CaliforniaClass of 1986
- UCSDNo Degree, Brain Science, 1974 - 1976
- Clark UniversityBA, Philosophy, Magna Cum Laude, 1972
Certifications & Licensure
- CA State Medical License 1987 - 2024
- AZ State Medical License 2000 - 2009
- American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology Neurology
Awards, Honors, & Recognition
- Fellow, American Headache Society American Headache Society, 2012
- Residency Teaching Award Stanford Neurology Resid, 2013
- Certificate of Appreciation Stanford Biodesign, 2013
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Clinical Trials
- Analysis of Headache Chronification With Imaging, Deep Phenotyping, and Proteomics Start of enrollment: 2014 Dec 12
- Assessing the Diagnostic Accuracy of an On-line Questionnaire for Diagnosis of Primary Headache Disorders Start of enrollment: 2018 Feb 28
Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- 5 citationsEptinezumab improved patient-reported outcomes in patients with migraine and medication-overuse headache: Subgroup analysis of the randomized PROMISE-2 trial.Amaal J Starling, Robert P Cowan, Dawn C Buse, Hans-Christoph Diener, Michael J Marmura, Joe Hirman, Thomas Brevig, Roger Cady> ;Headache. 2023 Feb 1
- 1 citationsQuantity changes in acute headache medication use among patients with chronic migraine treated with eptinezumab: subanalysis of the PROMISE-2 study.Robert P Cowan, Michael J Marmura, Hans-Christoph Diener, Amaal J Starling, Jack Schim, Joe Hirman, Thomas Brevig, Roger Cady> ;The Journal of Headache and Pain. 2022 Sep 6
- 2 citationsThree Dimensions of Association Link Migraine Symptoms and Functional Connectivity.Samuel R Krimmel, Danielle D DeSouza, Michael L Keaser, Bharati M Sanjanwala, Robert P Cowan, Martin A Lindquist, Jennifer A Haythornthwaite, David A Seminowicz> ;The Journal of Neuroscience. 2022 Aug 3
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Journal Articles
- The Future of Migraine PreventionRobert Cowan, MD, Headache: The Journal of Head and Face Pain
- American Headache Society Survey About Urgent and Emergency Management of Headache PatientsMia T Minen, Robert Cowan, Headache: The Journal of Head and Face Pain
- Comprehensive Headache Experience in Collegiate Student-Athletes: An Initial Report From theNCAA Headache Task ForceSeifert T, Sufrinko A, Cowan RP, Black WS, Watson D, Edwardsnm B, Livingston S, Webster K, Akers D, Lively M, Kontos AP, Headache, 1/1/2017
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Books/Book Chapters
Abstracts/Posters
- Migraine affects 1 in 10 people worldwide featuring recent rise: A systematic review and meta-analysis of community-based studiesinvolving 6 million participantsWoldeamanuel YW, Cowan RP, Journal of the Neurological Sciences, 1/1/2017
- Interactions between affective measures and amygdala volume in chronic migraine: associations in the absence of group volumetric differences.Desouza DD, Woldeamanuel YW , Peretz AM, B. M. Sanjanwala BM , Cowan RP., Cephalalgia, 1/1/2017
- Evaluation of the Identify Chronic Migraine (ID-CM) screener in an accountable care organizationYu JS, Pavlovic JM, Silberstein SD, Reed ML, Kawahara SH, Cowan RP, Dabbous F, Campbell K, Pulicharam R, Viswanatha HN, Lipton RP, Cephalalgia, 1/1/2017
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Other
- Migraine 101.Cowan RP, YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jHffEt-MXjI
1/1/2013 - Pathophysiology and Treatment of Migraine and Related HeadacheSahai-Srivastava S, Cowan RP
eMedicine.com
Press Mentions
- Text Your Friends. It Matters More Than You ThinkJuly 14th, 2022
- Acupuncture for Migraines: What Doctors Want You to Know About the Benefits and RisksJanuary 18th, 2022
- 16 Chronic Migraine Treatments Recommended by Headache SpecialistsJanuary 7th, 2022
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Hospital Affiliations
- Stanford Health CarePalo Alto, California
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