
Dr. Alan G. Finkel MD
Neurologist | Electrodiagnostic Medicine
6114 Fayettville Road Durham North Carolina, 27713About
Immediate past chair of the headache and pain section of the American Academy of Neurologists.
Education and Training
University of SUNY Buffalo
University At Buffalo SUNY School Of Med and Biomedical Sciences Buffalo Ny 1985
Board Certification
Pain Medicine
Neurology
Psychiatry and NeurologyAmerican Board of Psychiatry and NeurologyABPN
Provider Details
Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Triggering migraine in a 20-year-old athletic male.
- Academic headache medicine in America: report of academic membership survey of the American Headache Society special interest section on academic affairs.
- Epidemiology of cluster headache.
- Psychometric properties of the HIT-6 among patients in a headache-specialty practice.
- Teaching headache in America: survey of neurology chairs and residency directors.
- Conflict of interest or productive collaboration? The pharma: academic relationship and its implications for headache medicine.
- The legitimization of headache medicine.
- The prevalence of neck pain in migraine.
- Military post-traumatic headache: the road not taken.
- Patient characteristics associated with frequent calls to a headache specialty clinic.
- Botulinum toxin and the treatment of headache: a clinical review.
- Onabotulinum toxin a for the treatment of headache in service members with a history of mild traumatic brain injury: a cohort study.
- Botulinum toxin and the treatment of headache: A clinical review.
Areas of expertise and specialization
Faculty Titles & Positions
- On faculty of the University of North Carolina, Psych, Anesthesia, and Dentistry Dept. -
Awards
- John R. Graham - AHS 2006
Fellowships
- University of North Carolina (Chronic Pain management)
Professional Society Memberships
- American Academy of Neurology, American Medical Association, American Headache Society, International Headache Society, North Carolina Medical Society, Durham and Orange County Medical Society, North Carolina Neurology Society
What do you attribute your success to?
Good Mentoring
Teaching and speaking
He is on faculty at University of North Carolina for the past 25 years is Psychiatric, Anesthesia and Dentistry.
Hobbies / Sports
- Music-Playing Jazz Piano
Favorite professional publications
- Headache
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