HEADACHE FELLOWSHIP TRAINING PROGRAM

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The Jefferson Headache Center Fellowship program is dedicated to giving to the trainee the highest quality preparation so that he or she can make contributions to patient care and advance the level of knowledge of headache medicine. The program received accreditation with the United Council for Neurologic Subspecialties (UCNS) for their fellowship in Headache Medicine in 2007.

The program will prepare the Fellow for a career in clinical headache practice or academic headache medicine. The Fellow will be exposed to outpatient and inpatient headache patient care, as well as clinical headache research involving epidemiology, neurophsyology, and therapeutic studies. In addition, a pediatric headache rotation is part of the program. Headache medicine is a unique subspecialty of neurology that requires knowledge not previously taught to trainees during their respective residency programs.

The Fellowship program consists of 12 months of training. The trainee will spend most of his or her time in the outpatient and inpatient headache units, but will have ample time to participate in research projects of their choosing. The trainee will see patients 4 days/week, with 2 half days/week devoted to research.

*If you are interested in joining the fellowship training program at the Jefferson Headache Center, please contact Stephanie Nahas-Geiger, M.D. Director, Fellowship Program, Jefferson Headache Center at 215-955-2243.

CURRENT FELLOWS

Vitaliy Koss, MD

Vitaliy Koss, M.D. is a board eligible neurologist. Dr. Koss received his Doctor of Medicine from Dnepropetrovsk State Medical Academy, Ukraine. He completed his Internship at the Jersey Shore University Medical Center in Neptune, NJ; neurology residency at The Seton Hall University School of Health and Medical Sciences, JFK Medical Center in Edison, NJ. Dr. Koss is a member of the American Academy of Neurology (AAN), American Headache Society (AHS), International Headache Society (IHS) and Kaplan Medical Honor Society.

Laura McGowan, DO

Laura A. McGowan, DO is a board-eligible internist and a member of the American College of Physicians (ACP), American Osteopathic Association (AOA) and American College of Osteopathic Internists (ACOI). Dr. McGowan is a graduate of The State University of New York at Fredonia College in Fredonia, NY and received  both a graduate certificate in Biomedical Sciences and her medical degree from Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine in Philadelphia, PA. She completed an Internal Medicine residency at St Luke’s Hospital and Health network, Bethlehem campus in Bethlehem, PA.

Christina Szperka, MD