The Headache Cooperative of New England is a non-profit organization composed of medical, dental, and allied health professionals who are interested in the science and practice of headache medicine. HCNE was established in 1986 as the New England local affiliate of the American Association for the Study or Headache (AASH), now the American Headache Society (AHS). HCNE became independent of the AAHS several years later and became a non-profit organization in 2002. HCNE has a Board of Directors composed of leading headache specialists in the greater New England region.

In 2008, HCNE published the HCNE Comprehensive Review of Headache Medicine book, (shown at right) which can be ordered from the Publications page. HCNE also publishes a semiannual newsletter featuring articles and case discussions. The most recent newsletters are also available in Publications.

Our primary activities consist of producing seminars, courses and publications devoted to Headache Medicine, including a yearly Headache Medicine Board Certification Review. The Winter HCNE Stowe Headache Symposium and the Fall Boston HCNE Headache Conference have become mainstays of the field in our region, and attract a national attendance, in large part because of the national and international stature of faculty at these meetings (See Conferences).

Information for Patients and Professionals can be found in these pages as well as in our Links section. We have a strict policy governing our relationship with corporate sponsors (see Pharmaceutical Industry Policy).

Information about joining HCNE is available in the Membership section. Bylaws of the HCNE can be sent electronically to anyone expressing an interest. HCNE membership meetings are held yearly.

We welcome comments and suggestions about our website and hope you enjoy using it.

Fred Sheftell 1941-2011- in Memoriam - see News page

To advance the science of headache through education and coordinated research To provide a forum to link providers of headache care throughout the northeast To support access to appropriate care for our patients To increase awareness about national and international organizations and journals devoted to headache research and patient care

• Randall E. Weeks, PhD
  HCNE President
  The New England Center for Headache
  Stamford, Connecticut
  
  
• Alan M. Rapoport, MD
  HCNE Founding President
  Department of Neurology
  The David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
  Los Angeles, CA
  
  
• Elizabeth W. Loder, MD
  HCNE Vice President and Educational Director
  Chief, Division of Headache and Pain
  Department of Neurology
  Brigham & Women's /Faulkner Hospitals, Boston, MA
  
  
• Lawrence C. Newman, MD
  HCNE Membership Director
  Director, The Headache Institute
  Vice-Chair, Neurology
  Roosevelt Hospital Center
  New York, NY
  
  
• Thomas N. Ward, MD
  HCNE Treasurer
  Co-Director, Headache Clinic
  Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center
  Lebanon, New Hampshire
  
  
• Morris Levin, MD
  HCNE Website Editor
  Co-Director, Headache Clinic
  Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center
  Lebanon, New Hampshire
  
  
• Brian E. McGeeney, MD, MPH
  HCNE Secretary and Newsletter Editor
  Pain Management Group, Dept. of Neurology
  Boston University School of Medicine
  Boston, Massachusetts

HCNE Directors at Large:

• Steven M. Baskin, PhD
  The New England Center for Headache
  Stamford, Connecticut
  
  
• Herbert G. Markley, MD
  Director, New England Regional Headache Center
  Worcester, Massachusetts
  
  
• Steven J. Scrivani, DDS, D. Med. Sc.
  The Craniofacial Pain and Headache Center
  Tufts University
  New England Medical Center
  Boston, Massachusetts
  
  
• Robert E. Shapiro, MD, PhD
  Department of Neurology
  College of Medicine, University of Vermont
  Burlington, Vermont