Fred D. Sheftell, MD 1941-2011
Our friend, highly esteemed colleague, founding HCNE member and recipient of the HCNE Lifetime Achievement award, Fred Sheftell, MD, FAHS, lost his valiant battle with cancer this past spring.
Fred loved what he did. He loved caring for his patients and working with his colleagues at the New England Center for Headache. He loved Headache Medicine and the Headache Cooperative of New England.
Throughout his busy life, Fred was cited as one of the "Best Doctors in America". Fred co-authored 11 books and 200 peer-reviewed articles on headache. He lectured throughout the world and appeared on numerous TV and radio programs to speak about headache and related issues.
His wonderful musicianship is well known, and he produced a CD of his songs about headaches: "Migraine Blues".
Fred was the president of the American Headache Society (AHS) from 2008-2010. He chaired ACHE, the AHS patient education organization, for over 10 years, and founded the World Headache Alliance, a patient-oriented group of the International Headache Society. Fred's commitment to patient care and education impacted and inspired all who knew him.
We will miss him, as will his devoted patients and their families.
The HCNE Lifetime Achievement Award: 
The Megrim
This annual award of HCNE recognizes an individual's cumulative outstanding contributions to the improvement of our understanding of headache disorders and to benefit the welfare of patients who suffer from them.
Megrim is an archaic word for migraine. It is also the name of a flatfish found in the waters of the Atlantic. Since 2009, the award has taken the form of a framed original 19th century wood-block engraving of the megrim fish.
HCNE Lifetime Achievement Winners
1997 – Seymour Diamond, E. Charles Kunkle, David Coddon
2000 – Lee Kudrow, Donald Dalessio
2001 – Patrick Humphrey, Pramod Saxena
2002 – Marcia Wilkinson
2003 – Seymour Solomon
2004 – John Edmeads
2005 – Gennaro Bussone, Giovanni D'Andrea
2006 – James Lance
2007 – Sheldon Gross, Allan Purdy
2008 – Richard Lipton
2009 – Fred Sheftell
2010 – Jes Olesen
2011 – Michael Moskowitz
