NEWS AND ANNOUNCEMENTS


Fred D. Sheftell, MD 1941-2011

sheftellOur 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.


 

The HCNE Lifetime Achievement Award: megrim 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


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