Headache Disorders in Pandemic Conditions

Aynur Özge, MD is Professor at the Department of Neurology at Mersin University, Faculty of Medicine, Mersin, Turkey. They are co-editor of the books “Headache in Children and Adolescents: A Case-Based Approach”, “Headache and Comorbidities in Childhood and Adolescence” and “Peripheral Interventional Headache Management”, published by Springer in 2016, 2017, 2019, respectively. Professor Özge, has been an active member of the IHS since 2003 and board member for 2019-2025.  They were President of the 7th International Congress of Childhood and Adolescence in 2008 and participated in the European Headache Federation Guideline Committee’s studies for the declaration of Guidelines for the Childhood Headache. Professor Özge is a member of MENA Headache education program and President of Global Migraine and Pain Society since 2019. Their primary fields of interest are epidemiology of headache, comorbidity, headache database systems, childhood and adolescent headaches, dementia clinic and caregiving supporting models.Derya Uluduz, MD is a Neurology Specialist and Retired Faculty Member of Cerrahpaşa Medical Faculty Department of Neurology. Dr Uluduz is President of BEYİNDER-Turkish Brain Health Association, Vice President of Turkish Global Migraine and Pain Association, Board Member of European Headache Federation and Vice President of the ‘Lifting the Burden’ group of the International Headache Society.  Dr Uluduz has published many journal articles, book chapters and co-edited the book Peripheral Interventional Management in Headache published by Springer in 2019.  Omer Karadas, MD is Professor at the Department of Neurology at Gulhane Faculty of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey. Professor Karadas’ clinical interests include headaches, Nerve blockades in headaches, epilepsy and dementia diseases. He is a member of Turkish Neurology Society and the Turkish Headache Study Group. He is also the president of the Neurology and Neurotechnological Sciences Association. He is a member of many national and international scientific associations. He has more than 250 articles, oral presentations, poster presentations, books and book chapters related to neurological diseases. He has seven national and international scientific awards. Four of these awards belong to his work on headache. In 2021, he established the Headache Center and Neurophysiology Center in Albania.Hayrunnisa Bolay, MD, PhD is a Professor of Neurology and Algology at Gazi University in Ankara, Turkey. Professor Bolay is Director of the Neuroscience and Neurotechnology Centre (NÖROM) and Neuropsychiatry Centre, a member of Turkish Academy of Sciences and is actively involved in clinical and basic migraine headache research particularly of the pathophysiology of headache and cortical spreading depression. Professor Bolay has published over 200 papers, abstracts and book chapters on headache topics and have been honoured with various awards for headache research.

• General knowledge about the nature of the COVID-19.- Epidemiological aspect of the COVID-19 pandemic.- Neurological manifestations of COVID-19.- COVID-19 headache as a secondary headache disorder.- COVID-19 headache is a real specific headache disorder. Potential mechanisms of COVID specific headache disorder.- Clinical pictures and diagnostic features of COVID-19 specific headache disorder.- Current management of COVID-19 infection.- Current management of COVID-19 headache.-Current changes of previous headache disorders in the pandemic era.- Effect of personal protective equipment on headache disorders.- Effect of COVID-19 vaccines on headache disorders.- Effect of ICU process on headache disorders.- Effects of vascular comorbidities on COVID-19 headache.- Effects of non-vascular comorbidities on COVID-19 headache.- Changing nature of headache practice in pandemic era.- Changing nature of headache education in pandemic era.- Changing nature of interventional pain management in pandemic era.- COVID-19 specific problems and solutions on childhood and adolescent headache practice.- COVID-19 specific problems and solutions on elderly headache practice.- COVID-19 specific problems and solutions on pregnancy and breastfeeding headache practice.- Genetic and epigenetic aspect of COVID-19 in the manner of headache practice.- Telemedicine for public headache awareness.- Telemedicine for headache education.- Telemedicine for headache research.- Artificial intelligence for future headache practice.