AHMA

Many migraineurs in the USA have expressed the desire to have a patient operated organization focusing on headache and migraine.  Well – good news!  The dream is becoming a reality!

The American Headache and Migraine Association (AHMA) has been created with the help of the American Headache Society (AHS) as a result of a vote on June 21st.  The new organization will have a 10 member board, with 5 patients and 5 AHS members.  Long time migraineur advocate and health writer Teri Robert will chair the board, and Dr. Paul Winner, chair of the ACHE (the American Headache Society Committee on Headache Education), will co-chair.  It will be a part of ACHE.

This organization is all about patients connecting.  More information will be coming soon, but in the meantime we know that a website is going to be up soon, and that you’ll be able to join at a very modest fee ($15 per year), and that the first conference is already planned!

That’s right – write it in red on your calendar (or perhaps a more migraineur-friendly color) – November the 17th 2013 in Scottsdale, Arizona!  This is actually at the end of the AHS Scottsdale Symposium, which means some of the country’s top specialists will be available to interact with – you!

Stay tuned for more information!  Meanwhile, learn more about the not-so-secret origins of AHMA in this article from Teri Robert.