Henry Ford Health Headache Neurologist Team

The Department of Neurology at Henry Ford Hospital is seeking a board eligible/certified neurologist with additional UCNS-accredited fellowship training in headache to join our multi-disciplinary neurology team.

With four UCNS-certified headache specialists, one physician assistant, and three dedicated Headache clinic nurses our program has over 30 years of experience in the medical management of headache and migraine. Our busy clinical practice treats over 3,000 headache and migraine patients per year and includes an outpatient headache infusion center as well as a procedure clinic which includes peripheral nerve blocks and botulinum toxin injections.

Additionally, our department collaborates with the departments of ENT, Pain, Neurosurgery, and other clinical teams that care for patients with headache and facial pain disorders. We also collaborate with neuroradiology and interventional neuroradiology in management of patients with CSF leak.

With nearly 60 neurologists total, including subspecialists in MS, stroke, epilepsy, neuromuscular, pediatrics, movement disorders, and behavioral neurology, Henry Ford’s Neuroscience Institute is one of the largest and most active medically and surgically in the Midwest, offering the most advanced neurologic medical and surgical therapies. As an academic program, we are active in clinical trials and neurology research. Since 1996, the Henry Ford Neuroscience Institute has received over $200 million in research funds and conducted more than 700 clinical trials.

Currently, more than 180 clinical trials are ongoing for patients with neurological diseases. All centers within the Henry Ford Neuroscience Institute conduct research, with a major focus on translational research to fast-track scientific discovery from bench to bedside.

This subspecialty practice position offers time for educational and other academic endeavors, including a teaching role with medical students, neurology residents, and fellows. Additionally, a tenure-track academic appointment is offered through Wayne State University School of Medicine and Michigan State University College of Human Medicine.

Interested candidates, please forward your CV via email to:
Brien Smith, M.D., Department of Neurology Chair, c/o Laura Settles via the link in the contact section or at lsettle
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