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Society Day Course

Child Neurology (CACN) Day: Pediatric Migraine, Headaches and Pain – part 1

Wednesday, June 11, 2025
8:00 AM – 10:30 AM ET
CE: 2.5

Audience:

Child Neurologist, Resident, Fellow, Nurses with interest in topic

Learning Level:

Intermediate (Practicing Physician), Advanced (Special Interest, Higher Level Discussion)

Learning Format:

Lecture/plenary method

CanMEDs Roles:

Medical Expert

This session focuses on improving the understanding and management of pediatric migraine and headache disorders through targeted insights into diagnosis, treatment, and emerging innovations. Participants will explore the unique diagnostic challenges posed by pediatric migraine, including age-specific symptoms, developmental factors, and psychosocial impacts, all of which influence treatment decisions. Evidence-based pharmacological treatments will be reviewed, covering oral medications, biologics like CGRP targeted therapies, and promising emerging therapies under investigation. The session will also highlight non-oral treatment approaches, such as injectable options (occipital nerve blocks, onabotulinum toxin A, acupuncture) and non-invasive wearable devices, including FDA-approved neurostimulation therapies like Cefaly. Additionally, participants will gain an understanding of non-migrainoid pediatric headache syndromes, focusing on differentiating them from migraines and addressing underlying factors such as tension-type headaches, cluster headaches, and post-traumatic headaches. This session aims to provide clinicians with comprehensive tools to optimize diagnosis, personalize treatment, and improve long-term outcomes for young patients.

Learning Objectives:

  • Understand the unique challenges and opportunities in the treatment of migraine in the pediatric population.
  • Discuss the state of the art therapies we currently use in the treatment of pediatric migraine.
  • Understand the utility of injectable and wearable treatments for migraine in childhood.
  • List the non-migraine headache types that can occur in the pediatric population and gain an approach to the diagnosis and management of these.

Presentations:

  • 8:00 AM – 8:10 AM ET
    Welcome and Introduction
  • 8:10 AM – 8:45 AM ET
    Unique challenges and opportunities in pediatric migraine

    Speaker: David Dodick

  • 8:45 AM – 9:20 AM ET
    Migraine treatments: oral medications, biologics and emerging therapies

    Speaker: Ana Marissa Lagman-Bartolome

  • 9:20 AM – 9:55 AM ET
    Migraine treatments: injectable & wearable treatments

    Speaker: Serena Orr

  • 9:55 AM – 10:30 AM ET
    Non-migrainoid pediatric headache syndromes

    Speaker: Rebecca Barmherzig