Rami Burstein, PhD
Professor
Anesthesia
Contact Information
| Office: | CL-0649 |
| Phone: | 617-735-2832 |
| Fax: | 617-735-2833 |
| Email: | rburstei@bidmc.harvard.edu |
| Address: | 330 Brookline Ave; CL-0649
Boston, MA 02215 |
Advanced Degree And Training
| Year | Institution | Area or Rank |
| 1990 | University of Minnesota | Neuroscience |
| 1992 | Mass General Hospital | Assistant Professor |
Research Lab Team Members
| Dan Levy PhD | Andrew Strassman PhD |
Areas of Interest
| 3 Neuroscience |
Major Research Theme
| The work in my lab focuses on the pathophysiology of migraine and on pain-induced anorexia. |
Publications
External Recognition
| Awards: 2005 The Wolff Award for excellence in headache research, presented by the American Headache Society. 2004 The Cumings Lecture Award, presented by the Migraine Trust, The United Kingdom. 2004 The Fulbright Scholarship for studying Neural Mechanisms Underlying Migraine Attacks (awarded to my post- doctoral trainee, Esther Garcia-Nicas) 2003 The Wolff Award for excellence in headache research, presented by the American Headache Society. Lectures: 2004 (October) “The science of migraine therapy after recognizing the role central sensitization play in the pathophysiology”, Italian Headache Society Annual meeting, Taormina, Sicily, Italia 2004 (October) “Clinical implications of peripheral and central sensitization during migraine”, Child Neurology Society 33rd Annual Meeting, Ottawa, Canada 2004 (September) “Central sensitization in migraine: mechanism and potential clinical implication”, Headache care for Practicing Clinicians 3rd annual meeting, Lisbon, Portugal 2004 (September) “The science of migraine therapy after recognizing the role central sensitization play in the pathophysiology”, The Migraine Trust meeting, London, United Kingdom 2004 (June) “ Experimental models for migraine and their values in drug development” 7th Headache Congress of the European Headache Federation, Rotterdam, Holland 2004 (June) “ The science of migraine” 46th Annual Scientific Meeting of the American Headache Society, Vancouver Canada. 2004 (March) “ Sensitization as a new classification parameter for migraine” opening lecture of the 13th International Headache research Seminar Copenhagen, Denmark. 2003 (September) “The Science of Migraine”. French Symposium on the Physiopharmacology of Pain, Paris, France 2003 (September) “Defeating migraine pain with triptans”. Presidential symposium lecture in the 11th International Headache Society, Rome, Italy 2003 (September) “Defeating migraine pain with triptans: a race against the developing allodynia” 5eme Universites de la Migraine, French Neurology Symposium on Physiopathology de la Migraine, Venice, Italia 2003 (July) “Defeating migraine pain with triptans: a race against the developing allodynia” Hungarian Headache Society, Budapest, Hungary 2003 (July) “Triptan therapy can abort migraine attack if given before the establishment or in the absence of cutaneous allodynia and central sensitization: clinical and pre-clinical evidence ” Sixth IBRO, World Congress of Neuroscience, Prague, Czech Republic 2003 (June) “Disruption of communications between peripheral and central trigeminovascular neurons by 5HT1B1D agonists” American Headache Society, Chicago, Illinois 2003 (June) “Possible relationship of central sensitization with muscle tenderness and limbic-system function during migraine ” American Headache Society, Chicago, Illinois 2002 (December) “Clinical implications of peripheral and central sensitization during migraine” Annual meeting of the Israeli Pain Society, Tel-Aviv Israel 2002 (November) “Central sensitization in migraine” Annual meeting of the Dutch Headache Society, Haarlam, the Netherlands 2002 (June) “Clinical implications of peripheral and central sensitization during migraine” Annual meeting of the American Headache Society, Seattle, Washington 2002 (May) “The pathophysiology of migraine” Department of Anesthesia, McGill University, Montreal, Canada 2002 (April) “Peripheral and central sensitization in primary headache” Headache Masters Program, Mayo Clinic Scottsdale, Phoenix, Arizona 2002 (April) “The Neurobiology of Pain” Integrative Pain Medicine, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, New York 2002 (March) “Current concepts in migraine research” Spring Brain Conference, Sedona, Arizona 2002 (February) “Neuronal mechanisms of chronic headache and the pathophysiology of muscle tenderness during migraine” The New York Headache Club, New York, New York |
Major Collaborative Activities
| Interactions between pain and appetite regulation with Clif Saper, Joel Elmquist and Jeffry Flier. Imaging migraine patients and central sensitization with Mike Moskowitz and David Borsook at MGH. |
Investigator's Lab Web Site
| Research Lab URL | None listed |
| Harvard Catalyst Site: | Burstein Harvard Catalyst Web Site |
