EHF Members

A

Name of the Society Albanian Society of Headache
Date of Foundation 1994
Website  
Journal  
President of the Society Prof. Jera Kruja
Affiliation Faculty of Medicine, UMT
UHC Mother Teresa
Tirana – ALBANIA
Email jera.kruja@umed.edu.al
jkruja@gmail.com
Representative of the Society Altin Kuqo MD
Affiliation UHC Mother Teresa
Tirana – ALBANIA
Email altini71neuro@gmail.com
Update 2018  

Armenia

Name of the Society Headache Section of Armenian Neurological Association
Date of Foundation 2020
Website tba
Journal  
President of the Society Prof. Dr. Hovannes Manvelyan
Affiliation Yerevan State Medical University
Email manvelian@yahoo.com 
Representative of the Society Dr. Hasmik Vekilyan
Affiliation  
Email hvekilyan@yahoo.com
Update 2021  
Name of the Society Austrian Headache Association
Date of Foundation 1993
Website www.oeksg.at
Journal  
President of the Society Assoc. Prof. Priv. Doz. Dr. Karin Zebenholzer
Affiliation Medical University Vienna
Email oeksg@studio12.co.at
Representative of the Society Assoc. Prof. Priv. Doz. Dr. Karin Zebenholzer
Affiliation Medical University Vienna
Email oeksg@studio12.co.at
Update 2021  

B

Name of the Society Belgian Headache Society
Date of Foundation 1984
Website www.belgianheadachesociety.be
Journal  
President of the Society Jan Versijpt
Affiliation UZ Brussel
Email Jan.versijpt@uzbrussel.be
Representative of the Society Koen Paemeleire
Affiliation UZ Gent
Email Koen.Paemeleire@uzgent.be
Update 2022  

currently inactive

Name of the Society Headache section of Belorussian society of young neurologists
Date of Foundation 2001
Website  
Journal  
President of the Society Galina Naumova (Halina Navumava Belarus transcription)
Affiliation Dovatora 2, Vitebsk, Belarus, 210009
Tel +375 212 426 390
Fax +375 212 426390
Email naumova@tut.by
Representative of the Society Irina Zhauniaronak
Affiliation +375447876696
Email Ira_jevner@tut.by
Update 2022  

C

Name of the Society Croatian Neurologic Society
Date of Foundation 1991
Website hnd.hlz.hr
Journal Neurologia Croatica
President of the Society Zdravka Poljakovic
Affiliation UHC Zagreb
Email zdravka.po@gmail.com
Representative of the Society Davor Janculjak
Affiliation UHC Osijek
Email davjanc@gmail.com
Update 2022  
Name of the Society Czech Headache Society
Date of Foundation September 16th , 1994
Website www.czech-headache.cz
Journal  
President of the Society Tomáš Nežádal, MD, PhD
Affiliation First Faculty of Medicine, Charles University, Prague
Military University Hospital, Prague
Institute of Neuropsychiatric Care, Prague
Email nezadal@gmail.com
Representative of the Society Jolana Marková, MD, FEAN
Affiliation Third Faculty of Medicine, Charles University, Prague
Thomayer Hospital, Prague
Email Jolana.markova@ftn.cz
Update 2022  

D

Name of the Society Danish Headache Society
Date of Foundation 1969
Website www.dhos.dk
Journal  
President of the Society

Faisal Mohammad Amin

Affiliation Danish Headache Center
Email

faisal.mohammad.amin.01@regionh.dk

Representative of the Society Linda Ædelsten
Affiliation Danish Medical Association
Email lie@dadl.dk
Update 2022  

E

Name of the Society Estonian Headache Society
Date of Foundation 2011
Website www.peavalu.ee
Journal  
President of the Society

Katrin Põld, MD

Affiliation

Ida-Viru Keskhaigla, Kohtla-Järve

Email Katrin.Pold@ivkh.ee
Representative of the Society Mark Braschinsky, MD, PhD
Affiliation Dept. of Neurology Tartu University Clinics
Email Mark.Braschinsky@kliinikum.ee
Update 2022  

F

currently inactive

Name of the Society Société Française d’Etudes des Migraines et Céphalées (SFEMC)
Date of Foundation 1984
Website www.sfemc.fr
Journal  
President of the Society Dr Christian Lucas
Affiliation Centre d’Evaluation et de Traitement de la Douleur, CHU Lille
Email christian.lucas@chru-lille.fr
Representative of the Society

Dr Cédric Gollion

Affiliation

Department of Neurology, University Hospital of Toulouse, Toulouse, France.

Toulouse NeuroImaging Center, INSERM, University of Toulouse, France.

Email gollion.cedric@gmail.com
Update 2023  

G

Name of the Society Tsotne Chkhikvishvili
Georgian Headache Society
Date of Foundation Refounded in 16 Jun 2017
Website Facebook/Georgian Headache Society
Journal  
President of the Society George Gegelashvili
Affiliation  
Email gegelashvili@gmail.com
Representative of the Society Zaza Katsarava
Affiliation  
Email zaza.katsarava@gmail.com
Update 2018  
Name of the Society German Migraine and Headache Society
Deutsche Migräne- und Kopfschmerzgesellschaft (DMKG)
Date of Foundation 1979
Website www.dmkg.de
Journal Nervenheilkunde
President of the Society PD Dr. Tim Jürgens
Affiliation DKMG Klinikum Güstrow, Klinik für Neurologie
Email T.Juergens@kmg-kliniken.de
Representative of the Society Priv.-Doz. Dr. med. Charly Gaul
Affiliation

Kopfschmerzzentrum Frankfurt

Email info@dmkg.de
Update 2022  
Name of the Society Hellenic Headache Society
Date of Foundation 1991
Website http://www.kefalalgia.gr
Journal  
President of the Society Prof. Dimos Mitsikostas
Affiliation Aeginition Hospital, Neurology Dept.
National & Kapodistrian Un. of Athens
Email dmitsikostas@med.uoa.gr
Representative of the Society Dr. Evangelos Kouremenos
Affiliation Neurologist, Airforce 251 General Hospital
Email vkoure@otenet.gr
Update 2022  

H

Name of the Society Hungarian Headache Society
Date of Foundation 1996
Website www.fejfajas-tarsasag.hu
Journal Cephalalgia Hungarica (periodical)
President of the Society Levente Kerényi MD PhD (2022-2023)
Affiliation Department of Neurology
University of Szeged
Szeged, Semmelweis street 6.
H-6725, Hungary
Email kerenyil@yahoo.com
Representative of the Society Professor László Vécsei MD PhD Academician
Affiliation Department of Neurology
Faculty of Medicine
Albert Szent-Györgyi Clinical Center
University of Szeged, Semmelweis street 6
H-6725, Hungary
Email vecsei.laszlo@med.u-szeged.hu
Update 2022  

I

Name of the Society Iranian Headache Society
Date of Foundation  
Website www.iranheadache.org
Journal  
President of the Society Mansoureh Togha
Affiliation Headache department, Neurology ward,
Sina hospital, Imam Khomeyni Street,
Tehran, Iran
Email info@iranheadache.org
Representative of the Society Mansoureh Togha
Affiliation  
Email toghae@tums.ac.ir
Update 2018  
Name of the Society

The Israeli Headache Society

Date of Foundation 2018
Website https://headache.mednet.co.il
Journal  
President of the Society Nirit Lev, M.D P.H.D
Affiliation

Tel-Aviv University

Email niritle@clalit.org.il
Representative of the Society Nirit Lev, M.D P.H.D
Affiliation Tel-Aviv University
Email niritle@clalit.org.il
Update 2024  
Name of the Society Italian Society for the Study of Headaches
Date of Foundation 1976
Website www.sisc.it
Journal  
President of the Society

Prof. Paolo Calabresi
From January 1, 2021 to December 31, 2022

Affiliation Clinica Neurologica, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario Agostino Gemelli IRCCS
Rome, Italy
Email paolo.calabresi@policlinicogemelli.it
Representative of the Society Prof. Innocenzo Rainero
Affiliation Department of Neuroscience and Mental Health
AOU Città della Salute e della Scienza
Turin, Italy
Email innocenzo.rainero@unito.it
Update 2022  

K

Name of the Society HEADACHE CHAPTER OF KYRGYZ SCIENTIFIC MEDICAL NEUROLOGIC SOCIETY
Date of Foundation 2017
Website  
Journal  
President of the Society Murzaliev Arstanbek
Affiliation KYRGYZ SCIENTIFIC MEDICAL NEUROLOGIC SOCIETY
Email kyrgyzheadache@gmail.com
Representative of the Society Kunduz Karbozova
Affiliation KYRGYZ SCIENTIFIC MEDICAL NEUROLOGIC SOCIETY
Email karbozova@yahoo.com
Update 2019  

L

Name of the Society Latvian Headache Society
Date of Foundation 1996
Website www.sapes.lv
Journal  
President of the Society Aija Freimane
Affiliation Aija Freimane, MD,
designated Country Representative of Latvia in EHF
President of Latvian Headache Society
Board Member of Latvian Association for the Study of Pain
Email afreimane@gmail.com
Representative of the Society Aija Freimane
Affiliation  
Email  
Update 2022  

contact deatils follow in the first week of January 2024

M

Name of the Society Moldovan Headache and Pain Society
Date of Foundation 2010
Website http://inn.md
Journal  
President of the Society Moldovanu Ion, MD, PhD, professor
Affiliation Institute of Neurology and Neurosurgery,
State Medical and Pharmacy University “Nicolae Testemitanu” of the
Republic of Moldova
Email ionmoldovanu@hotmail.com
Representative of the Society Odobescu Stela, MD, PhD, professor
Affiliation Institute of Neurology and Neurosurgery of the Republic of Moldova
National Headache Center
Email odobescustela@hotmail.com
Update 2022  
Name of the Society Marocco Headache Society, ASSOCIATION YOUSSEF BEN TACHFINE (YBT)
Date of Foundation 1996
Website  
Journal  
President of the Society Prof. Najib Kissani
Affiliation Service de neurologie
Hôpital Razi
CHU Mohamed VI
Marrakech (Morocco)
Email najibkis@gmail.com
Representative of the Society Prof. Najib Kissani
Affiliation  
Email  
Update 2018  

N

Name of the Society Norwegian Headache Society
Date of Foundation  
Website

https://www.legeforeningen.no/foreningsledd/spesial/norsk-hodepineselskap/

Journal  
President of the Society Kjersti Grøtta Vetvik
Affiliation Akershus University Hospital
Email Kjersti.Grotta.Vetvik2@ahus.no
Representative of the Society Espen Saxhaug Kristoffersen
Affiliation Ahus, dept. of Neurology, University of Oslo
Email e.s.kristoffersen@medisin.uio.no
Update 2022  

P

Name of the Society POLSKIE TOWARZYSTWO BÓLÓW GŁOWY
Date of Foundation 1998
Website www.ptbg.pl
Journal MIGRENA News
President of the Society Maria Magdalena WYSOCKA-BĄKOWSKA
Affiliation Neurologist practice; ul. Dembińskiego 4c ; 01-644 Warszawa, Poland
ENEL-MED Medical Centre Warszawa, Poland
Email wysockamm@op.pl
Representative of the Society

Dr. Maria Magdalena WYSOCKA-BĄKOWSKA

Prof. dr hab. Izabela DOMRITZ

Affiliation

WYSOCKA-BĄKOWSKA: Neurologist practice; ul. Dembińskiego 4c ; 01-644 Warszawa, Poland
ENEL-MED Medical Centre Warszawa, Poland

DOMRITZ: Kierownik Kliniki Neurologii, Wydział Medyczny Warszawski Uniwersytet Medyczny 01-809 Warszawa, ul. Cegłowska 80, Poland

Email

wysockamm@op.pl

izabela.domitrz@wum.edu.pl

Update 2022  
Name of the Society Portuguese Headache Society
Date of Foundation 1997
Website www.cefaleias-spc.com
Journal SINAPSE
President of the Society Raquel Gil-Gouveia
Affiliation Affiliation Hospital da Luz, Lisboa, Portugal
Email spc.dir@gmail.com
Representative of the Society Isabel Luzeiro
Affiliation Neurology Department
University Hospital of Coimbra – Portugal
Email isabeluzeiro@gmail.com
Update 2021  

R

Name of the Society ROMANIAN SOCIETY OF NEUROLOGY (SNR) • HEADACHE GROUP
Date of Foundation 2001
Website www.neurology.ro
Journal Romanian Journal of Neurology
President of the Society Prof. Dr. Tiu Cristina – elected president
Affiliation  
Email contact@neurology.ro
Representative of the Society Roceanu Adina Maria MD, PhD
Affiliation University Emergency Hospital of Bucharest
Neurology Department
Treasurer of Romanian Society of Neurology
Email amr2012mar@gmail.com
adinaroc@yahoo.com
Update 2022  

S

Name of the Society Serbian Headache Society
Date of Foundation November 10th 2011
Website http://nugs.rs/
Journal  
President of the Society Aleksandra Radojičić
Affiliation Neurology Clinic, Clinical Center of Serbia, Faculty of Medicine, University of Belgrade
Email aleksandraradojicic@gmail.com
Representative of the Society Srdjan Sretenovic
Affiliation MediHelp, Belgrade
Email srdjan.sretenovic@hotmail.com
Update 2024  

currently inactive

Name of the Society Slovene Headache Society
Date of Foundation  
Website http://www.szd.si
Journal  
President of the Society Prof. Marjan Zaletel, MD, PhD, senior consultant
Affiliation Dunajska cesta 162, 1000  Ljubljana,  Slovenia
Email mzaletel34@gmail.com
Representative of the Society Prof. Marjan Zaletel, MD, PhD, senior consultant
Affiliation University Clinical Centre of Ljubljana
Zaloška cesta 2, Ljubljana 1000, Slovenia
Email mzaletel34@gmail.com
Update 2022  

currently inactive

Name of the Society Spanish Headache Study Group
Date of Foundation  
Website http://cefaleas.sen.es/index.php/en/
Journal  
President of the Society Dr. Pablo Irimia
Affiliation Departamento de Neurología de la Clínica Universidad de Navarra
Email pirimia@unav.es
Representative of the Society Dr. Pablo Irimia
Affiliation Departamento de Neurología de la Clínica Universidad de Navarra
Email pirimia@unav.es
Update 2022  
Name of the Society Swedish Headache Society
Date of Foundation 1968
Website http://www.huvudvarkssallskapet.se/
Journal  
President of the Society Lars Edvinsson
Affiliation Dept of Medicine, Lund University, Sweden
Email Lars.edvinsson@med.lu.se
Representative of the Society Lars Edvinsson
Affiliation  
Email  
Update 2018  
Name of the Society Swiss Headache Society
Date of Foundation 1995 (informally 1983)
Website http://www.headache.ch/
Journal  
President of the Society Prof. Dr. med. Andreas Kleinschmidt
Affiliation Hôpitaux universitaires de Genève, Service de Neurologie
Email andreas.kleinschmidt@hcuge.ch 
 
Representative of the Society Prof. Dr. med. Gabriele Merki
Affiliation Universitätsspital Zürich, Klinik für Reproduktions-Endokrinologie, Departement Frauenheilkunde
Email Gabriele.Merki@usz.ch 
Update 2022  

T

Name of the Society Nederlandse Hoofdpijn Vereniging
Date of Foundation 30 March 1994
Website http://www.nederlandsehoofdpijnvereniging.nl
Journal  
President of the Society Dr. Wim Mulleners
Affiliation CWZ Nijmegen, The Netherlands
Email w.mulleners@cwz.nl
Representative of the Society Dr. Emile Couturier & Dr. Rolf Fronczek
Affiliation

Neurologie Centrum Amsterdam (E. Couturier)

Leiden University Medical Centre (R. Fronczek) 

Email

emilecouturier@me.com

R.Fronczek@lumc.nl

Update 2022  
Name of the Society Turkish Headache Society
Date of Foundation  
Website https://basagrisi-agri.org
Journal  
President of the Society Prof. MD. Sabahattin Saip
Affiliation Cerrahpaşa school of Medicine University of İstanbul
Email ssaip@istanbul.edu.tr
Representative of the Society Prof. Necdet Karlı
Affiliation University of Uludağ
Email nkarli@yahoo.com
Representative of the Society Prof MD Derya Uludüz
Affiliation Cerrahpaşa School of Medicine University of İstanbul
Email deryaulu@yahoo.com
Update 2019  

U

Name of the Society Ukrainian Headache Research Society
Date of Foundation 2011
Website www.headache.org.ua
Journal Ukrainian Journal of Pain
President of the Society Dr. Vladimir Romanenko MD, PhD
Affiliation Vita Medical Center
Email vladimir.romanenko@headache.org.ua
Representative of the Society Dr. Vladimir Romanenko MD, PhD
Affiliation Vita Medical Center
Email vladimir.romanenko@headache.org.ua
Update 2022  
Name of the Society Emirates Neurology Society EMINS
Date of Foundation 2004
Website https://emins.ae/
Journal  
President of the Society Dr. Suhail Abdulla Alrukn
Affiliation Head of Stroke Program Rashid Hospital, Dubai
Email  
Representative of the Society Dr. Abu Baker Al Madani
Affiliation Vice President of EMINS
Head of Neurology Department at Rashid Hospital, Dubai
Email info@emins.ae
Update 2022  
Name of the Society British Association for the Study of Headache (BASH)
Date of Foundation 1992
Website http://www.bash.org.uk/
Journal  
President of the Society Brendan Davies
Affiliation Chair of BASH council
Email brendan.davies@uhnm.nhs.uk
Representative of the Society Philip Holland
Affiliation Member of BASH council
Email philip.holland@kcl.ac.uk
Update 2024