Comparing Complementary and Integrative Health Perspectives Among VA Providers and Veteran Patients for the Treatment of Headache Disorders
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Key messages
- This study evaluated veteran and provider experiences and perspectives on complementary and integrative medicine (CIM) for headache management
- Clinical providers reported recommending many of these modalities within their VA hospital as many of their hospitals have an efficient CIM referral system with specialists readily available.
- Generally, for both providersand Veterans, CIM is viewed as favorable treatment to consider for headache management when added to traditional headache treatments.
Presenting Author
Deena E. Kuruvilla, MD, FAHS
Assistant Professor
Yale School of Medicine, Connecticut
Deena E. Kuruvilla, MD, FAHS, is a research scientist with the Headache Centers of Excellence, Veterans Health Administration in West Haven, Connecticut.
She completed her Neurology residency at Brown University in Rhode Island, where she was chief resident. She went on to complete a fellowship in headache and facial pain at the Montefiore headache center and the Albert Einstein college of medicine.
Dr. Kuruvilla’s primary areas of interest include complementary and integrative medicine and procedural headache medicine. She is the former chair of the complementary and integrative section of the American Headache Society and current co-chair of the women’s section of the AHS. She is a medical advisor for healthline and an invited reviewer for many peer-reviewed publications including Headache, Cephalalgia, Pain Medicine, and Clinical Case Reports.
Author disclosures
Deena Kuruvilla, MD, FAHS: I do not have any relevant financial / non-financial relationships with any proprietary interests.
