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Specialty:: Neurology
Department Affiliation:: Neurology
Hospital Affiliation:: Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center
State License:: G87186
Phone:: 310-794-1195
Status Category: This physician is an affiliate of the UCLA Medical Group but is not employed by UCLA.

About Me: Dr. Alan M. Rapoport is a Clinical Professor of Neurology at The David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, California, where he teaches medical students, neurology residents, and fellows.
He is a Past President of the International Headache Society (IHS) and the founder and Director-Emeritus of The New England Center for Headache, in Stamford, Connecticut. Board-certified in Neurology and Headache Medicine, he has co-authored more than 350 articles, chapters, and posters on headache and other neurological diseases.
He is an editor of Headache, CNS Drugs, and Editor in Chief of Neurology Reviews. He reviews for many peer-reviewed journals such as Cephalalgia, Neurology, New England Journal of Medicine, and Headache.
He has co-authored nine books on headaches for patients, physicians, and nurses with Drs. Fred Sheftell and Stewart Tepper.
Links: uclahealth.org/neurology

Primary Office: Westwood Neurology
300 UCLA Medical Plaza
Suite B200
Los Angeles, CA 90095
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Phone: 310-794-1195
Fax: 310-794-7491

Medical Board Certifications: Neurology, American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, 1973
Fellowship: Neuromuscular Disease, National Institutes of Health, The Clinical Center, 1970-1972
Residency: Neurology, Mount Sinai Medical Center, 1967-1970
Internship: Medicine, Maimonides Medical Center, 1966-1967
Degree: SUNY Downstate Medical Center College of Medicine, MD, 1966

Publications

Over 350 publications and posters with a major interest in Headache Medicine and research.

Rapoport AM, Lin Tamar, Tepper SJ. "Remote electrical neuromodulation (REN) for the acute treatment of migraine." Headache 2019, first published on-line November 5, 2019
Rapoport AM, McAllister P. "The Headache Pipeline: Excitement and Uncertainty." Headache 2019, in press.
Bigal Marcelo E, Rapoport Alan M. "Antibody development for migraine: Lessons learned and unanswered questions." Expert Rev Neurotherapeutics 2019.

In The News: Has appeared often on TV including The Today Show, Good Morning America, 20-20, CBS This Morning

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