The Headache Division continued its clinical expansion with the addition of an additional physician assistant, Mr. John Lucking. John joins the busy clinical faculty of Robert Kaniecki, MD, Michael Soso, MD, and David Watson, MD, as well as physician assistant Kimberly McGonigle. A fourth neurologist has been actively recruited and is expected to start in the 2006-2007 academic year. In addition to outpatient responsibilities in the clinic setting, all three existing headache physicians actively participate on the inpatient service at Presbyterian University Hospital. Both inpatient and outpatient educational opportunities for residents have been expanded, and Dr. Kaniecki continued a specific educational program regarding the appropriate interaction between residents and the pharmaceutical industry. He also directed a quarterly journal club with the residents. Dr. Soso remains active in the education of the third year medical students rotating on the neurology service, and Dr. Kaniecki assumed responsibility for the headache and pain lectures directed to the first year medical students here at the University of Pittsburgh.

Dr. Kaniecki continues to participate in clinical research, with two poster presentations at national headache meetings delivered during the past academic year, and he also delivered over 30 CME presentations during the course of the past academic year. Dr. Soso and Dr. Watson remain active on the University of Pittsburgh Institutional Review Board. Dr. Watson has also expanded the opportunities for treatment with botulinum toxin in the Wexford satellite facility.