David W. Dodick, M.D., is President-Elect, American Headache Society. He is also Professor of Neurology at Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Consultant in Neurology at Mayo Clinic in Scottsdale, Arizona.

Dr. Dodick received his medical degree with distinction from Dalhousie University in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. He completed his internship and neurology residency at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota, followed by fellowships in Headache and Cerebrovascular Diseases at the University of Toronto, in Ontario Canada. Dr. Dodick is board certified by both the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada, and the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology. He also holds UCNS board certification in Headache Medicine and ABPN certification in Vascular Neurology.

Dr. Dodick has authored over 200 publications and has co-authored 5 books. He is President-elect of the American Headache Society (AHS), councilor of the Headache & Facial Pain Section of the American Academy of Neurology (AAN), Chair of the IHC Scientific Program Committee 2009, and a member of the Scientific Committee of the Migraine Trust/European Headache Federation and the World Congress of Controversies in Neurology.

He is editor-in-chief of Cephalalgia and Headache Currents. He is currently the Program Director of the Mayo Clinic Neurology Residency Program and Mayo Clinic Headache Fellowship Program in Scottsdale Arizona.