Mia Minen

I approach headache treatment by focusing on the whole person. A person may have various potential headache triggers, so I don’t limit my assessment to any one part of the body. When a person first comes to my office, I conduct a comprehensive consultation.

I treat a wide variety of conditions, including migraines, tension-type headaches, cluster headaches, and postconcussive and postsurgical headaches. Treatment may include the use of medications or nonpharmacologic therapies. The latter may include cognitive behavioral therapy, biofeedback, relaxation, sleep assessments, and temporomandibular joint dysfunction assessments.

My research interests revolve around improving the diagnosis and treatment of people with migraines by doctors in various medical specialties, from emergency medicine to primary care, psychiatry, and other specialty areas. I am also interested in headaches that are associated with behavioral and psychiatric problems, and in headache education.

I have published numerous research articles and lectured at annual meetings, including those of the American Academy of Neurology and the American Headache Society. I serve on the editorial board of the journal Headache.

I have been recognized locally and nationally as a mentor, and received the first S. Jay Levy Distinguished Internship Site Award from the City College of New York. I am also a two-time recipient of the American Academy of Neurology’s Neuroscience Is Rewarding grant.

Positions

• Associate Professor, Department of Neurology at NYU Grossman School of Medicine
• Associate Professor, Department of Population Health at NYU Grossman School of Medicine
• Director, Headache Services

Board Certifications

• American Board of Psychiatry & Neurology - Neurology, 2012

Education and Training

• Fellowship, Harvard Medical School, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Headache Medicine, 2014
• Fellowship, Massachusetts General Hospital, Neuropsychiatry & Behavioral Neurology, 2013
• Residency, Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center, Neurology, 2012
• MD from Jefferson Medical College, 2008
• MPH from Columbia University, 2004