Sait Ashina

Dr. Sait Ashina is an Associate Professor at New York University School of Medicine and Neurologist at Department of Neurology at NYU Lutheran and Langone Medical Centers. He is a Headache Specialist and a Director of the Headache Center at NYU Lutheran. Dr. Ashina is a Diplomat of the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology and a Diplomat in Headache Medicine through the United Council for Neurological Subspecialties. Dr. Ashina earned his medical degree at the University of Copenhagen, Denmark. He completed medical internship at the Hospital of Saint Raphael affiliated with Yale University School of Medicine in New Haven, CT. He did his residency in neurology at the Montefiore Medical Center, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY. He received training in Headache medicine at the two institutions: Montefiore Headache Center in Bronx, NY and Danish Headache Center, Copenhagen, Denmark. Dr. Ashina is a member of the American Headache Society and the International Headache Society.. He is a member of educational committee of International Headache Society. He is also an Associate Editor of Neurology Reviews and Visiting Editor of the Journal of Headache and Pain. Dr. Ashina also served as a member of the International Headache Society headache classification subcommittee on Tension-Type Headache for the 3rd edition of the International Classification of Headache Disorders (ICHD-3). He has won several awards for his work, including the Clinical Headache Fellowship Award from the American Headache Society. He is a recipient of prestigious 2012 Enrico Greppi Award endorsed by the European Headache Federation and the Italian Society for the Study of Headaches. Dr. Ashina has also been named to the Super Doctors 2013 and 2014 New York Rising Stars list. Dr. Ashina has many publications, and his research interest includes epidemiology of headache and pain, quantitative sensory testing and human pain models. He has extensive experience in the treatment of complex headache conditions, including chronic and intractable migraine. His headache treatment approach combines drug therapy, interventional treatments like nerve blocks, and inpatient and outpatient infusion therapy.

Education and training

• University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark MD 06/2002 Medicine
• Bispebjerg Hospital, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark 2005 Internship
• Hospital of Saint Raphael, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA 2006 Medicine Internship
• Montefiore Headache Center, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY, USA 2007 Headache Research and Clinical Fellowship
• Montefiore Medical Center, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY, USA 2010 Neurology Residency

Awards and honors

• 2006, Clinical Headache Fellowship Award, American Headache Society
• 2007, Scholarship Award, 49th American Headache Society Annual Scientific Meeting
• 2009, American Headache Society Scholarship Award, 14th International Headache Congress
• 2010, American Academy of Neurology Annual Meeting Resident Research Travel Scholarship Award
• 2012, Enrico Greppi Award for excellence in headache research by European Headache Federation
• 2015, Fellow of American Headache Society