Congress Program
📅 17 October 2025
09:00 – 09:30
Opening Ceremony
09:30 – 11:00
PANEL 1: A Conceptual Framework for Headache
Chairs: Aynur Özge, Hülya Karataş
  • 09:30 – 09:50: CSD: Myths or Truth? Hülya Karataş Hülya Karataş 🇹🇷
  • 09:50 – 10:10: Pain matrix and functional brain networks Hülya Karataş Hülya Karataş 🇹🇷
  • 10:10 – 10:30: What is the importance of trigeminocervical complex and peripheral structures in interventional headache practice? Aynur Özge Aynur Özge 🇹🇷
  • 10:30 – 11:00: Q & A
11:00 – 11:30
🔬 MINI SATELLITE SYMPOSIUM
Botox Administrations in Chronic Migraine: Beyond Injection (@ AbbVie Booth) Elif Ilgaz Aydınlar Elif Ilgaz Aydınlar 🇹🇷
11:30 – 12:30
PANEL 2: Integrative Approach to Headache Treatment
Chairs: Mona Hussein, Esme Ekizoğlu
  • 11:30 – 11:50: The role of Neuropeptides in the pathogenesis of primary headaches Messoud Ashina Messoud Ashina 🇩🇰
  • 11:50 – 12:10: Lifestyle and Migraine Antoinette Maassen van den Brink Antoinette Maassen van den Brink 🇳🇱
  • 12:10 – 12:30: Q & A
12:30 – 13:15
🔬 SATELLITE SYMPOSIUM – NEUTEC
The Role of Triptans in the Acute Treatment of Migraine Moderator: Füsun Mayda Domaç Speaker: Esme Ekizoğlu
13:15 – 14:00
🍽️ LUNCH BREAK
14:00 – 14:30
Planning Headache Research
Chair: Betül Baykan
  • 14:00 – 14:15: What kind of study could I plan for headache research? Betül Baykan Betül Baykan 🇹🇷
  • 14:15 – 14:30: What is the contribution of statisticians to effective headache research? Bahar Taşdelen Bahar Taşdelen 🇹🇷
14:30 – 16:30
🔧 Interventional Procedures in Headache Management – WORKSHOP
  • Station 1: Headache Anatomy for interventions – Tuba Cerrahoğlu Şirin 🇹🇷
  • Station 2: Which Procedure for which cases? – Samiye Ulutaş 🇹🇷
  • Station 3: Introduction to drugs and equipment – Zeynep Tuncer 🇹🇷
  • Station 4: Preparing the Injection for the Selected Procedure – Fidan Marufoğlu Baykal 🇹🇷
  • Station 5: Botulinum Toxin – Practical Application on a Model – Elif Ilgaz Aydınlar 🇹🇷
  • Station 6: SON, STN, ATN, SPG Block application – Ali Kemal Erdemoğlu 🇹🇷
  • Station 7: GON and LON application – Nevra Öksüz 🇹🇷
  • Station 8: Trigger Point Injection application – Mesut Bakır 🇹🇷
16:30 – 17:15
🔬 SATELLITE SYMPOSIUM – ABDİ İBRAHİM
Current approaches in the treatment of acute migraine attacks Moderator: Betül Baykam Speaker: Rahşan Karacı
18:00 – 18:30
🎯 Slido Quiz & Winner Announcement
Nevra Öksüz Nevra Öksüz 🇹🇷
📍 Room B – Parallel Sessions

📊 Oral Presentations – Day 1

Chairs: Füsun Mayda Domaç, Samiye Ulutaş 🇹🇷
16:30 – 18:00
OP-1
MIGRAINE AND COPING IN THE WORKPLACE
Lala Bouna Seck
OP-2
POSTERIOR CEREBRAL CIRCULATION VARIANTS IN MIGRAINE: THE POSSIBLE ROLE OF VERTEBRAL ARTERY HYPOPLASIA
Taylan Altıparmak
OP-3
ICTAL ANODAL TDCS OVER CONTRALATERAL S1 ALTERS MEDIAN-NERVE SSEPS AND PAIN IN MIGRAINE
Turan Poyraz
OP-4
COGNITIVE SYMPTOMS AND PAIN-RELATED FEAR IN MIGRAINE
Merve Ceren Akgor
OP-5
EFFICACY OF ULTRASOUND-GUIDED GREATER OCCIPITAL NERVE AND SUPERFICIAL CERVICAL PLEXUS BLOCKS
Zeynep Tuncer
OP-6
THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN CLINICAL AND RADIOLOGICAL PARAMETERS IN MIGRAINE SUBTYPES
Merve Bahar Ercan
OP-7
MIGRAINE WITH AURA IMPROVED AFTER WARFARIN USE IN A THROMBOPHILIC PATIENT
Fatma Yılmaz Can
OP-8
THE MIGRAINE POSTRDOME: FEATURES AND CONTRIBUTION TO THE BURDEN OF THE DISEASE
Utku Topbaş
OP-9
SHORT-TERM EFFICACY OF GREATER OCCIPITAL NERVE BLOCK IN CHRONIC MIGRAINE
Tuğçe Saltoğlu
OP-10
PREVALENCE, SYMPTOMATOLOGY, AND DAILY LIFE IMPACT OF MIGRAINE IN TURKEY
Pelin Yenilmez Yeşildaş
OP-11
THE ROLE OF KYNURENINE PATHWAY METABOLITES IN CLINICAL FEATURES OF MIGRAINE
Can Ulutaş
OP-12
A BIBLIOMETRIC ANALYSIS OF MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY TREATMENTS USED IN MIGRAINE
Gülcan Göçmez Yılmaz
OP-13
RED EAR SYNDROME ASSOCIATED WITH CHRONIC MIGRAINE: A CASE REPORT
Tülay Yılmaz Erol
OP-14
CAN RETINAL MIGRAINE CAUSE PERMANENT VISUAL LOSS? A CASE-BASED REFLECTION
İrem İlgezdi Kaya
📅 18 October 2025
09:30 – 11:00
From Symptom to Diagnosis in Headache
Chairs: Sarkhan Amirguilev, Najib Kissani
  • 09:30 – 09:50: Patient-Centered Headache Questioning Sarkhan Amirguilev Sarkhan Amirguilev 🇦🇿
  • 09:50 – 10:10: Targeted and Accurate Examination Rahşan Karacı Rahşan Karacı 🇹🇷
  • 10:10 – 10:30: Effective and Correct Use of Diagnostic Tools Taoufik Alsaadi Taoufik Alsaadi 🇦🇪
  • 10:30 – 11:00: Q & A
11:30 – 12:30
💭 DEBATE: Are there any objective diagnostic tools beyond the patient’s subjective expression?
Moderators: Messoud Ashina, Fusun Mayda Domac
  • YES: Francesca Puledda Francesca Puledda 🇬🇧
  • NO: Esme Ekizoğlu Esme Ekizoğlu 🇹🇷
12:30 – 13:30
🍽️ LUNCH BREAK
13:30 – 14:15
🔬 SATELLITE SYMPOSIUM – PFIZER
An effective and safe solution for migraine treatment with Nurtec Pfizer
  • 13:30–13:40 Migraine GAPs, Diagnosis, Identification and Guidelines – Aynur Özge
  • 13:40–14:00 Real life experience with Rimegepant for Acute and Episodic Migraine Treatment – Amr Hassan
  • 14:00–14:15 Real life experience with Rimegepant for Preventive Management – Toufic Alsaadi
14:15 – 16:00
Personalized and Effective Treatment in Migraine
Chairs: Derya Uludüz, Amr Hassan
  • 14:15 – 14:30: Acute Treatment Amr Hassan Amr Hassan 🇪🇬
  • 14:30 – 14:45: Medical Prophylaxis Teshamae Monteith Teshamae Monteith 🇺🇸 (Online)
  • 14:45 – 15:15: Interventional Management Derya Uludüz Derya Uludüz 🇹🇷
  • 15:15 – 15:30: Mechanism-Based Treatments Pınar Yalınay Dikmen Pınar Yalınay Dikmen 🇹🇷
  • 15:30 – 16:00: Q & A
16:30 – 17:15
🔬 SATELLITE SYMPOSIUM – TEVA
Current Advances in Migraine Treatment: AJOVY®
  • 16:30–16:35 Opening – Dr. Aynur Özge, Dr. Messoud Ashina
  • 16:35–16:50 Fremanezumab in Migraine Treatment – Phase 3 Studies Moderator: Dr. Messoud Ashina | Speaker: Dr. Aynur Özge
  • 16:50–17:05 Fremanezumab in Migraine Treatment – Clinical Experience Moderator: Dr. Aynur Özge | Speaker: Dr. Messoud Ashina
  • 17:05–17:15 Q&A
17:30 – 18:00
🎯 Slido Quiz & Winner Announcement
Derya Uludüz Derya Uludüz 🇹🇷
📍 Room B – Parallel Sessions

📊 Oral Presentations – Day 2

Chairs: Füsun Mayda Domaç, Samiye Ulutaş 🇹🇷
16:00 – 17:30
OP-15
DIAGNOSTIC VALUE OF FIBRINOGEN ALBUMIN RATIO IN MIGRAINE ATTACKS
Derya Bayrak
OP-16
HEADACHE CAUSED BY MONONUCLEOSIS INFECTION
Samira Mammadova
OP-17
IS THERE A RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN HEADACHE AND PSYCHIATRIC COMORBIDITIES IN MYASTHENIA GRAVIS?
Tuğba Eyigürbüz
OP-18
TRANSITION OF HEADACHE CHARACTERISTICS FROM CHILDHOOD TO ADULTHOOD
Tugba Cankay
OP-19
DATA-DRIVEN CLASSIFICATION OF PRIMARY AND SECONDARY HEADACHES USING CLINICAL VARIABLES
Merve Ceren Akgor
OP-20
DO CHRONIC INFLAMMATORY DISEASES PREDISPOSE TO IDIOPATHIC INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION?
Fatma Yılmaz Can
OP-21
A CASE OF PAINFUL OPHTHALMOPLEGIC NEUROPATHY
Beste Dağdeviren Boz
OP-22
DIPLOPIA AND HEADACHE: CLINICAL CORRELATIONS AND DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH
Ozlem Kesim Şahin
OP-23
BILATERAL AVASCULAR NECROSIS FOLLOWING COVID-19 TREATMENT
Mesut Bakır
OP-24
THE UNSOLVED MYSTERY OF TRIGEMINAL AUTONOMIC CEPHALALGIAS
Tuba Cerrahoğlu Şirin
OP-25
CERVICAL EPIDURAL BLOOD PATCH FOR SPONTANEOUS CSF LEAKS: TWO CASE REPORTS
Mesut Bakır
OP-26
IDIOPATHIC INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION WITHOUT PAPILLEDEMA (IIHWOP)
Batuhan Tezer
OP-27
MECHANICAL PROPERTIES OF THE TRAPEZIUS MUSCLE IN CHRONIC NECK PAIN
Duru Ceren Yavuz
OP-28
COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF CORTICAL INTERACTIONS IN HEADACHE SYNDROMES
Pamir Baştin
OP-29
RARE BUT CRITICAL: INDOMETHACIN-RESPONSIVE HEADACHE
Tural Talıbov
📅 19 October 2025
09:30 – 11:00
Latest Developments in the Treatment of Non-Migraine Headaches
Chairs: Esme Ekizoğlu, Mansoureh Togha
  • 09:30 – 09:50: TACs Esme Ekizoğlu Esme Ekizoğlu 🇹🇷
  • 09:50 – 10:10: Neuralgias Mansoureh Togha Mansoureh Togha 🇮🇷
  • 10:10 – 10:30: Intracranial Hypo/Hypertension Mona Hussein Mona Hussein 🇪🇬
  • 10:30 – 10:50: Headache in Children and Adolescents Gülen Güler Gülen Güler 🇹🇷
  • 10:50 – 11:00: Q & A
11:00 – 11:45
🔬 SATELLITE SYMPOSIUM – ORGANON (Lilly İlaç)
Galcanezumab Türkiye Experience and Real-World Data Studies Moderator: Derya Uludüz Speaker: Pınar Yalınay Dikmen
11:45 – 13:00
Multidisciplinary Teams in Headache Management and their Contributions
Chairs: Gülen Güler, Nil Tekin
  • 11:45 – 12:00: Nurse Esen Akdeniz Esen Akdeniz 🇹🇷
  • 12:00 – 12:15: Psychologist Gülen Güler Gülen Güler 🇹🇷
  • 12:15 – 12:45: Physiotherapist Reyhan Özgöbek Reyhan Özgöbek 🇹🇷
  • 12:45 – 13:00: Family Physicians Nil Tekin Nil Tekin 🇹🇷
🎯 Slido Quiz & Winner Announcement
Aynur Özge Aynur Özge 🇹🇷
13:00 – 13:30
🎊 CLOSING CEREMONY