Scientific Program

17 October 2025

09:00 – 09:30 – Opening Ceremony 09:30 – 11:00 – PANEL 1: A Conceptual Framework for Headache

• 09:30 – 09:50: CSD: Myths or Truth? – Hayrunnisa Bolay 🇹🇷
• 09:50 – 10:10: Pain matrix and functional brain networks – Hülya Karataş 🇹🇷
• 10:10 – 10:30: What is the importance of trigeminocervical complex and peripheral structures in interventional headache practice? – Fayyaz Ahmed 🇬🇧
• 10:30 – 11:00: Q & A

11:30 – 12:30 – PANEL 2: Integrative Approach to Headache Treatment

• 11:30 – 11:50: The role of Neuropeptides in the pathogenesis of primary headaches – Messoud Ashina 🇩🇰
• 11:50 – 12:10: Lifestyle and Migraine – Antoinette Maassen van den Brink 🇳🇱
• 12:10 – 12:30: Q & A

13:00 – 13:30 – Planning Headache Research

• 13:00 – 13:15: What kind of study could I plan for headache research? – Betül Baykan 🇹🇷
• 13:15 – 13:30: What is the contribution of statisticians to effective headache research? – Bahar Taşdelen 🇹🇷

14:30 – 16:30 – Interventional Procedures in Headache Management

• • Station 1: Headache Anatomy for interventions – Tuba Cerrahoğlu Şirin 🇹🇷
  • Station 2: Which Procedure for which cases?- – Samiye Ulutaş 🇹🇷
  • Station 3: Introduction to drugs and equipmentt – Zeynep Tuncer 🇹🇷
  • Station 4: Preparing the Injection for the Selected Procedure – Fidan Marufoğlu Baykal 🇹🇷
  • Station 5: Botox- 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 17:15 – 17:45 – Slido Quiz & Winner Announcement – Hayrunnisa Bolay 🇹🇷 16:00 – 17:30: Oral Presentations – Füsun Mayda Domaç 🇹🇷, Samiye Ulutaş 🇹🇷

Room B:

18 October 2025

09:30 – 11:00 – From Symptom to Diagnosis in Headache

• • • 09:30 – 09:50: Patient-Centered Headache Questioning – Sarkhan Amirguilev 🇦🇿
    • 09:50 – 10:10: Targeted and Accurate Examination – Rahşan Karacı 🇹🇷
    • 10:10 – 10:30: Effective and Correct Use of Diagnostic Tools – Taoufik Alsaadi 🇦🇪
    • 10:30 – 11:00: Q & A

11:30 – 12:30 – Are there any objective diagnostic tools beyond the patient’s subjective expression?

• • • YES: Francesca Puledda 🇬🇧
    • NO: Doğa Vurallı 🇹🇷

14:15 – 16:00 – Personalized and Effective Treatment in Migraine

• • • 14:15 – 14:30: Acute Treatment – Amr Hassan 🇪🇬
    • 14:30 – 14:45: Medical Prophylaxis – Teshamae Monteith 🇺🇸 (Online)
    • 14:45 – 15:15: Interventional Management – Derya Uludüz 🇹🇷
    • 15:15 – 15:30: Mechanism-Based Treatments – Pınar Yalınay Dikmen 🇹🇷
    • 15:30 – 16:00: Q & A

16:45 – 17:30 – Slido Quiz & Winner Announcement – Derya Uludüz 🇹🇷

19 October 2025

09:30 – 11:00 – Latest Developments in the Treatment of Non-Migraine Headaches

• • • 09:30 – 09:50: TACs – Esme Ekizoğlu 🇹🇷
    • 09:50 – 10:10: Neuralgias – Mansoureh Togha 🇮🇷
    • 10:10 – 10:30: Intracranial Hypo/Hypertension – Mona Hussein 🇪🇬
    • 10:30 – 10:50: Headache in Children and Adolescents – Gülen Güler 🇹🇷
    • 10:50 – 11:00: Q & A

11:30 – 13:00 – Multidisciplinary Teams in Headache Management and their Contributions

• • • 11:30 – 11:45: Nurse – Esen Akdeniz 🇹🇷
    • 11:45 – 12:00: Psychologist – Gülen Güler 🇹🇷
    • 12:00 – 12:30: Physiotherapist – Reyhan Özgöbek 🇹🇷
    • 12:30 – 13:00: Family Physicians – Nil Tekin 🇹🇷

13:00 – 13:30 – Slido Quiz & Winner Announcement – Aynur Özge 🇹🇷

13:30 – 14:00 – Closing Ceremony

PARALLEL SESSION:

• 11:30 – 13:00 Patient Day (in Turkish) – Meet the Experts