Headache Medicine Fellowship Program | Faculty | MedStar Health

Carrie O. Dougherty, MD

Program Director, Headache Fellowship
Attending Physician, Headache Center
Associate Professor, Department of Neurology

Specialty: neurology, headache
Medical School: Indiana University School of Medicine, 2008
Residency: McGaw Medical Center of Northwestern University, 2009; MedStar Georgetown University Hospital, 2012
Fellowship: Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, 2013
Certification: American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, 2012, United Council for Neurologic Subspecialties: Headache Medicine, 2014
Special Interests: management of headache disorders, Botox for chronic migraine, peripheral nerve blocks for headache

Jessica Ailani, MD

Director, MedStar Georgetown Headache Center
Professor, Department of Neurology

Specialty: neurology, headache
Medical School: State University of New York (SUNY) Stony Brook Medical School, 2004
Internship: Winthrop University Hospital, 2005
Residency: New York University, 2008
Fellowship: Headache, Thomas Jefferson University, 2009
Certification(s): American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, 2008, United Council for Neurologic Subspecialties: Headache Medicine, 2010
Special Interests: management of headache disorders, Botox for chronic migraine, peripheral nerve blocks for headache

Katherine Hamilton

Katherine Hamilton, MD

Specialty: neurology, headache medicine
Medical School: University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, 2018
Residency: University of California San Francisco, 2017
Fellowship: Montefiore Medical Center, 2018