Description
Objectives:
At the end of the session, participants will be able to;
1. Classify common headache and orofacial pain syndromes using a practical, mechanism-informed framework.
2. Recognize clinical features that guide appropriate use of neuroimaging and further evaluation.
3. Select evidence-based pharmacologic and nonpharmacologic treatment options for common headache types.
4. Integrate headache and orofacial pain presentations into a cohesive diagnostic and management strategy.
5. Develop a structured approach to managing patients with overlapping or chronic pain complaints.
Description:
Why should healthcare professionals update their knowledge about headache and facial pain? It’s because these conditions are highly prevalent, often disabling and require a holistic multidisciplinary approach for effective management.
Stanford physician Dr. Anuj Aggarwal will return to teach this webinar. As those of you who attended his chronic pain webinar last week know, he’s an excellent teacher and the webinar was one of the most highly rated of 2025.
In this webinar, you’ll learn how to differentiate the various types of headaches and facial pain, recognise symptoms that need immediate attention and when further diagnostic tools or Imaging is required; learn how to select evidence based pharmacologic and non-pharmacologic treatment options for various headaches, develop a cohesive interdisciplinary management strategy for headaches and determine how to manage patients with overlapping or chronic pain complaints.
Who Should Attend?:
• Primary Care Physicians and Nurses
• Nurse practitioners in stand alone clinics
• Medical-surgical, Pain clinic, Mental Health and Emergency nurses
• Multidisciplinary team members involved in headache care: PT’s OT’s Pharmacists and Dietitians
• Managers and educators
Anuj Aggarwal, M.D.
Anuj Aggarwal, M.D., is a practicing anesthesiologist and pain specialist at Stanford University. Originally from Southern California, Dr. Aggarwal completed his undergraduate degree in biology with honors at the University of Southern California and earned his medical degree with distinction from the University of California, San Francisco, where he also completed the Health Professions Education (HPE) advanced program. He completed his internship at Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital, followed by residency in Anesthesiology and fellowship in Pain Medicine at Stanford, where he has served on faculty since 2018. Dr. Aggarwal’s clinical and academic interests include perioperative pain, orofacial pain, and the history of medicine. He serves as Associate Program Director for the Pain Medicine Fellowship, Course Director for medical student pharmacology, and Associate Director for the Science of Medicine pre-clerkship curriculum. He is also part of Stanford’s E4C (Educators for Care) program, teaching clinical skills and reasoning while mentoring medical students throughout their training. Additionally, he remains active in anesthesia residency education through teaching, mentorship, and curriculum leadership.
