Help For Headaches

Nova Scotia

IWK Grace Health Centre

Address:

5850/5980 University Ave., P.O. Box 9700
Halifax, Nova Scotia
B3K 6R8

Contact Info:

Tel: 1-888-470-5888 (toll free)

1-902-470-5888 (local)

R. Allan Purdy, MD, FRCPC, FACP, FAHS

Dalhousie University (Division of Neurology)

Address:

Queen Elizabeth Health Sciences Centre
Halifax, Nova Scotia
B3H 3A7

Contact Info:

Tel: 902-473-2132

Pain Management Unit (referral needed) | Fax: 902-473-4438 | Most Halifax neurologists see patients with headache. Dr. Allan Purdy, has a special interest in migraine, and does see patients in consultation with migraine or headache on referral from their doctor. There is a comprehensive Pain Management Unit at the Queen Elizabeth Health Sciences Center in Halifax where some patients with intractible migraine are seen on referral. Pediatricpatients with migraine or chronic headache are seen by the neurologists at the IWK - Grace Health Sciences Centre in Halifax, upon referral.

These specialists are seen upon referral from a physician and are not to be contacted by patients directly.

National Headache enquiries should go to Canadian Headache Society

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Help for Headaches: A Canadian Non-Profit Organization

Entering into its 25th year of service, our organization is committed to delivering you the most accurate information regarding migraines and their treatments.

Teaching people with migraine about what they need to know in order to better self-manage their condition.
A collaboration between researchers, patients and physicians
Education can lead to effective self-management and improve your quality of life
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Read about our organization here

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