Gisela Terwindt
Gisela Terwindt is professor of Neurology, in particular paroxysmal brain disorders, at the
department of Neurology of the Leiden University Medical Centre (LUMC). She is director of
the Leiden Headache Center and deputy head of the Neurology department. She is chair of
the International Headache Society (IHS) Clinical Guideline Committee and the Women’s
Leadership Forum. In addition she is board member and chair of the Scientific Committee
the Dutch Headache Society. She is (co)chair of the Headache Treatment guideline
Committee for the Dutch Neurology Society, and was committee member for the
International Headache Classification, and board member of the IHS. She has published ≈350
scientific papers and book chapters on headache, migraine, and hereditary neurovascular
syndromes. She received a prestigious personal grant from the Dutch Research Council
(VIDI).
