Seymour Diamond, MD

Seymour Diamond, MD, is director emeritus and founder of the Diamond Headache Clinic, Chicago, Illinois. The Diamond Headache Clinic has been existence over 36 years and is the oldest and largest private facility dedicated to the diagnosis and management of headache. In 1980, Dr. Diamond established the Diamond Inpatient Headache Unit, which is now located at Saint Joseph Hospital, Chicago. He is also adjunct professor, Department of Cellular and Molecular Pharmacology, as well as clinical professor, Department of Family Medicine of the Chicago Medical School at Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science, North Chicago, Illinois; and, lecturer, Department of Family Medicine (Neurology), Loyola University Chicago/Stritch School of Medicine, Maywood, Illinois.

Dr. Diamond received his medical degree from the Chicago Medical School, from which he received the Distinguished Alumni Award in 1977. In November 2002, he received the President’s Award from the Chicago Medical School Alumni Association, of which he previously served on the Board of Governors.

Dr. Diamond has served as editor for 31 publications. In addition, he has published almost 500 articles in the professional literature. He has authored or coauthored over 73 books, including Diagnosing and Managing Migraine, 7th edition (2009); Headache Through the Ages (with Mary A. Franklin; 2005); Conquering Your Migraine (with Mary A. Franklin; 2001); and, Headache and Your Child (with Amy Diamond; 2001).

He has lectured extensively throughout the United States, Europe and Asia. In addition to holding more than 30 professional association offices in the past, Dr. Diamond currently serves as the executive chairperson of the National Headache Foundation, which he co-founded in 1970. Dr. Diamond received the National Migraine Foundation Lectureship Award in 1982, and in 1988, he was honored as the first recipient of the Migraine Trust Lectureship in London. In 1999, he received the Lifetime Achievement Award from the American Headache Society (formerly the American Association for the Study of Headache). Dr. Diamond served as executive director of AASH from 1975 through 1986. From 1980 through 1995, he served as executive officer of the World Federation of Neurology Research Group on Migraine and Headache.