About
Dr. Olivia Begasse de Dhaem is a dual board-certified neurologist and headache specialist, and the Founder and Medical Director of the Institute for Headache and Brain Health in Stamford, Connecticut. Dedicated to compassionate, individualized and evidence-based care, she founded her practice to focus on both comprehensive headache management and preventive brain health.
Born in Belgium and raised in France, Dr. Begasse de Dhaem moved to New York to attend Fordham University, where she graduated as Salutatorian with majors in Mathematics and Biological Sciences. She earned her MD from Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, completed her internship at NYU and her neurology residency at Columbia University and NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital, and went on to complete her Headache Medicine Fellowship at Harvard Medical School's Brigham and Women's Hospital and Massachusetts General Hospital. Before opening her practice, she cared for patients across Connecticut at Stamford Health and Hartford HealthCare.
Beyond the clinic, Dr. Begasse de Dhaem is a prolific author and global patient advocate working to expand access to care and dismantle the stigma surrounding neurological disorders. She chairs the American Headache Society's Advocacy Committee, is Vice-Chair of the Global Patient Advocacy Coalition for Headache, and serves on the board of The Headache Alliance, as well as on key committees for the American Academy of Neurology, the World Federation of Neurology and the International Headache Society. She is co-editor of the book Headache: What Do I Do Now? and Executive Editor of the journal Pain Medicine, and her research and public health writing have been featured in leading medical journals as well as Harvard Business Review, television, radio and international documentaries.
