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The American Interventional Headache Society™ (AIHS) is the first and only organization of its kind that is dedicated to promoting and advancing education, research, and innovations in multimodal interventional management for head, neck, and orofacial pain.

AIHS is a national professional organization of physicians, dentist, health care professionals and scientists dedicated to raise awareness and advancing interventional headache management. Educating physicians, dentists, health care professionals and the headache community as well as supporting innovations and clinical research are the primary objectives of AHS.

Benefits of Becoming a Member

Discounts

Receive substantial discounts for the meetings and workshops. Pioneers in the field will provide evidence-based education courses and hands-on workshops.

Members Only Access on AIHS Website

LIFETIME access to the Members Only area of the AIHS website, including access to; full-text articles and speakers’ presentations; media gallery; up to date innovative techniques, patient education resources, and much more.

Free Electronic Book

Members will get a free electronic copy of the book “Ultrasound Guidance for Interventional Management of Cervical Pain Syndromes: An anatomical and clinical study”.

Automatic Newsletter Subscription

AIHS newsletter keeps members up to date with the latest developments and innovations in field.

Access To Annals of Headache Medicine Journal

Annals of Headache Medicine Journal contains peer-reviewed scientific and clinical studies to advance the understanding and clinical application of multimodal interventional therapies for head, neck, and orofacial pain.

Committees

You will have the opportunity to influence the future of AIHS and the shape the field of interventional headache through participation on various AIHS Committees.

Education & Training

One of the main goals of AIHS is supporting clinicians and health care providers with professional development, and credentialing needs by offering a range of CME accredited educational offerings with extensive opportunities for hands-on practice.

AIHS courses and workshops will cover:

  • How to establish an in-patient headache service?
  • How to establish an out-patient infusion therapy unit for headaches?
  • How to establish Interventional headache program? and how to incorporate into your daily practice various procedures for head, neck, and orofacial pain?
  • Appropriate documentations and billing
  • Surface landmarks blocks, Ultrasound guided injections, fluoroscopy-guided injections.
  • Head and face procedures: Trigger point Injections, Peripheral Nerve blocks, Occipital nerve block, Trigeminal nerve block, Vagal nerve block, Glossopharyngeal nerve block, Sphenopalatine ganglionblock and radiofrequency ablation, Gasserian ganglion block and radiofrequency ablation, IV infusion therapy for intractable headaches, Botulinium toxin injection and headaches, Epidural blood patch
  • Neck procedures: Cervical facet nerve block, Cervical facet nerve radiofrequency ablation, Atlanto-occipital and atlanto-axial joint injections, Cervical facet intra-articular injections, Cervical epidural steroid injections, Cervical nerve root injections
  • Neuromodulation and Innovative approaches: Occipital nerve stimulation for head pain, Sphenopalatine stimulation, Cervical spinal cord stimulation for neck pain and cervicogenic headache, High frequency stimulation, Cranial electromagnetic stimulation, Deep brain and motor cortex stimulation for head and face pain, Intrathecal medications and intrathecal pumps for intractable head and neck pain.

Join AIHS Today

Active Member

$100/Lifetime

  • Restricted to physicians (MD, DO, or equivalent) & dentists (DMD, DDS or equivalent)
  • Have an interest in head pain, neck pain and orofacial pain
  • Must include a copy of a medical certificate, valid current license, or proof of degree
  • May vote, serve on committees, or hold office

Affiliate Members

$75/Lifetime

  • For nurses, physician assistants, pharmacists, and health care professionals
  • Have an interest in head pain, neck pain and orofacial pain
  • Must include a copy of their current license appropriate to their field
  • No voting privileges and election to the board but may serve on different committees

Trainee Members

$50/Lifetime

  • For health care professionals enrolled in graduate or post-graduate programs
  • Have an interest in head pain, neck pain and orofacial pain
  • Must include a letter of verification of active training from their institution or program director
  • No voting privileges and election to the board but may serve on different committees

Retiree Membership - $50

Retired members are former "Active Members" who are no longer in the active practice of medicine. To be eligible for Retired Membership, an individual must request Retired status, in writing by emailing us at info@interventionalheadache.net.

International Membership - $50

International members are physicians who are actively engaged in the practice of medicine and who reside outside of the United States, or Canada. To be join, click here.