Dr. Uri Napchan, MD

Practice names

• Brain Wellness MD

Board certifications

• American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology
• Neurology (American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology)
• Pain Medicine (American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology)

Education and training

• Medical School - Universidad Central del Caribe School of Medicine
• Drexel University (Residency)
• Louisiana State University, Fellowship in Pain Medicine
• Montefiore Headache Center, Fellowship in Headache and Facial Pain

Awards and publications

• Bevilaqua-Grossi D, Lipton RB, Napchan U, Grosberg B, Ashina S, Bigal ME. Temporomandibular disorders and cutaneous allodynia are associated in individuals with migraine. Cephalalgia. 2009 Jul 9. Robbins MS, Tarshish S, Napchan U, Grosberg BM . Images from headache: atypical cluster headache secondary to giant meningioma. Headache. 2009 Jul;49(7):1052-3. Robbins MS, Grosberg BM, Napchan U, Crystal SC, Lipton RB. Clinical and prognostic subforms of new daily-persistent headache. Neurology. 2010 Apr 27;74(17):1358-64. Erratum in: Neurology. 2010 Nov 2;75(18):1660. Blumenfeld A, Ashkenazi A, Grosberg B, Napchan U, Narouze S, Nett B, DePalma T, Rosenthal B, Tepper S, Lipton RB. Patterns of use of peripheral nerve blocks and trigger point injections among headache practitioners in the USA: results of the American Headache Society Interventional Procedure Survey (AHS-IPS). Headache 2010 June; 50(6): 937-942. Books, Chapters in Books, and Review Articles Napchan U., Bigal, M.E., Lipton, R.B. Finding the Right Fit in Migraine Classification. Practical Neurology 7(2), 2008. Napchan U. Tension-type Headache: diagnosis and subtypes. In: Lipton R, Robbins M, Grosberg BM, eds. Neurology in Practice: Headache. Wiley-Blackwell October 2013. Napchan U. Hemicrania Continua. In: Lipton R, Robbins M, Grosberg BM, eds. Neurology in Practice: Headache. Wiley-Blackwell October 2013. Abstracts, Letters, and Scientific Presentations Napchan U. Toxic Leukoencephalopathy Secondary to Pica with Paradichlorobenzene Mothball Ingestion, Case Report. Presented at the Annual Residency Research Project, Drexel University College of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, 2004. Napchan U. Carotid Stenting: Outcome and Complications in the First 24 Hours Post Procedure. Annual Residency Research Project, Drexel University College of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, 2005. Napchan U. Hemodynamic Changes After Right and Left Carotid Angioplasty and Stenting. Annual Residency Research Project, Drexel University College of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, 2006. Napchan U. Thomas CE ,Yanoschak JL, Koenigsberg RA, McCormick D. Carotid Stenting: Influence of Aggressive Hemodynamic Management on the Incidence of Ischemic Stroke in the First 24 Hours. Abstract presented at the International Stroke Conference, Orlando, FL, 2006. Napchan, U., Lipton, R.B., Grosberg, B., et al. Clinical features and disability of migraine and probable migraine by age. Neurology 70(1):A300, 2008. Presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Neurology, April 16, 2008. Grosberg B.M, Napchan U. Bryson J. Lipton R.B., Solomon S. Pharmacologic dissociation of headache and aura in hemicrania continua with persistent visual aura. Presented at the 50 th Annual Scientific Meeting of the American Headache Society, June 2008. Robbins MS, Grosberg BM, Napchan U, Tarshish S, Lipton RB. Prognosis in new daily persistent headache: persistent, remitting, and relapsing-remitting subforms. Presented at the 14 th International Headache Congress Meeting, September 2009. Robbins MS, Grosberg BM, Napchan U, Tarshish S, Lipton RB. Classification of abrupt onset chronic daily headache (CDH): revised criteria for new daily persistent headache (NDPH). Presented at the 14 th International Headache Congress Meeting, September 2009. Tarshish S, Robbins MS, Napchan U, Dawn Buse, Grosberg BM. Prophylaxis of new daily persistent headache (NDPH): response to clonazepam. Presented at the 14 th International Headache Congress Meeting, September 2009. Grosberg BM, Pavlovic J, Robbins MS, Napchan U, Solomon S, Lipton RB. Posttraumatic and postsurgical nummular headache. Presented at the meeting of the American Academy of Neurology 2010, the 51 st Annual Scientific Meeting of the American Headache Society, June 2010 and the 2nd European Headache and Migraine Trust International Congress (EHMTIC), 2010. Robbins MS, Grosberg BM, Napchan U, Crystal S, Lipton RB. Onset and potential factors in new daily persistent headache. Presented at the meeting of the American Academy of Neurology 2010. Lettich A, Markowitz S, Robbins M, Napchan U, Grosberg B, Lipton R. Does the presence of cutaneous allodynia in hemicrania continua predict a favorable treatment response to indomethacin? Presented at the 51 st Annual Scientific Meeting of the American Headache Society, June 2010 and the 2 nd European Headache and Migraine Trust International Congress (EHMTIC), 2010. Robbins MS, Lipton RB, Buse DC, Napchan U, Crystal SC, Grosberg BM. Greater occipital nerve blockade with lidocaine in pregnant migraine patients. Presented at the 2 nd European Headache and Migraine Trust International Congress (EHMTIC), 2010.

Languages spoken

• English

Provider's gender

Male

NPI number

1710045844