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Robert Smith, MD, founder of the UC Headache Center  
Robert Smith, MD
Specialty: Family Medicine
Sub-Specialty: Headache, Type 2 Diabetes
Department: Family Medicine
Title: Professor Emeritus
Phone: (513) 558-0769, (513) 558-1430
E-mail: robert.smith@fammed.uc.edu

Education/Credentials:

MD (equivalent) Trinity College, Dublin University in Ireland
Founder of the National Health Service family practice in Stanwell Middlesex England
Clinical Research Unit (pain research), Welcome Foundation, London



Interest:

Type 2 Diabetes
Genome Research
Headache Prevention and Treatment


Current Research:

How a single gene in the human body may determine whether a patient with type 2 diabetes will respond favorably to anti-diabetic drugs.


Study of undiagnosed headaches in family practice and developing a program in Family Medicine genomics.


Recent Awards/Honors:

Migraine Trust Lecture at 25th anniversary of Trust
Royal Society of Medicine Albert Wander Lecture
Royal College of General Practitioners International Prize for general practice research
Cincinnati Academy of Medicine Award for contributions to family medicine
Commendation by the State of Ohio Senate
Honored at 43rd annual meeting of Ohio Academy Family Physicians


Selected Publications:

"Headache in the Elderly." Chapter in Headache (American College of Physicians Series), Editors: Loder E, Martin V. 2005


 
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