Editor Name: Muttamthottil Varghese Francis
Designation: Chief Consultant
University: Teresa Eye and Migraine Centre
Country: India
Biography: Muttamthottil Varghese Francis is having 29 years of clinical research experience in PERIORBITAL HEADACHES , HEADACHES IN GENERAL MIGRAINEAND PEDIATRIC MIGRAINE , VISUAL AURAS , TAC, NEUROIMAGING andNeuroophthalmology . 7 international travel awards ( American headache society presidents travel award ( 2001) / International headache society travel award ( 2002) etc ) and 46 international research abstracts( largest from India) on migraine and related disorders. Bursary award by British headache society and European headache federation and fellowship training in headache at Trinity , Cambridge in 2001. Treasurer Indian Headache Society . Modified pediatric migraine diagnostic criteria in London in 2002 ( Platform presentation - Migraine Trust International Symposium ) . Presented 8abstracts( 3 platform and 5 posters ) in 2004 in the International pediatric headache congress in Vienna. Proposed a new definition of pediatric migraine in Brisbain in 2012 and in Boston IHC in 2013. Chair of the special interest group on pediatric headache in the BrisbainChild neurology congress in 2012.One of the four core committee members and faculty in the first I H S Headache master school in INDIA( 2014) to train Indian neurologists .