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Faculty - Gretchen E. Tietjen, M.D.

Professor and Chair of Neurology
Director of MUO Headache Treatment and Research Program
Director of the MUO Stroke Program
email: gretchen.tietjen@utoledo.edu


SPECIAL INTERESTS

Cerebrovascular Diseases in the young
Migraine as a stroke risk factor
Migraine and estrogen
Antiphospholipid antibodies
Von Willebrand Factor
Thrombolytic therapy in stroke

EDUCATION

Undergraduate:
University of Michigan, 1974-1978, B.S.

M.D.:
University of Michigan Medical School, 1980-84.
University of Freiburg, Freiburg, West Germany 1978-1979

Medicine Residency:
Department of Internal Medicine, Associated Hospitals Program, University of Rochester, Rochester, New York, 1984-86.

Neurology Residency:
Department of Neurology, University of Michigan Medical Center, Ann Arbor, Michigan, 1986-89.

Fellowship:
Department of Neurology, Center for Stroke Research, Henry Ford Health System, Detroit, Michigan, 1989-1991.

PROFESSIONAL APPOINTMENTS

Senior Staff: Henry Ford Health Sciences Center, Neurology, 1991-1996
Associate Professor: Medical College of Ohio, Neurology, 1996-2001
Professor Medical College of Ohio, Neurology, 2002
Chair of Neurology Medical College of Ohio, Neurology, 2000
CERTIFICATIONS
American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, 1990

SOCIETY MEMBERSHIPS

American Academy of Neurology, 1988
      Executive Board Member, Section on Headache and Facial Pain, 2000

American Headache Society, 1995-
      Executive Board Member, 2002
      Chairman, Section on Women's Issues in Headache, 2001-2003
      Secretary, Section on Women's Issues in Headache, 1999-2001

American Heart Association Stroke Council, 1990-
      Chairman Operation Stroke for Toledo Area, 2001

Ohio Headache Association, 1997-
      Executive Board Member, 1999

Association of University Professors of Neurology, 1997
      Chairman of Undergraduate Education Subcommittee, 2003

International Headache Society, 1993-

National Stroke Association, 1996-

AWARDS

       Dean's Award Excellence in Teaching, Medical College of Ohio-2001

       The Association of University Professors of Neurology Award for outstanding success in
              encouraging students to elect careers in Neurology-2001

       Hedwig von Ameringen Executive Leadership in Academic Medicine for Women
              Fellowship 2000-2001

       Listed in Best Doctors in America 1995, 1999, 2002

       National Stroke Association Fellowship for Stroke Research, 1992

       Jacob Javits Fellowship for Stroke Research, NIH 1989-1990

EDITORIAL

Editorial Board Member, Headache, 2001-
Assistant Editor, Cephalalgia, 1993-1998
Ad Hoc Reviewer:
       Neurology
       Stroke
       Archives of Neurology
       Journal of Stroke and Cerebrovascular Diseases
       European Journal of Neurology
       Archives of Internal Medicine
       Journal of Clinical Outcomes Management
       Southern Medical Journal
       Annals of Emergency Medicine
       Journal of Neurological Sciences

NATIONAL REVIEW PANEL

        National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, United States Department of Health and
              Human Services Performance and Safety monitoring Board, Division of Stroke and Trauma,
              Member, 1999-

REPRESENTATIVE PUBLICATIONS

Bruno A, McConnell JP, Mansbach HH, Cohen, SN, Tietjen GE, Wallis RA, Gorelik PB, Bang NU. Serial Urinary 11-dehydrothromboxane B2 Measurements in African Americans with Ischemic Stroke: Correlation with Aspirin Dose and Vascular Events.

Tietjen GE, Gottwald L, Al-Qasmi MM, Gunda P, Khuder S. Migraine is associated with livedo reticularis: a prospective study. Headache, 2002; 42:263-267

Tietjen GE, Al-Qasmi M, Shukair MS. Livedo reticularis and migraine: a marker for stroke risk? Headache, 2002;42:352-355

Bruno A, McConnell JP, Mansbach, HH III, Cohen SN, Tietjen GE, Bang NU. Aspirin dose and thromboxane metabolism in African American Stroke patients. Stroke 2002; 33:57-30.

Tietjen GE, Al-Qasmi MM, Athanas K, Dafer RM, Khuder SA. Increased von Willebrand factor in migraine. Neurology 2001;57:334-36.

Tietjen GE. Migraine and Oral Contraceptives. In: Stroke Prevention. Gorelick PB(ed). Parthenon Publishing. Lancaster UK. 2002;7:83-91.

Tietjen GE. The Relationship of Migraine and Stroke. Neuroepidemiology 2000;19:13-19.

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