Dawn Marcus graduated from the State University of New York at Syracuse medical school in 1986. She completed a neurology residency at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center and is a diplomate of the American Board of Neurology and Psychiatry. Since 1990, she has been a faculty member at the University of Pittsburgh medical center, and is currently an associate professor in the Department of Anesthesiology. She has treated patients with a variety of chronic pain complaints at the Pain Evaluation and Treatment Institute at the University of Pittsburgh. She is also the Director of Research at the Multidisciplinary Headache Clinic.
Dr. Marcus has authored over 100 articles on the topics of chronic pain and headache, and has given numerous training sessions and invited lectures on the topics of chronic pain and headache in the United States and internationally. She has also been the principal investigator on research projects investigating pain epidemiology, pathology, treatment, and women’s issues that have been funded by regional or national sources. She has also authored 4 books on chronic pain and migraine, including 3 books for practicing primary care clinicians (Migraine in Women, Chronic Pain: A Primary Care Guide to Practical Management, and Headache and Chronic Pain Syndromes: The Case-based Guide to Targeted Assessment and Treatment) and one for patients (10 Simple Solutions to Migraine). Dr. Marcus won the 2007 Excellence in Media Award from the National Headache Foundation for her book, 10 Simple Solutions to Migraine. She will have the second edition of her chronic pain book published in 2008, along with two other new medical books.
