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Robert P. Cowan, M.D.
Keeler Center
Cofounder and Medical Director |
Dr. Cowan is a neurologist with more than 20 years' experience
developing migraine management programs to help thousands of patients
reduce the severity and frequency of their attacks. He explains the program's success as follows:
"Unlike other clinics that care for chronic migraine sufferers, The Keeler Center focuses on the constant
and intimate interaction between patient care and laboratory research. In this respect, our program is truly
unique."
Personally and professionally, he knows migraine firsthand.
Dr. Cowan first got migraines in junior high and recalls missing school and athletic events, crying in a
darkened room and being taken to a psychiatrist. Even as a medical school student at the University of Southern California, he was
getting three migraines a week. Named Chief of the Headache Section in the Department of Neurology at USC in the mid-90s,
he left there in 2000 to focus all of his time and attention on the treatment of acute migraine sufferers. Today, Dr. Cowan gets only
several migraines a year and is an acknowledged, acclaimed migraine specialist.
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Michael G. Harrington, M.D.,
Keeler Center Cofounder
and HMRI Research Director |
Dr. Harrington directs the Molecular Neurology Program at Huntington Medical
Research Institutes. Prior to coming to HMRI, he was a senior scientist at California Institute of Technology.
He came to Pasadena from the National Institutes of Health (NIH)
where he developed the first test that identifies Mad Cow Disease.
Dr. Harrington's present research focuses on molecular analysis of spinal fluid to better understand
migraine, Alzheimer's disease, depression and other neurological diseases. He is an internationally recognized authority in the
field of proteomics. Dr. Harrington, like his close friend Dr. Cowan, is totally committed to finding the causes and best possible
treatments for migraine.
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Corinne Collins, RN, MN,
Family Nurse Practitioner
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Ms. Collins is a family nurse practitioner who comes to the Keeler Center with 10 years of
working in a family nurse setting. She graduated from the University of Washington with a BS in Nursing and from the
Family Nurse Practitioner Program at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) with an MS in Nursing.
She has always been interested in participating in research and is a major contributor to the team approach for treating migraines
that is used at the Keeler Center. Corinne's areas of specialization are Women's Health, Pediatrics and International Health.
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Suzanne K. Manning, RN,
Nurse Practitioner
Co-author of articles for
The International Journal of NPACE |
Ms. Manning, along with Ms. Collins, is the Keeler Center's focal point for headache patients' initial
examination and collaborates on treatment plans and follow-up actions. She received an Associate degree in Nursing from
Santa Barbara City College and a Master's in Nursing within the Gerontological Nurse Practitioner Program of the University
of California at San Francisco.
She is a certified Adult Nurse Practitioner, and has been a member of the California Coalition
of Nurse Practitioners and the American Nurses Association. She co-authored two articles on clinical excellence for nurse
practioners for The International Journal of NPACE. |
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