HEADquarters Migraine Management was founded by Dr. Christina Peterson to fill the need for migraine education
and awareness.
Christina Peterson, M.D. has been
in the private practice of neurology since 1986 in the
Portland, OR, area, and is presently medical director of The Oregon
Headache Clinic, providing diagnostic expertise and partnering
with patients to explore traditional and alternative solutions to their
headaches in a patient-centered setting. Dr. Peterson is
active in the local county and state medical societies, serving on the
board of trustees of both. She is also a member of the
National Headache Foundation, The American Headache Society, and the
International Headache Society. Dr. Peterson is a reviewer
for the journal Headache, and occasionally participates in drug studies. She speaks frequently on the subject of migraine
and other headaches to hospitals, employers, physicians, and nurses.
Dr. Peterson was initially educated as an R.N., and
worked for seven years as a critical care nurse in Southern
California while completing pre-medical studies at UCLA and California
State University at Long Beach. She attended medical school
at the University of Southern California, graduating in 1982, and
completed a general medicine internship at the Huntington Memorial
Hospital in Pasadena, CA. She received her neurology training at the
Oregon Health Sciences University in Portland, Oregon.
