Nina Riggins, MD, PhD, FAAN, FAHS, FANA is a Board-certified Neurologist at the Headache
Center of Excellence (HCoE), VA Palo Alto, California. She is a UCNS certified Headache
Specialist. Dr Riggins is a member of UCNS headache medicine examination committee. She
completed her clinical neurophysiology fellowship at the State University of New York, Buffalo
and headache medicine fellowship at the University California, San Francisco. She then
progressed in her professional career to the associate professor at the UCSF and then at the
UCSD. She led Headache center at the UCSD and Headache Center at The Neuron Clinic in
San Diego. Her research and publications are centered around new treatment options for
patients with primary and secondary headache disorders. She is a Social Media editor of the
International Headache Society Journals, Cephalalgia and Cephalalgia Reports.
Dr Riggins is a Vice Chair of the American Academy of Neurology Headache & Facial Pain
Section and Co-Chair of the First Contact Program of American Headache Society. She is a
Chair of the Women’s Health Special Interest Group at the American Headache Society. Dr Riggins is a Chair of the Headache and Pain Section, ANA.