Paul B. Rizzoli
Distinguished in Headache

Dr. Paul B. Rizzoli

Neurology
Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Brigham And Women's Faulkner Hospital, Graham Headache Center
1153 Centre Street, Suite 4H, 
Jamaica Plain, MA 

Distinguished in Headache
Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Brigham And Women's Faulkner Hospital, Graham Headache Center
1153 Centre Street, Suite 4H, 
Jamaica Plain, MA 
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Overview

Paul B. Rizzoli, MD is Chief of the Division of Headache and Pain, Department of Neurology. He is also Clinical Director of the John R. Graham Headache Center, Department of Neurology, at Brigham and Women’s Faulkner Hospital in Boston and previously served as director of the fellowship training program. He trained in Internal Medicine at Brown University/Roger Williams General Hospital and in Neurology at the Longwood Neurology Training Program at Brigham and Women’s Hospital.He maintained a private practice of adult neurology for fifteen years before coming to Brigham and Women’s Faulkner Hospital as Chief of Neurology in 1999 until transitioning to the Brigham and Women’s Department of Neurology at Brigham and Women’s Faulkner Hospital in September 2004. He is an Assistant Professor in Neurology at Harvard Medical School and is board certified in internal medicine, neurology and headache medicine.

Dr. Rizzoli is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Headache. His top areas of expertise are Migraine, Headache, Cluster Headache, and Migraine with Brainstem Aura.

His clinical research consists of co-authoring 55 peer reviewed articles and participating in 1 clinical trial. MediFind looks at clinical research from the past 15 years. In particular, he has co-authored 22 articles and participated in 1 clinical trial in the study of Headache.

Graduate Institution
George Washington Medical Center, 1978
Residency
Roger Williams General Hospital, 1979 - 1981
Specialties
Neurology
Licenses
Psychiatry & Neurology in MA
Board Certifications
Internal Medicine
Neurology
Hospital Affiliations
Brigham And Women's Faulkner Hospital
Languages Spoken
English
Gender
Male
Awards
Boston Magazine Top Doctor
2022
Castle Connolly America's Top Doctors
2022

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Locations

Brigham and Women's Faulkner Hospital, Graham Headache Center
1153 Centre Street, Suite 4H, Jamaica Plain, MA 02130
Call: 617-983-7580

Additional Areas of Focus

Dr. Rizzoli has provided the following conditions as areas of focus. Please note that we may not have enough data to validate their experience in some of these conditions.

Migraine
Headache

Clinical Research

Clinical research consists of overseeing clinical studies of patients undergoing new treatments and therapies, and publishing articles in peer reviewed medical journals. Providers who actively participate in clinical research are generally at the forefront of the fields and aware of the most up-to-date advances in treatments for their patients.


1 Clinical Trials

Spectacle Tints and Thin-Films to Reduce Headache Frequency in Patients With Chronic Migraine
Spectacle Tints and Thin-Films to Reduce Headache Frequency in Patients With Chronic Migraine
Enrollment Status: Terminated
Publish Date: November 29, 2022
Intervention Type: Device
Study Phase: Not Applicable

55 Total Publications

Medication-Overuse Headache.
Medication-Overuse Headache.
Journal: Continuum (Minneapolis, Minn.)
Published: April 03, 2024
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