The 20 Best Headache Doctors Near Me in Mclean, VA

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Last Updated: 02/22/2026

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MediFind found 298 doctor with experience in Headache near Mclean, VA. Of these, 280 are Experienced, 15 are Advanced, 1 are Distinguished and 1 are Elite.

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    Elite in Headache
    Elite in Headache

    MedStar Health Headache Center At McLean

    1420 Beverly Rd Ste 300, 
    Mclean, VA 
     (0.8 miles away)
    Languages Spoken:
    English

    Jessica Ailani is a Neurologist in Mclean, Virginia. Dr. Ailani is rated as an Elite provider by MediFind in the treatment of Headache. Her top areas of expertise are Migraine, Headache, Migraine with Brainstem Aura, and Cluster Headache.

    Experienced in Headache
    Family Medicine
    Experienced in Headache
    Family Medicine

    William M Handy, MD PC

    389 Falls Dr NW, 
    Abingdon, VA 
     (2.9 miles away)
    Languages Spoken:
    English

    . Dr. Handy is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Headache. His top areas of expertise are Spinocerebellar Ataxia Type 10, Spinocerebellar Ataxia Type 20, Spinocerebellar Ataxia Type 2, and Spinocerebellar Ataxia Type 15.

    Jonathan Ross
    Experienced in Headache
    Experienced in Headache

    MidAtlantic Epilepsy & Sleep Center

    Bethesda, MD 
     (4.6 miles away)
    Languages Spoken:
    English
    Offers Telehealth

    Prior to joining the Mid-Atlantic Epilepsy and Sleep Center, Dr. Jonathan Ross was Director of The New England Epilepsy Institute, a division of New England Neurological Associates (NENA) in Lawrence, Massachusetts. He also served as head of the Neurology division at NENA. After graduating medical school in 1991, Dr. Ross completed postgraduate training at Harvard Medical School and Boston University School of Medicine, and also served as Teaching Fellow at Harvard and Boston University. Dr. Ross is an active member of the American Epilepsy Society, American Clinical Neurophysiology Society, Massachusetts Medical Society, and the American Academy of Neurology. Dr. Ross is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Headache. His top areas of expertise are Seizures, Memory Loss, Autosomal Dominant Partial Epilepsy with Auditory Features, and Benign Rolandic Epilepsy.

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    Common conditions include: Cluster Headache, New Daily Persistent Headache (NDPH), Tension Headache

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    Douglas A. Jones
    Experienced in Headache
    Experienced in Headache

    Sibley Memorial Hospital

    5255 Loughboro Road Northwest, 
    Washington, DC 
     (4.7 miles away)
    Languages Spoken:
    English

    Dr. Jones is a radiologist and currently serves as the Chief of Ultrasound at Sibley Memorial Hospital. He received his B.S. from Stanford University and Medical degree from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He completed a diagnostic residency at the National Naval Medical Center, followed by a Cross-sectional Imaging fellowship at Georgetown University Hospital. Prior to joining Johns Hopkins, Dr. Jones was a staff radiologist at Suburban and Sibley Memorial Hospitals from 2004-2016. He serves as vice chairman of the Sibley Memorial Hospital Department of Radiology. Dr. Jones has subspecialty expertise in abdominal CT, MRI, ultrasound and image-guided biopsies. Dr. Jones is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Headache. His top areas of expertise are Collapsed Lung, Fecal Impaction, Pleurisy, and Pleural Effusion.

    Experienced in Headache
    Experienced in Headache

    VHC Health

    1701 N George Mason Dr, 
    Arlington, VA 
     (4.1 miles away)
    Languages Spoken:
    English

    Joseph Gorodenker is a Radiologist in Arlington, Virginia. Dr. Gorodenker is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Headache. His top areas of expertise are Stroke, Vertigo, Visceromegaly, and Pleural Effusion.

    Experienced in Headache
    Experienced in Headache

    VHC Health

    1701 N George Mason Dr, 
    Arlington, VA 
     (4.1 miles away)
    Languages Spoken:
    English

    Claude Raphael is a Radiologist in Arlington, Virginia. Dr. Raphael is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Headache. His top areas of expertise are Progressive Familial Intrahepatic Cholestasis Type 1, Progressive Familial Intrahepatic Cholestasis Type 3, Progressive Familial Intrahepatic Cholestasis Type 2, and Melorheostosis with Osteopoikilosis.

    Experienced in Headache
    Experienced in Headache

    VHC Health

    1701 N George Mason Dr, 
    Arlington, VA 
     (4.1 miles away)
    Languages Spoken:
    English

    Frederick Schwab is a Radiologist in Arlington, Virginia. Dr. Schwab is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Headache. His top areas of expertise are Chronic Cough, Vertigo, Diverticular Disease, and Pleural Effusion.

    Experienced in Headache
    Experienced in Headache

    VHC Health

    1701 N George Mason Dr, 
    Arlington, VA 
     (4.1 miles away)
    Languages Spoken:
    English

    Judith Kaplan is a Radiologist in Arlington, Virginia. Dr. Kaplan is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Headache. Her top areas of expertise are Melorheostosis, Melorheostosis with Osteopoikilosis, Osteopenia, and Gallbladder Disease.

    Experienced in Headache
    Experienced in Headache

    VHC Health

    1701 N George Mason Dr, 
    Arlington, VA 
     (4.1 miles away)
    Languages Spoken:
    English

    Ivan Petrovitch is a Radiologist in Arlington, Virginia. Dr. Petrovitch is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Headache. His top areas of expertise are Gallbladder Disease, Heart Failure with Preserved Ejection Fraction (HFpEF), Diverticular Disease, and Visceromegaly.

    Experienced in Headache
    Neuroradiology
    Experienced in Headache
    Neuroradiology

    VHC Health

    1701 N George Mason Dr, 
    Arlington, VA 
     (4.1 miles away)
    Languages Spoken:
    English

    George Kuo is a Neuroradiologist in Arlington, Virginia. Dr. Kuo is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Headache. His top areas of expertise are Baker Cyst, Diverticular Disease, Vertigo, and Tenosynovitis.

    Experienced in Headache
    Pain Medicine
    Experienced in Headache
    Pain Medicine

    Point Performance

    6400 Goldsboro Road, Suite 340, Suite 340, 
    Bethesda, MD 
     (4.6 miles away)
    Languages Spoken:
    English, Punjabi, Urdu
    Offers Telehealth

    Muhammad Majeed is a Pain Medicine provider in Bethesda, Maryland. Dr. Majeed is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Headache. His top areas of expertise are Chronic Pain, Hajdu-Cheney Syndrome, Hereditary Sensory and Autonomic Neuropathy Type 2, and Progeria.

    Experienced in Headache
    Experienced in Headache

    Washington Imaging Associates Of DC LLC

    3301 New Mexico Ave NW Ste 106, 
    Washington, DC 
     (4.7 miles away)
    Languages Spoken:
    English

    Edward Smith is a Radiologist in Washington, Washington, D.c.. Dr. Smith is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Headache. His top areas of expertise are Gallbladder Disease, Visceromegaly, Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease, and Melorheostosis.

    Experienced in Headache
    Experienced in Headache

    Foxhall Mri

    3301 New Mexico Ave NW Ste 106, 
    Washington, DC 
     (4.7 miles away)
    Languages Spoken:
    English

    Laura Robertson is a Radiologist in Washington, Washington, D.c.. Dr. Robertson is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Headache. Her top areas of expertise are Pleural Effusion, Vertigo, Pleurisy, and Headache.

    Experienced in Headache
    Experienced in Headache

    Fairfax Radiological Consultants

    2722 Merrilee Dr, 
    Fairfax, VA 
     (4.7 miles away)
    Languages Spoken:
    English

    Clifford Lader is a Radiologist in Fairfax, Virginia. Dr. Lader is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Headache. His top areas of expertise are Aseptic and Alopecic Nodules of Scalp (AANS), Chronic Rhinosinusitis with Nasal Polyps (CRSwNP), Headache, and Hydrocephalus.

    Experienced in Headache
    Experienced in Headache

    Ifrc LLC

    2722 Merrilee Dr, 
    Fairfax, VA 
     (4.7 miles away)
    Languages Spoken:
    English

    Lyndon Goodwin is a Radiologist in Fairfax, Virginia. Dr. Goodwin is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Headache. His top areas of expertise are Scoliosis and Headache.

    John F. Rothrock
    Distinguished in Headache
    Distinguished in Headache

    Inova Neurology - Fairfax

    8081 Innovation Park Dr, 900, 
    Fairfax, VA 
     (5.6 miles away)
    Languages Spoken:
    English
    Offers Telehealth

    Dr. John Rothrock is a specialty care physician board certified in neurology and vascular neurology at Inova Health System. He joined Inova in 2022 and has been practicing since 1984. Prior to joining Inova, Dr. Rothrock was Professor and Vice Chairman for George Washington University’s neurology department. He established and directed the University of California San Diego’s Stroke Research Center and Headache Research Center as well as the University of Alabama at Birmingham’s Headache Research Center. Dr. Rothrock also established centers for clinical research involving neurosciences at the University of South Alabama and the University of Nevada. In 2015, he established a research center for headache at George Washington University. Along with conducting epidemiologic research intended to better characterize various aspects of cerebrovascular disease and migraine, Dr. Rothrock and his colleagues have assisted in the development of such therapies as intravenous t-PA for acute stroke therapy; warfarin for stroke prevention in individuals with atrial fibrillation; clopidogrel for stroke prevention; self-injectable sumatriptan for acute migraine; and divalproex sodium, topiramate and onabotulinumtoxinA for migraine prophylaxis. Women's Health magazine and Men's Health magazine have distinguished him as one of the 20 best neurologists in America. Dr. Rothrock has published seven adult novels and three children's books. Dr. Rothrock is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Headache. His top areas of expertise are Migraine, Headache, Migraine with Brainstem Aura, and Transient Ischemic Attack (TIA).

    Advanced in Headache
    Advanced in Headache

    MedStar Health Headache Center At McLean

    1420 Beverly Rd Ste 300, 
    Mclean, VA 
     (0.8 miles away)
    Experience:
    18+ years
    Languages Spoken:
    English

    Carrie Dougherty is a Neurologist in Mclean, Virginia. Dr. Dougherty has been practicing medicine for over 18 years and is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Headache. Her top areas of expertise are Migraine, Headache, Migraine with Brainstem Aura, and Progressive Hemifacial Atrophy.

    Advanced in Headache
    Advanced in Headache
    7115 Leesburg Pike, 201, 
    Falls Church, VA 
     (2.8 miles away)
    Languages Spoken:
    English, Russian
    Offers Telehealth

    Natalia Kayloe is a Neurologist in Falls Church, Virginia. Dr. Kayloe is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Headache. Her top areas of expertise are Movement Disorders, Parkinson's Disease, Migraine, and Memory Loss.

    Vandana R. Sharma
    Experienced in Headache
    Neurology | Sleep Medicine
    Experienced in Headache
    Neurology | Sleep Medicine

    Vandana R Sharma MD

    2841 Hartland Rd, 402, 
    Falls Church, VA 
     (4.6 miles away)
    Languages Spoken:
    English, Hindi, Spanish, Urdu
    Offers Telehealth

    Vandana Sharma is a Neurologist and a Sleep Medicine provider in Falls Church, Virginia. Dr. Sharma is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Headache. Her top areas of expertise are Memory Loss, Epilepsy, Migraine with Brainstem Aura, and Restless Legs Syndrome.

    Alan J. Kronthal
    Experienced in Headache
    Interventional Radiology
    Experienced in Headache
    Interventional Radiology

    Suburban Hospital

    8600 Old Georgetown Road, 
    Bethesda, MD 
     (5.7 miles away)
    Languages Spoken:
    English

    Dr. Kronthal joins the Johns Hopkins Community Radiology division from Drs. Groover, Christie and Merritt (GCM), where he has practiced at both Sibley and Suburban Hospitals for more than eleven years. He received his Bachelor of Arts at Haverford College in 1983 and medical degree at the University of Virginia in 1987. Dr. Kronthal performed both his radiology residency and Body Imaging fellowship at Johns Hopkins Hospital from 1998 through 1993. Following his fellowship, he spent twelve years with WBA Imaging, during which time he served as Chairman of the Department of Imaging at Prince George’s Hospital Center. Dr. Kronthal was with GCM from 2005 – 2017 and is the incoming Chairman of Radiology at Sibley Hospital. He is a past president of the District of Columbia Metropolitan Radiological Society. He was awarded fellowship in the American College of Radiology in 2005. Dr. Kronthal is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Headache. His top areas of expertise are Muscle Invasive Bladder Cancer, Pleurisy, Pleural Effusion, and ALK-Positive Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer.

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    Last Updated: 02/22/2026

    What is the definition of Headache?

    A headache is pain or discomfort in the head, scalp, or neck. Serious causes of headaches are rare. Most people with headaches can feel much better by making lifestyle changes, learning ways to relax, and sometimes by taking medicines.

    When should I see a Headache doctor near Mclean, VA?

    There are various reasons why you may want to see a specialist, such as: 

    • Your primary care provider recommends it. 
    • Your condition requires expert knowledge and specialized care. 
    • Your symptoms persist or worsen despite treatment. 
    • You need specialized testing or procedures. 
    • You want a second opinion.  

    What should I consider when choosing a Headache doctor near Mclean, VA?

    It’s important to see a provider with expertise in your specific condition. Each provider profile in MediFind’s doctor database includes information on which conditions they treat, years of experience, research contributions, languages spoken, insurance plans accepted, and more.  

    How does MediFind rank Headache doctors near Mclean, VA?

    MediFind’s rankings are based on a variety of data sources, such as the number of articles a doctor has published in medical journals, participation in clinical trials and industry conferences, as well as the number of patients that provider sees for a given condition. Note that MediFind’s provider database is not based on user reviews, and providers do not pay to be included in the database. 

    What types of insurance are accepted by Headache doctors near Mclean, VA?

    Most profiles in MediFind’s doctor database include a list of insurance plans accepted by that provider. However, it’s a good idea to contact the provider’s office to make sure they still accept your insurance, then doublecheck by contacting your insurance plan to confirm they’re in network. 

    How can I book an appointment online with a Headache doctor near Mclean, VA?

    MediFind offers direct scheduling for certain providers using the “Request Appointment” button on that provider’s profile. If the schedule option is not available for a provider, tap the red “Show Phone Number” button on their profile to get their contact information. If you prefer to find providers who offer online scheduling, select “Schedules online” under the “Availability” category of the filter feature on the left side of the Headache doctor search results page. 

    Why is it important to get a second opinion from a different Headache doctor?

    Second opinions are an opportunity to confirm a diagnosis and its root cause, learn about alternative treatment options, or simply gain peace of mind. Many people, especially those with serious diagnoses, get second opinions so they can understand all their options and make informed decisions, so don’t hesitate to get one if you have any doubts or need more information or clarification regarding your care. Note that some insurance plans require second opinions, while others don’t cover second opinions, so be sure to confirm with your insurance provider first.   

    How can I prepare for my appointment with a Headache doctor near Mclean, VA?

    Prepare for your appointment by gathering the following items: 

    • Copies of medical records (dating back at least one year) 
    • Your medical history, including illnesses, medical conditions, surgeries, and other doctors you see 
    • Family history of disease 
    • List of current prescription drugs, over-the-counter medicines, vitamins, and herbal remedies or supplements including names and doses 
    • Allergies to medications, food, latex, insects, etc.  
    • List of questions and concerns 
    • Your insurance card 

    You might also contact the provider’s office to see if they offer transportation or childcare services or if you’re allowed to bring a loved one for support or to take notes during your visit. 

    What questions should I ask my Headache doctor?

    Here are some sample questions: 

    • Can you explain in simple terms what this condition is and how it’s treated? 
    • What symptoms or side effects should I watch for? 
    • What tests will be involved, and when can I expect results? 
    • Are there other specialists I need to see? 
    • What’s the best way to reach you if I have follow-up questions? 

    How can I learn about the latest clinical trials and research advances my Headache doctor may know about?

    MediFind’s Clinical Trials tool asks you a series of questions to help you narrow down your search by health condition, age, gender, location, how far you’re willing to travel, and more. Each question you answer filters down the number of trials until you find the ones that are most relevant to you. 

    MediFind’s Latest Advances tool features summaries of recent articles published in medical journals. We use cutting-edge technology to scour medical publication databases for the latest research advancements on any given condition, then we simplify this information in a way that’s useful and easy to understand. 

    Can I filter my search to show male or female Headache doctors near Mclean, VA?

    Look for the filter feature on the left side of the Headache doctor search results page. Select “Female” or “Male” under the “Gender” category to search for female or male providers exclusively. If the “Any” option is selected, it will pull results for both male and female providers. 

    Can I filter my search to find a Headache doctor that offers video calls?

    Look for the filter feature on the left-side of the Headache doctor search results page. Select “Offers telehealth visits” under the Availability category to search for providers who offer virtual appointments (video calls). 

    Reviewed on: 11/11/24  

    By: MediFind Medical Staff 

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