Living With Migraines-Their Cause and Treatment

Internationally-renowned specialist Dr. K. Michael Welch will share the latest research and information on "Living with Migraines - Their Cause and Treatment" at 6:00 pm on Tuesday, November 18. 

This is the next lecture in the very popular series entitled, "Here's to your Health", co-sponsored by Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science and the Lake Forest/Lake Bluff Chamber of Commerce.  Admission is complimentary and hors d'oeuvres and beverages will be provided courtesy of The Fresh Market of Lake Forest.

Not only will be event include the presentation and hospitality, but it will also offer attendees the opportunity to visit the beautiful university campus, conveniently located at 3333 N. Green Bay Road, 1.5 miles north of Lake Bluff's Rt. 176.

The presentation will be held in an area featuring a permanent exhibit dedicated to Dr. William Scholl at the university's College of Podiatric Medicine which is named for Dr. Scholl.  Set in a re-creation of a Scholl Foot Comfort Shop storefront from the 1930's, the exhibit features historical photos and artifacts from a career that bridged the worlds of business, foot care and education.

The evening's presenter, Dr. K. Michael Welch, is President and CEO of the university as well as being an accomplished researcher and neurologist whose career has focused on the study of brain function and structure in cerebrovascular disease, stroke and migraine.  Among his many distinctions is having been recognized in a survey that identified significant articles over the course of the 200-year history of the New England Journal of Medicine - the accomplishments of Dr. Welch and his colleagues who were part of a National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke Trial rt-PA Stroke Study Group were recognized as one of the nine most important articles in the history of NEJM.