| Name of the Society | Albanian Society of Headache |
| Date of Foundation | 1994 |
| Website | |
| Journal | |
| President of the Society | Prof. Jera Kruja |
| Affiliation | Faculty of Medicine, UMT UHC Mother Teresa Tirana – ALBANIA |
| jera.kruja@umed.edu.al jkruja@gmail.com | |
| Representative of the Society | Altin Kuqo MD |
| Affiliation | UHC Mother Teresa Tirana – ALBANIA |
| altini71neuro@gmail.com | |
| Update 2018 |
| Name of the Society | Headache Section of Armenian Neurological Association |
| Date of Foundation | 2020 |
| Website | tba |
| Journal | |
| President of the Society | Prof. Dr. Hovannes Manvelyan |
| Affiliation | Yerevan State Medical University |
| manvelian@yahoo.com | |
| Representative of the Society | Dr. Hasmik Vekilyan |
| Affiliation | |
| hvekilyan@yahoo.com | |
| Update 2021 |
| Name of the Society | Austrian Headache Association |
| Date of Foundation | 1993 |
| Website | www.oeksg.at |
| Journal | |
| President of the Society | Assoc. Prof. Priv. Doz. Dr. Karin Zebenholzer |
| Affiliation | Medical University Vienna |
| oeksg@studio12.co.at | |
| Representative of the Society | Assoc. Prof. Priv. Doz. Dr. Karin Zebenholzer |
| Affiliation | Medical University Vienna |
| oeksg@studio12.co.at | |
| Update 2021 |
| Name of the Society | Azerbaijan Migraine Specialists Association |
| Date of Foundation | 2024 |
| Website | |
| Journal | |
| President of the Society | Prof. Dr. Sadagat Huseynova |
| Affiliation | Therapeutic Clinic of Azerbaijan Medical University |
| hsadagat@gmail.com | |
| Representative of the Society | Dr. Sarkhan Amirguliyev |
| Affiliation | Republic Diagnostic Center, Master of Migraine and Headache Medicine, Phd fellow |
| s.amirkuliyev1@gmail.com | |
Update 2025
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| Name of the Society | Belgian Headache Society |
| Date of Foundation | 1984 |
| Website | www.belgianheadachesociety.be |
| Journal | |
| President of the Society | Jan Versijpt |
| Affiliation | UZ Brussel |
| Jan.versijpt@uzbrussel.be | |
| Representative of the Society | Koen Paemeleire |
| Affiliation | UZ Gent |
| Koen.Paemeleire@uzgent.be | |
| Update 2022 |
currently inactive
| Name of the Society | Headache section of Belorussian society of young neurologists |
| Date of Foundation | 2001 |
| Website | |
| Journal | |
| President of the Society | Galina Naumova (Halina Navumava Belarus transcription) |
| Affiliation | Dovatora 2, Vitebsk, Belarus, 210009 Tel +375 212 426 390 Fax +375 212 426390 |
| naumova@tut.by | |
| Representative of the Society | Irina Zhauniaronak |
| Affiliation | +375447876696 |
| Ira_jevner@tut.by | |
| Update 2022 |
| Name of the Society | Croatian Neurologic Society |
| Date of Foundation | 1991 |
| Website | |
| Journal | Neurologia Croatica |
| President of the Society | Zdravka Poljakovic |
| Affiliation | UHC Zagreb |
| zdravka.po@gmail.com | |
| Representative of the Society | Davor Janculjak |
| Affiliation | UHC Osijek |
| davjanc@gmail.com | |
| Update 2025 |
| Name of the Society | Czech Headache Society |
| Date of Foundation | September 16th , 1994 |
| Website | www.czech-headache.cz |
| Journal | |
| President of the Society | Tomáš Nežádal, MD, PhD |
| Affiliation | First Faculty of Medicine, Charles University, Prague Military University Hospital, Prague Institute of Neuropsychiatric Care, Prague |
| nezadal@gmail.com | |
| Representative of the Society | Jolana Marková, MD, FEAN |
| Affiliation | Third Faculty of Medicine, Charles University, Prague Thomayer Hospital, Prague |
| Jolana.markova@ftn.cz | |
| Update 2022 |
| Name of the Society | Danish Headache Society |
| Date of Foundation | 1969 |
| Website | www.dhos.dk |
| Journal | |
| President of the Society | Faisal Mohammad Amin |
| Affiliation | Danish Headache Center |
| Representative of the Society | Faisal Mohammad Amin |
| Affiliation | Danish Headache Center |
| faisal.mohammad.amin.01@regionh.dk | |
| Update 2025 |
| Name of the Society | Estonian Headache Society |
| Date of Foundation | 2011 |
| Website | www.peavalu.ee |
| Journal | |
| President of the Society | Katrin Põld, MD |
| Affiliation | Ida-Viru Keskhaigla, Kohtla-Järve |
| Katrin.Pold@ivkh.ee | |
| Representative of the Society | Mark Braschinsky, MD, PhD |
| Affiliation | Dept. of Neurology Tartu University Clinics |
| Mark.Braschinsky@kliinikum.ee | |
| Update 2022 |
currently inactive
| Name of the Society | Société Française d’Etudes des Migraines et Céphalées (SFEMC) |
| Date of Foundation | 1984 |
| Website | www.sfemc.fr |
| Journal | |
| President of the Society | Dr Geneviève Demarquay |
| Affiliation | Centre de Recherche en Neurosciences de Lyon |
| genevieve.demarquay@chu-lyon.fr | |
| Representative of the Society | Dr Cédric Gollion |
| Affiliation | Department of Neurology, University Hospital of Toulouse, Toulouse, France. Toulouse NeuroImaging Center, INSERM, University of Toulouse, France. |
| gollion.cedric@gmail.com | |
| Update 2024 |
| Name of the Society | Tsotne Chkhikvishvili Georgian Headache Society |
| Date of Foundation | Refounded in 16 Jun 2017 |
| Website | Facebook/Georgian Headache Society |
| Journal | |
| President of the Society | George Gegelashvili |
| Affiliation | |
| gegelashvili@gmail.com | |
| Representative of the Society | Zaza Katsarava |
| Affiliation | |
| zaza.katsarava@gmail.com | |
| Update 2018 |
| Name of the Society | German Migraine and Headache Society Deutsche Migräne- und Kopfschmerzgesellschaft (DMKG) |
| Date of Foundation | 1979 |
| Website | www.dmkg.de |
| Journal | Nervenheilkunde |
| President of the Society | PD Dr. Tim Jürgens |
| Affiliation | Klinik für Neurologie Universitätsklinikum Brandenburg an der Havel GmbH |
| Lars.Neeb@uk-brandenburg.de | |
| Representative of the Society | Priv.-Doz. Dr. med. Charly Gaul |
| Affiliation | Kopfschmerzzentrum Frankfurt |
| c.gaul@kopfschmerz-frankfurt.de | |
| Update 2024 |
| Name of the Society | Hellenic Headache Society |
| Date of Foundation | 1991 |
| Website | http://www.kefalalgia.gr |
| Journal | |
| President of the Society | Prof. Dimos Mitsikostas |
| Affiliation | Aeginition Hospital, Neurology Dept. National & Kapodistrian Un. of Athens |
| dmitsikostas@med.uoa.gr | |
| Representative of the Society | Dr. Evangelos Kouremenos |
| Affiliation | Neurologist, Airforce 251 General Hospital |
| vkoure@otenet.gr | |
| Update 2022 |
| Name of the Society | Hungarian Headache Society |
| Date of Foundation | 1996 |
| Website | www.fejfajas-tarsasag.hu |
| Journal | Cephalalgia Hungarica (periodical) |
| President of the Society | Levente Kerényi MD PhD (2022-2025) |
| Affiliation | Neurological Ward |
| kerenyil@yahoo.com | |
| Representative of the Society | László Vécsei MD PhD DSc |
| Affiliation | Department of Neurology |
| vecsei.laszlo@med.u-szeged.hu | |
| Update 2024 |
| Name of the Society | Iranian Headache Society |
| Date of Foundation | |
| Website | www.iranheadache.org |
| Journal | |
| President of the Society | Mansoureh Togha |
| Affiliation | Headache department, Neurology ward, Sina hospital, Imam Khomeyni Street, Tehran, Iran |
| info@iranheadache.org | |
| Representative of the Society | Mansoureh Togha |
| Affiliation | |
| toghae@tums.ac.ir | |
| Update 2018 |
| Name of the Society | The Israeli Headache Society |
| Date of Foundation | 2018 |
| Website | https://headache.mednet.co.il |
| Journal | |
| President of the Society | Nirit Lev, M.D P.H.D |
| Affiliation | Tel-Aviv University |
| niritle@clalit.org.il | |
| Representative of the Society | Nirit Lev, M.D P.H.D |
| Affiliation | Tel-Aviv University |
| niritle@clalit.org.il | |
| Update 2024 |
| Name of the Society | Italian Society for the Study of Headaches |
| Date of Foundation | 1976 |
| Website | www.sisc.it |
| Journal | Confinia Cephalalgica |
| President of the Society | Prof. Marina de Tommaso |
| Affiliation | UOC Neurofisiopatologia- Ambulatorio Cefalee e Dolore Neuropatico Azienda Ospedaliero Universitaria Policlinico Bari DAI di Neuroscienze e Apparato Locomotore, DU DiBrain, Università degli studi di Bari Aldo Moro – Bari, Italy |
| marina.detommaso@uniba.it | |
| Representative of the Society | Prof. Innocenzo Rainero |
| Affiliation | Department of Neuroscience and Mental Health AOU Città della Salute e della Scienza Turin, Italy |
| innocenzo.rainero@unito.it | |
| Update 2025 |
| Name of the Society | Kuwait Neurological Society |
| Date of Foundation | 1984 |
| Website | www.kuwaitneurology.com |
| Journal | |
| President of the Society | Prof. Jasem Y Al-Hashel MD, FRCPC, FAHS |
| Affiliation | Faculty of Medicine, Kuwait University |
| jasemkumsa@hotmail.com | |
| Representative of the Society | Prof. Jasem Y Al-Hashel MD, FRCPC, FAHS |
| Affiliation | Faculty of Medicine, Kuwait University |
| jasemkumsa@hotmail.com | |
| Update 2025 |
| Name of the Society | HEADACHE CHAPTER OF KYRGYZ SCIENTIFIC MEDICAL NEUROLOGIC SOCIETY |
| Date of Foundation | 2017 |
| Website | |
| Journal | |
| President of the Society | Murzaliev Arstanbek |
| Affiliation | KYRGYZ SCIENTIFIC MEDICAL NEUROLOGIC SOCIETY |
| kyrgyzheadache@gmail.com | |
| Representative of the Society | Kunduz Karbozova |
| Affiliation | KYRGYZ SCIENTIFIC MEDICAL NEUROLOGIC SOCIETY |
| karbozova@yahoo.com | |
| Update 2019 |
| Name of the Society | Latvian Headache Society |
| Date of Foundation | 1996 |
| Website | www.sapes.lv |
| Journal | |
| President of the Society | Aija Freimane |
| Affiliation | Aija Freimane, MD, designated Country Representative of Latvia in EHF President of Latvian Headache Society Board Member of Latvian Association for the Study of Pain |
| afreimane@gmail.com | |
| Representative of the Society | Aija Freimane |
| Affiliation | |
| Update 2022 |
Name of the Society | Lithuanian Society of Headache Specialists |
Date of Foundation | 1993 |
Website | www.galvosskausmai.lt |
Journal | - |
President of the Society | Kristina Ryliskiene |
Affiliation | Vilnius University, Faculty of Medicine, Institute of Clinical Medicine, Neurology and Neurosurgery Clinic |
| ryliskiene.k@gmail.com and kristina.ryliskiene@mf.vu.lt | |
Representative of the Society | Saulius Andruškevičius |
Affiliation | Vilnius University |
| Update 2025 |
| Name of the Society | Moldovan Headache and Pain Society |
| Date of Foundation | 2010 |
| Website | http://inn.md |
| Journal | |
| President of the Society | Moldovanu Ion, MD, PhD, professor |
| Affiliation | Institute of Neurology and Neurosurgery, State Medical and Pharmacy University “Nicolae Testemitanu” of the Republic of Moldova |
| ionmoldovanu@hotmail.com | |
| Representative of the Society | Odobescu Stela, MD, PhD, professor |
| Affiliation | Institute of Neurology and Neurosurgery of the Republic of Moldova National Headache Center |
| odobescustela@hotmail.com | |
| Update 2022 |
| Name of the Society | Marocco Headache Society, ASSOCIATION YOUSSEF BEN TACHFINE (YBT) |
| Date of Foundation | 1996 |
| Website | |
| Journal | |
| President of the Society | Prof. Najib Kissani |
| Affiliation | Service de neurologie Hôpital Razi CHU Mohamed VI Marrakech (Morocco) |
| najibkis@gmail.com | |
| Representative of the Society | Prof. Najib Kissani |
| Affiliation | |
| Update 2018 |
| Name of the Society | Norwegian Headache Society |
| Date of Foundation | |
| Website | https://www.legeforeningen.no/foreningsledd/spesial/norsk-hodepineselskap/ |
| Journal | |
| President of the Society | Maria Bengtson Argren |
| Affiliation | Oslo University Hospital |
| mararg@ous-hf.no | |
| Representative of the Society | Espen Saxhaug Kristoffersen |
| Affiliation | Ahus, dept. of Neurology, University of Oslo |
| e.s.kristoffersen@medisin.uio.no | |
| Update 2024 |
| Name of the Society | Polish Headache Society |
| Date of Foundation | 1998 |
| Website | www.ptbg.pl |
| Journal | MIGRENA News |
| President of the Society | Maria Łukasik, MD, PhD |
| Affiliation | Department of Neurology, Poznan University of Medical Sciences, Poznan, Poland |
| mlukasik@ump.edu.pl | |
| Representative of the Society | Magdalena Boczarska-Jedynak, MD, PhD |
| Affiliation | Instytut Zdrowia dr Boczarska-Jedynak |
| m.boczarska@instytutboczarska.pl | |
| Update 2025 |
| Name of the Society | Portuguese Headache Society |
| Date of Foundation | 1997 |
| Website | www.cefaleias-spc.com |
| Journal | SINAPSE |
| President of the Society | Felipe Palavra |
| Affiliation | Centro Hospitalar e Universitário de Coimbra EPE, Portugal |
| filipepalavra@gmail.com | |
| Representative of the Society | Isabel Luzeiro |
| Affiliation | Neurology Department University Hospital of Coimbra – Portugal |
| isabeluzeiro@gmail.com | |
| Update 2025 |
| Name of the Society | ROMANIAN SOCIETY OF NEUROLOGY (SNR) • HEADACHE GROUP |
| Date of Foundation | 2001 |
| Website | www.neurology.ro |
| Journal | Romanian Journal of Neurology |
| President of the Society | Prof. Dr. Tiu Cristina – elected president |
| Affiliation | |
| contact@neurology.ro | |
| Representative of the Society | Roceanu Adina Maria MD, PhD |
| Affiliation | University Emergency Hospital of Bucharest Neurology Department Treasurer of Romanian Society of Neurology |
| amr2012mar@gmail.com adinaroc@yahoo.com | |
| Update 2022 |
| Name of the Society | Serbian Headache Society |
| Date of Foundation | November 10th 2011 |
| Website | http://nugs.rs/ |
| Journal | |
| President of the Society | Aleksandra Radojičić |
| Affiliation | Neurology Clinic, Clinical Center of Serbia, Faculty of Medicine, University of Belgrade |
| aleksandraradojicic@gmail.com | |
| Representative of the Society | Igor Petrušić |
| Affiliation | University of Belgrade |
| ip7med@yahoo.com | |
| Update 2025 |
currently inactive
| Name of the Society | Slovene Headache Society |
| Date of Foundation | |
| Website | http://www.szd.si |
| Journal | |
| President of the Society | Prof. Marjan Zaletel, MD, PhD, senior consultant |
| Affiliation | Dunajska cesta 162, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia |
| mzaletel34@gmail.com | |
| Representative of the Society | Prof. Marjan Zaletel, MD, PhD, senior consultant |
| Affiliation | University Clinical Centre of Ljubljana Zaloška cesta 2, Ljubljana 1000, Slovenia |
| mzaletel34@gmail.com | |
| Update 2022 |
currently inactive
| Name of the Society | Spanish Headache Study Group |
| Date of Foundation | |
| Website | http://cefaleas.sen.es/index.php/en/ |
| Journal | |
| President of the Society | Dr. Robert Belvis |
| Affiliation | Hospital de la Santa Creu i San Pau, Barcelona |
| RBelvis@santpau.cat | |
| Representative of the Society | Dr. Robert Belvis |
| Affiliation | Hospital de la Santa Creu i San Pau, Barcelona |
| RBelvis@santpau.cat | |
| Update 2025 |
| Name of the Society | Swedish Headache Society |
| Date of Foundation | 1968 |
| Website | http://www.huvudvarkssallskapet.se/ |
| Journal | |
| President of the Society | Lars Edvinsson |
| Affiliation | Dept of Medicine, Lund University, Sweden |
| Lars.edvinsson@med.lu.se | |
| Representative of the Society | Lars Edvinsson |
| Affiliation | |
| Update 2018 |
| Name of the Society | Swiss Headache Society |
| Date of Foundation | 1995 (informally 1983) |
| Website | http://www.headache.ch/ |
| Journal | |
| President of the Society | Prof. Dr. med. Andreas Kleinschmidt |
| Affiliation | Hôpitaux universitaires de Genève, Service de Neurologie |
| andreas.kleinschmidt@hcuge.ch | |
| Representative of the Society | Prof. Dr. med. Christoph Schankin |
| Affiliation | Neurozentrum Sternen Zürich |
| Update 2025 |
| Name of the Society | Nederlandse Hoofdpijn Vereniging |
| Date of Foundation | 30 March 1994 |
| Website | http://www.nederlandsehoofdpijnvereniging.nl |
| Journal | |
| President of the Society | Dr. Wim Mulleners |
| Affiliation | CWZ Nijmegen, The Netherlands |
| w.mulleners@cwz.nl | |
| Representative of the Society | Dr. Emile Couturier & Dr. Rolf Fronczek |
| Affiliation | Neurologie Centrum Amsterdam (E. Couturier) Leiden University Medical Centre (R. Fronczek) |
| Update 2022 |
| Name of the Society | Turkish Headache Society |
| Date of Foundation | |
| Website | https://basagrisi-agri.org |
| Journal | |
| President of the Society | Prof. MD. Sabahattin Saip |
| Affiliation | Cerrahpaşa school of Medicine University of İstanbul |
| ssaip@istanbul.edu.tr | |
| Representative of the Society | Prof. Dr. Babür Dora |
| Affiliation | Akdeniz University School of Medicine, Dept. of Neurology |
| baburdora@gmail.com | |
| Update 2026 |
| Name of the Society | Ukrainian Headache Research Society |
| Date of Foundation | 2011 |
| Website | www.headache.org.ua |
| Journal | Ukrainian Journal of Pain |
| President of the Society | Dr. Vladimir Romanenko MD, PhD |
| Affiliation | Vita Medical Center |
| vladimir.romanenko@headache.org.ua | |
| Representative of the Society | Dr. Vladimir Romanenko MD, PhD |
| Affiliation | Vita Medical Center |
| vladimir.romanenko@headache.org.ua | |
| Update 2022 |
| Name of the Society | Emirates Neurology Society EMINS |
| Date of Foundation | 2004 |
| Website | https://emins.ae/ |
| Journal | |
| President of the Society | Dr. Suhail Abdulla Alrukn |
| Affiliation | Head of Stroke Program Rashid Hospital, Dubai |
| Representative of the Society | Dr. Abu Baker Al Madani |
| Affiliation | Vice President of EMINS Head of Neurology Department at Rashid Hospital, Dubai |
| info@emins.ae | |
| Update 2022 |
| Name of the Society | British Association for the Study of Headache (BASH) |
| Date of Foundation | 1992 |
| Website | http://www.bash.org.uk/ |
| Journal | |
| President of the Society | PRofessor Alex Sinclair |
| Affiliation | Chair of BASH council |
| chair@bash.org.uk | |
| Representative of the Society | Philip Holland |
| Affiliation | Member of BASH council |
| philip.holland@kcl.ac.uk | |
| Update 2025 |