Morris Levin, MD

Dr. Morris Levin serves as chief of the headache medicine division and director of the Headache Center at UCSF Medical Center. He specializes in managing all forms of facial pain and headache, including migraines, cluster headaches, cervicogenic – or neck-related – headaches and post-traumatic headaches. His research interests include cervicogenic headache, post-concussion headache and neurology education on headache diagnosis, which he believes is key to successful treatment.

Levin earned his undergraduate degree at Stanford University and his medical degree at the Chicago Medical School. He completed a residency in neurology at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine in New York, followed by subspecialty training at the Montefiore Headache Center and Michigan Headache and Neurological Institute.

Levin has authored or edited books including Neurology Clinical Case Studies; Comprehensive Review of Headache Medicine; Emergency Neurology; Head, Neck and Facial Pain; Educational Review Manual in Neurology; Headache and Facial Pain; Refractory Migraine; and Understanding Your Migraines: A Guide for Patients and Families. He also serves as associate editor for numerous medical journals. He has been a member of the board of directors of the American Headache Society and currently serves on the board of trustees of the International Headache Society, where he also chairs the ethics committee. He received the 2023 Lifetime Achievement Award from the Headache Cooperative of New England.