Dr. Nadine Pelzer

• Headache, in particular (hemiplegic) migraine and genetics of migraine
• Cerebral hereditary angiopathies (RVCL-S, CADASIL, D-CAA)
• Other paroxysmal neurological disorders (epilepsy, sleep-wake disorders, syncope)

Role

• Neurologist-in-training, treating physician at the headache and CHA outpatient clinic
• Postdoctoral researcher

Mission statement

To improve patient care in the field of headache, by elucidating disease mechanisms, genetics, trigger factors and overlap with comorbid disorders.

Education

• Medicine (MD), Leiden University
• Doctorate in Medicine (PhD), Leiden University, Thesis ‘Monogenic models of migraine: from clinical phenotypes to pathophysiological mechanisms’
• Neurology residency, LUMC

(Inter-)national collaborations