Andrea Harriott MD PhD
Neurologist, Massachusetts General Hospital
Assistant Professor, Harvard Medical School
Dr. Harriott has dual subspecialty training in vascular neurology and headache medicine, completing two fellowships at Massachusetts General Hospital and The John R. Graham Headache Center. Dr. Harriott’s clinical research interests center on the association between migraine and vascular disease in young women. Dr. Harriott’s basic science research uses an optogenetic technique to elicit the electrical events responsible for migraine aura in rodents as a noninvasive model of episodic and chronic migraine aura to discover sex and gonadal hormone mechanisms of migraine pain and the role of the hypothalamus in mediating sex differences in migraine pathobiology
Noteworthy Promotions, Awards, or Distinctions
Dr. Harriott serves on the board of the American Headache Society, the American Migraine Foundation, and the Headache Cooperative of New England. She also serves on various committees of the American Academy of Neurology.
Contributor Disclosures
Dr. Harriott of Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School received honorarium from Abbvie and Theranica for service on scientific advisory boards.