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Neurology, Headache

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Brazil

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Employment (3)

Hospital de Pronto Socorro: Porto Alegre, RS, BR

1993 to present | Neurologist
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Fernando Kowacs

Universidade Federal de Ciências da Saúde de Porto Alegre: Porto Alegre, RS, BR

2012-08 to 2023-08-01 | Adjunct Professor of Neurology (Departamento de Clínica Médica)
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Fernando Kowacs

Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul: Porto Alegre, RS, BR

2005-03 to 2006-12 | Substitute Lecturer in Human Anatomy (Morphologic Sciences Department)
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Fernando Kowacs

Education and qualifications (6)

Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul: Porto Alegre, RS, BR

2001 to 2004 | Doutor em Medicina (PhD) (Programa de Pós-graduação em Ciências Médicas)
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Fernando Kowacs

National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery: London, London, GB

2000-05 to 2001-01 | Honorary Clinical Assistant to Professor Peter J. Goadsby (Clinical Neurology)
Education
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Fernando Kowacs

UCL Institute of Neurology, University College London: London, GB

2000-01 to 2001-01 | Research Fellow (Headache Group)
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Fernando Kowacs

Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul: Porto Alegre, RS, BR

1999 | Mestre em Medicina (Master degree) (Curso de Pós-graduação em Ciências Médicas)
Education
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Fernando Kowacs

Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre: Porto Alegre, RS, BR

1988-12-21 to 1991-12-20 | Neurologist (Medical Residence Program in Neurology) (Neurology)
Education
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Fernando Kowacs

Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul: Porto Alegre, RS, BR

1983 to 1988 | M.D. (graduation) (Faculdade de Medicina)
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Fernando Kowacs

Professional activities (9)

Sociedade Brasileira de Cefaleia: São Paulo, SP, BR

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Fernando Kowacs

International Headache Society: London, GB

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Fernando Kowacs

American Headache Society: Woodbury, New Jersey, US

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Academia Brasileira de Neurologia: Sao Paulo, BR

Titular member
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Fernando Kowacs

Academia Brasileira de Neurologia: São Paulo, BR

2025-01-01 to present | Vice-coordinator (Headache Scientific Department)
Service
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Fernando Kowacs

Rio Grande do Sul Regional Medical Council: Porto Alegre, RS, BR

2024-01-09 to present | Member (Câmara Técnica de Neurologia (Neurology Technical Committee))
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Fernando Kowacs

Hospital Moinhos de Vento: Porto Alegre, RS, BR

2016 to present | Preceptor at the Neurology Residency Program (Neurology and Neurosurgery Service)
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Fernando Kowacs

Hospital Moinhos de Vento: Porto Alegre, RS, BR

2016 to present | Coordinator of Headache Sector (Neurology and Neurosurgery Service)
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Fernando Kowacs

Academia Brasileira de Neurologia: São Paulo, BR

2016-01 to 2020-12 | Coordinator (Headache Scientific Department)
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Fernando Kowacs

Funding (2)

Cedars-Sinai Medical Center CSF Leak Program short duration observership

2024-01 to 2024-01 | Grant
Spinal CSF Leak Foundation (Spokane, WA, US)
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Fernando Kowacs

MAXALT Mentor Program

2000-02 to 2001-01 | Grant
MSD (United States) (Kenilworth, New Jersey, US)
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Fernando Kowacs

Works (24)

Cluster headache and galcanezumab: the first real-world Brazilian study and an expert consensus on its use among other treatments

The Journal of Headache and Pain
2024-12-03 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1186/s10194-024-01909-w
Part of ISSN: 1129-2377
Contributors: Carla Jevoux; Élcio Juliato Piovesan; Marcelo Moraes Valença; Fernando Kowacs; Pedro André Kowacs; Fabíola Dach; Paulo Hélio Monzillo; Carlos Alberto Bordini; Raimundo Pereira Silva-Néto
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Fernando Kowacs

Brazilian headache registry: methods and preliminary data of the pilot study

Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria
2023-08-21 | Journal article | Author
DOI: 10.1055/s-0043-1771175
Part of ISSN: 0004-282X
Part of ISSN: 1678-4227
Contributors: Vanise Grassi; Mauro Eduardo Jurno; Fröhlich, A. C.; Carlos Roberto de Mello Rieder; Elder Machado Sarmento; Júlia Kássia Pereira; Leonardo Lima Silva; Liselotte Menke Barea; Luiz Ernesto Besen Poli; Queiroz, L. P.; de Queiroz, L. P. et al.
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Fernando Kowacs

Headache-related cognitive distortions questionnaire

Headache Medicine
2022-03-24 | Journal article
DOI: 10.48208/HeadacheMed.2021.51
Contributors: Rebeca Veras de Andrade Vieira; B. Lee Peterlin; Fernando Kowacs; Renata Gomes Londero; Liselotte Menke Barea; Vanise Grassi; William Barbosa Gomes; Gustavo Gauer
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CLASSIFICAÇÃO INTERNACIONAL DAS CEFALEIAS 3ª EDIÇÃO

Omnifarma/Sociedade Brasileira de Cefaleia
2021 | Translation
DOI: 10.1177/0333102417738202
Version of ISBN: 978-85-62477-70-6
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Fernando Kowacs

Brazilian version of headache management self-efficacy scale

Headache Medicine
2021-11-16 | Journal article
DOI: 10.48208/HeadacheMed.2021.36
Contributors: Rebeca Veras de Andrade Vieira; Fernando Kowacs; Renata Gomes Londero; Liselotte Menke Barea; Vanise Grassi; Isadora Silveira Ligório; Franciele Machado Beria; William Barbosa Gomes; Gustavo Gauer
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Who is in charge when I have a headache? Brazilian version of the Headache-Specific Locus of Control Scale

Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria
2021-03 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1590/0004-282x-anp-2019-0439
Contributors: Rebeca Veras de Andrade VIEIRA; Fernando KOWACS; Renata Gomes LONDERO; Liselotte Menke BAREA; Vanise GRASSI; Luiz Eduardo Barcellos RODRIGUES; Eduardo Pacheco SANTOS; William Barbosa GOMES; Gustavo GAUER
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“Migrânea” and “enxaqueca”: not opposite, but complementary words

Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria
2021-03 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1590/0004-282x-anp-2020-0292
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Fernando Kowacs
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Public policies in headache disorders: needs and possibilities

Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria
2020-01-13 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1590/0004-282x20190144
Contributors: Mario Fernando Prieto PERES; Arao Belitardo OLIVEIRA; Elder Machado SARMENTO; Pedro Sampaio ROCHA-FILHO; Patricia Machado PEIXOTO; Fernando KOWACS; Alessandra Carvalho GOULART; Isabela Judith BENSENOR
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Consensus of the Brazilian Headache Society on the treatment of chronic migraine

Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria
2019-07 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1590/0004-282x20190078
Contributors: Fernando KOWACS; Célia Aparecida de Paula ROESLER; Élcio Juliato PIOVESAN; Elder Machado SARMENTO; Henrique Carneiro de CAMPOS; Jayme Antunes MACIEL JR; Leandro Cortoni CALIA; Liselotte Menke BAREA; Marcelo Cedrinho CICIARELLI; Marcelo Moraes VALENÇA et al.
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Non-ketotic hyperosmolar hyperglycemic chorea

Revista da Associação Médica Brasileira
2019-02 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1590/1806-9282.65.2.127
Contributors: Matheus Ferreira Gomes; Euripedes Gomes de Carvalho Neto; Fernando Kowacs; Carlos R. M. Rieder
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The worst is yet to come: probable sporadic Creutzfeldt–Jakob disease in a well-controlled HIV patient

Prion
2019-01-01 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1080/19336896.2019.1648985
Contributors: Euripedes Gomes De Carvalho Neto; Matheus Ferreira Gomes; Marina De Oliveira; Maryuris Isabel Niño Guete; Iuri Pereira Santos; Mateus Damiani Monteiro; Fernando Gustavo Stelzer; Fernando Kowacs; Liselotte Menke Barea
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Migraine-Like Headache as Presentation Symptom in Susac Syndrome

Headache
2016 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1111/head.12991
EID:

2-s2.0-84995422451
Contributors: Kowacs, F.; Ferreira Gomes, M.; Pigozzo, T.; Rodrigues Palmeira, A.L.; Muratt Carpenedo, C.; Castro Ribeiro, M.
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Fernando Kowacs via Scopus - Elsevier
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Recommendations for the treatment of migraine attacks - A Brazilian consensus | Recomendações para o tratamento da crise migranosa - Um consenso brasileiro

Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria
2016 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1590/0004-282X2015021
EID:

2-s2.0-84962359552
Contributors: Bordini, C.A.; Roesler, C.; Carvalho, S.; Macedo, D.D.P.; Piovesan, É.; Melhado, E.M.; Dach, F.; Kowacs, F.; Júnior, H.M.S.; de Souza, J.A. et al.
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Fernando Kowacs via Scopus - Elsevier

Opinion on "Why should we use atraumatic needles in lumbar puncture?", by SLA Matas | Opinion on "Why should we use atraumatic needles in lumbar puncture?", by SLA Matas

Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria
2014 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1590/0004-282X20130235
EID:

2-s2.0-84897891876
Contributors: Kowacs, F.
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Fernando Kowacs via Scopus - Elsevier

Latin American consensus on guidelines for chronic migraine treatment

Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria
2013 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1590/0004-282X20130066
EID:

2-s2.0-84884296650
Contributors: Giacomozzi, A.R.E.; Vindas, A.P.; Da Silva Jr., A.A.; Bordini, C.A.; Buonanotte, C.F.; De Paula Roesier, C.A.; Brito, C.M.; Perez, C.; Carvalho, D.S.; De Macedo, D.D.P. et al.
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Fernando Kowacs via Scopus - Elsevier

A nationwide population-based study of migraine in Brazil

Cephalalgia
2009 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-2982.2008.01782.x
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2-s2.0-65449140938
Contributors: Queiroz, L.P.; Peres, M.F.P.; Piovesan, E.J.; Kowacs, F.; Ciciarelli, M.C.; Souza, J.A.; Zukerman, E.
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Fernando Kowacs via Scopus - Elsevier

A nationwide population-based study of tension-type headache in Brazil

Headache
2009 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1111/j.1526-4610.2008.01227.x
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2-s2.0-58149250331
Contributors: Queiroz, L.P.; Peres, M.F.P.; Piovesan, E.J.; Kowacs, F.; Ciciarelli, M.C.; Souza, J.A.; Zukerman, E.
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Fernando Kowacs via Scopus - Elsevier

Chronic daily headache in Brazil: A nationwide population-based study

Cephalalgia
2008 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-2982.2008.01670.x
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2-s2.0-56549104919
Contributors: Queiroz, L.P.; Peres, M.F.P.; Kowacs, F.; Piovesan, E.J.; Ciciarelli, M.C.; Souza, J.A.; Zukerman, E.
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Fernando Kowacs via Scopus - Elsevier

Patterns of fos expression in the rostral medulla and caudal pons evoked by noxious craniovascular stimulation and periaqueductal gray stimulation in the cat

Brain Research
2005 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2005.01.091
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2-s2.0-19444387828
Contributors: Knight, Y.E.; Classey, J.D.; Lasalandra, M.P.; Akerman, S.; Kowacs, F.; Hoskin, K.L.; Goadsby, P.J.
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Fernando Kowacs via Scopus - Elsevier

Neurogenic vasodilation of dural blood vessels is not mediated by cholinergic transmission in the anaesthetised rat

European Journal of Pharmacology
2004 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejphar.2004.04.013
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2-s2.0-2942579671
Contributors: Kowacs, F.; Williamson, D.J.; Goadsby, P.J.
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Fernando Kowacs via Scopus - Elsevier

Effect of the adenosine A1 receptor agonist GR79236 on trigeminal nociception with blink reflex recordings in healthy human subjects

Cephalalgia
2003 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1046/j.1468-2982.2003.00511.x
EID:

2-s2.0-0037616228
Contributors: Giffin, N.J.; Kowacs, F.; Libri, V.; Williams, P.; Goadsby, P.J.; Kaube, H.
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Fernando Kowacs via Scopus - Elsevier

Nociceptive-specific blink reflex and glyceryl trinitrate infusion in healthy volunteers

European Journal of Neurology
2003 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1046/j.1468-1331.2003.00591.x
EID:

2-s2.0-0037955930
Contributors: Kowacs, F.; Giffin, N.J.; Putzki, N.; Goadsby, P.J.; Kaube, H.
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Fernando Kowacs via Scopus - Elsevier

Symptoms of depression and anxiety, and screening for mental disorders in migrainous patients

Cephalalgia
2003 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1046/j.1468-2982.2003.00461.x
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2-s2.0-0037343585
Contributors: Kowacs, F.; Socal, M.P.; Ziomkowski, S.C.; Borges-Neto, V.F.; Toniolo, D.P.; Francesconi, C.R.M.; Chaves, M.L.F.
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Fernando Kowacs via Scopus - Elsevier

Primary headache care delivery by nonspecialists in Brazil

Cephalalgia
1999 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1046/j.1468-2982.1999.019005520.x
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2-s2.0-0033059344
Contributors: Vincent, M.B.; Freitas de Carvalho, J.J.; Azoubel, A.C.; Bordini, C.; Stella, C.; De Macedo, D.D.P.; Raffaelli Jr., E.; Piovesan, E.J.; Kowacs, F.; Rabello, G.D. et al.
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Fernando Kowacs via Scopus - Elsevier
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