PERSONAL HISTORY

EDUCATION

Clark University, Worcester, Massachusetts, Philosophy, 1972, B.A., Magna Cum Laude

University of California, San Diego, Brain Science, 1972-1976

University of Southern California, School of Medicine, 1986, M.D.

Los Angeles County+University of Southern California (LAC+USC) Medical Center, Internal Medicine, Internship, 1986-1987

Los Angeles County+University of Southern California (LAC+USC) Medical Center, Neurology, Residency, 1987-1990

Comprehensive Review Course in Sports Medicine, American Academy of Sports Medicine, 1998

Comprehensive Review Course in Pain Management, American Academy of Pain Management, 1999

Clinical Fellowship in Transcranial Doppler, 2000

HONORS AND AWARDS

Clark University, Worcester, Massachusetts, Magna Cum Laude, 1972

Clark University, Worcester, Massachusetts, Woodrow Wilson Scholar, 1972

LAC+USC, Los Angeles, California, Chief Resident, Neurology, 1989

Joseph P. Vandermeulen Invited Lectureship, 2000

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Academic Responsibilities

Associate Professor of Neurology, Dept. of Neurology USC School of Medicine 1993-2000
Chief, Headache Section, Dept. of Neurology USC School of Medicine
Director, University of Southern California Center for the Study of Headache

Senior Clinical Scientist, Huntington Medical Research Institutes, Pasadena, California 1996 - present

Basic Research Responsibilities

Senior Clinical Scientist, Molecular Neurology Proteome Project, 1996 - present
Huntington Medical Research Institutes,
Pasadena, California

Co-Principal Investigator 2003 - present
National Institutes of Health, RO1 Grant
CSF analysis in Migraineurs.

Clinical Research Responsibilities

Investigator, Phase III Trial of Cognex for Alzheimer’s Disease, 1996

Investigator, Phase IV Trial of Rizatriptan for Migraine, 1998

Investigator, Phase III Trial of Eletriptan for Migraine, 2000

Recipient, Merck Foundation Fellowship in Headache, 2000

Clinical Responsibilities

Medical Director, Keeler Center for the Study of Headache, 2004 – present
Ojai, California

Private Practice, Verde Valley Neurology 2000 - present

Associate Professor, Neurology, University of Southern California, School of Medicine, Los Angeles, California 1993 - 2000

Director, Memory Assessment Clinic, Huntington Memorial Hospital, Pasadena, California 1990 - 1999

Director, Acute Stroke Program, Huntington Memorial Hospital, Pasadena, California 1994 - 1999

Reading Panel, Clinical Neurology and Electrophysiology, Huntington Memorial Hospital, Pasadena, California 1990 - 2000

Reading Panel, Transcranial Doppler, Huntington Memorial Hospital, Pasadena, California 2000

Director, Silverado Alzheimer’s Facility, Alhambra, California 1998 - 2000

Staff Physician, AIDS Outpatient Service, LAC+USC Medical Center, 1987

Staff Neurologist, Chris Brownlie Hospice, Los Angeles, California, 1988-1991

Medical Director, Chris Brownlie Hospice, Los Angeles, California, 1990-1991

Chairman, Department of Neurology, Huntington Memorial Hospital, Pasadena, California, 1994-8

Teaching Responsibilities

Director, Neurology Teaching Program, Residency in Internal Medicine, Huntington Memorial Hospital, Pasadena, California 1990 - 2000

Director, Neurology Teaching Program, Residency in Internal Medicine, White Memorial Medical Center, Los Angeles, California 1990- 1995

Previous Employment Responsibilities

Instructional Designer, Systems Development Corporation, Santa Monica, California, 1974

Chief Executive Officer, Continuing Health Education Systems, Inc., La Jolla, California, 1981

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES

Committee Service

Founding Chairman, Bioethics Committee, Verde Valley Medical Center, Cottonwood, Arizona 2000 - present

Chairman, Medical Ethics Committee, Huntington Memorial Hospital, Pasadena, California 1997 - 2000

Member, Admissions Committee, University of Southern California, School of Medicine, Los Angeles, California 1990 - 2000

Member, Admissions Committee, Neurology Residency Program, University of Southern California, School of Medicine, Los Angeles, 1993 - 1998

Member, Admission Committee, Internal Medicine Residency Program, Huntington Memorial Hospital, Pasadena, California 1990 - 2000

Member, Medical Education Committee, Huntington Memorial Hospital, Pasadena, California

Member, Medicine Committee, Huntington Memorial Hospital, Pasadena, California

Member, JACHO, Subcommittee on Pain Management, Huntington Memorial Hospital, Pasadena, California

Member, Headache Section, American Academy of Neurology

Member, Baker Education Section, American Academy of Neurology

Consultant Service

Abbott Laboratories National Speakers Bureau

Glaxo-Wellcome National Speakers Bureau

Parke-Davis National Speakers Bureau

Pfizer National Speakers Bureau

Merck and Company National Speakers Bureau

National Advisory Boards

Member, American American Council for Headache Education (ACHE) Advisory Board

Member, National Advisory Board, Merck Pharmaceuticals

Member, National Advisory Board, Glaxo-Wellcome

Member, National Advisory Board, Pfizer Pharmaceuticals

Professional Societies

American Academy of Neurology

American Council for Headache Education

American Federation for Clinical Research

International Headache Society

Los Angeles Neurologic Society

American Academy of Pain Medicine

Publications

1. Schneider LS, Severson JA, Pollack V, Cowan RP, Sloane RB. Platelet monoamine oxidase activity in elderly depressed outpatients. Biol Psych. 21: 360-363, 1986.

2. Rhoades RH, Ward JM, Cowan RP, Moore PT. Immunohistochemical localization of human immunodeficiency viral agents in formalin-fixed spinal cords with AIDS myelopathy. Clin Neuropath. 8:22-28, 1980.

3. Sattler FR, Cowan RP, Nielsen DM, Ruskin J. Trimethoprimsulfamethoxazole compared with pentamidine for treatment of Pneumocystosis Carinii Pneumonia in the autoimmune deficiency syndrome: a prospective, non-crossover study. Ann Intern Med. 109: 280-287, 1988.

4. Ross BD, Bluml S, Cowan RP, Danielsen E, Farrow N, Gruetter R. In vivo magnetic resonance spectroscopy of human brain: the biophysical basis of dementia. Biophys Chem. 2300: 1-12, 1997.

5. Hu XH, Raskin NH, Cowan RP, Markson L, Berger M. Treatment of Migraine with Rizatriptan: When to Take Medication. Headache 42:1 16-21, 2002

6. Fonteh AN, Cowan RP, Harrington MG. Importance of proteins that metabolize polyunsaturated fatty acides in the pathogenesis of Alzheimer’s disease. 5th Siena Conference on Functional Proteomics, p. 91, 2002

7. Fonteh, AN, Cowan RP, Harrington MG. Ictal and interictal changes in proteins that metabolize polyunsaturated fatty acids in the cerebrospinal fluids of migraineurs and control subjects. 5th Siena Conference on Functional Proteomics, p. 259, 2002

8. Harrington MG, Cowan RP, Fonteh AN. Discovering fundamental processes in migraine by analyzing dynamic changes in cerebrospinal fluid composition throughout fluctuating clinical states. 5th Sicna Conference on Functional Proteomics, p. 89, 2002

9. Harrington MG, Biringer R, Heuhmer A, Bondarenko P, AMAto H, Hancock W, Lardine IJ, Dalleska N, Cowan RP, Fonteh, AN. Methods for the study of cerebrospinal fluid composition. 5th Siena Conference on Functional Proteomics, p. 240, 2002

Abstracts Presented at National and International Meetings

1. Cowan RP, Nielsen DM, Ruskin J, Sattler FR. TMP/SMX v Pentamidine for treatment of Pneumocystosis: A prospective, non-crossover study. 27th Interscience Conference of Antimicrobial Agents And Chemotherapy. American Society for Microbiology. New York, New York, October, 1987.

2. Cowan RP, Shubin RA, Beydoun S. Treatment of HIV sensory neuropathy with topical capsaicin. American Academy of Neurology. Miami, Florida April, 1990.

3. Fisher M, Cowan RP, Lee PJ, Sobel E. Psychosocial influences on cerebral ischemic events.
American Academy of Neurology. Miami, Florida, April, 1990.

4. Maleeva T, Sutherling W, Richman L, Cowan R. Neurocardiogenic syncope on video-EEG: two cases mimicking seizures. American Epilepsy Society 54th Annual Meeting, December, 2000
5. Harrington M, Blessy G, Stocjai W, Cowan RP . Major Changes in the composition of cerebral spinal fluid during migraine. American Academy of Neurology. New York, April, 2001 Cephalalgia, 2001, 21, 343
6. Killian S, Grills C, Parsons T, Fonteh A, Chequer R, Pogoda S, Cowan RP, Harrington M. Psychological and molecular phenotypes of interictal migraineurs. Scientific Meeting of the American Headache Society. Seattle Washington, May, 2002.
7. Harrington M, Biringer R, Amato H, Huhmer A, Bondarenko P, Swedlung S, Killian S, Pogoda J, Fonteh A, Cowan RP. Proteome analysis of CSF from headache and non-headache cohorts. Scientific Meeting of the American Headache Society. Seattle Washington, May 2002
8. Harrington M, Dalleska H, McLaughlin J, Navarro E, Killian S, Fonteh A, Pogoda J, Cowan RP. Elemental analysis of CSF from headache and non-headache cohorts. Scientific Meeting of the American Headache Society. Seattle Washington, May 2002.
9. Killian S, Parsons T, Grills C, Fonteh A, Pogoda J, Cowan RP, Harrington M. Neurocognitive performance and molecular phenotype of migraineurs and controls. Scientific Meeting of the American Headache Society. Seattle, Washington, May 2002.
10. Harrington M, Cowan RP, Fonteh A. Discovering fundamental processes in migraine by analyzing dynamic changes in cerebrospinal fluid composition throughout fluctuating clinical states. (submitted)

Invited Lectureships and Symposia

Headache in Menopause, 57th Annual Meeting, American Academy of Neurology, Miami Beach, Florida, April, 2005

Emergency Room Management of Headache, Fourth Annual Van der Muelen Lecture, Los Angeles, California, February, 2000

Current Developments in Headache, Family Practice Review Course, Los Angeles, California, 1996-2000

Moderator, National Headache Colloquium, San Diego, California, June, 1997

Panelist, World Headache Symposium, Prague Czechoslavakia, June, 1998

Pathophysiology of Migraine, National Headache Colloquium, Marina del Rey, California, September, 1999

Panelist, Future Directions in Migraine Prophylaxis, Aspen, Colorado, February, 2000