Meet our Medical Director Dr. Deena Kuruvilla MD
Deena E. Kuruvilla, M.D., is a board certified neurologist and Director of the Westport Headache Institute, where she employs a holistic, biopsychosocial approach to diagnosis and treatment. She has held clinical appointments at the Yale University School of Medicine prior to starting her own practice, and has authored many articles, book chapters, and research publications.
Dr. Kuruvilla completed her medical internship at the Mount Sinai School of Medicine in New York. Subsequently, she completed her Neurology residency at Brown University in Rhode Island, where she was chief resident. She went on to complete a fellowship in Headache and Facial Pain at the Montefiore Headache Center and the Albert Einstein College of Medicine. She is board certified in Neurology by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology and certified in Headache Medicine by the United Council for Neurologic Subspecialties.
Dr. Kuruvilla's research and clinical work has been widely featured in the press, including Prevention Magazine, Neurology Today, Food Network, and the Wall Street Journal.
