
Vera
Gibb,
DNP, APRN, FNP-C, AQH, CCTP
Assistant Professor
University of Texas Medical Branch
Dr. Vera Gibb, DNP, APRN, FNP-C, AQH, CCTP is a Family Nurse Practitioner in primary care and an Assistant Professor, Graduate Studies Department, School of Nursing, of The University of Texas Medical Branch (UTMB) at Galveston. She holds additional certifications in headache medicine, clinical trauma, and interprofessional education. Dr. Vera Gibb serves on the Board of Directors of Coalition for Headache and Migraine Patients (CHAMP), Advisory Board of "The First Contact – Headache in Primary Care" Program of the American Headache Society, and the National Association of Family Nurse Practitioners Scholarship Committee. She’s actively involved in improving headache education for patients and providers across different healthcare disciplines.
Presenting at the Nexus Summit:
More individuals complain about headaches than any other condition. Headaches are disorders without a biological marker; the diagnosis is based on history and symptoms. Migraine is the third most prevalent disorder affecting 15% of Americans. As the most stigmatized neurological disease, society and media view it as just a bad headache, instead of a debilitating and disabling disease. Therefore, migraine is often underdiagnosed and undertreated. Similarly, cluster headache, aka suicide headache, remains widely underdiagnosed due to insufficient awareness among physicians frequently causing…