January 15, 2025

A Dizzy Dive into Vestibular Migraine and PPPD

55 minutes

We are kicking off the new year and a new season with a great guest! Dr. Kristen Steenerson, MD brings her expertise to the conversation with a deeper dive into Vestibular Migraine and Persistent Postural Perceptual Dizziness. Whether you're a patient or a clinician, you surely don't want to skip this episode!

Kristen K. Steenerson, MD is a board-certified neurologist with fellowship training in vestibular neurology. She graduated cum laude from Claremont McKenna College, received her MD from the University of Utah, completed neurology residency at Mayo Clinic Arizona, and fellowship at Barrow Neurological Institute. She directs the Vestibular Balance Disorders Program of the Stanford Balance Center. She has joint appointments in the departments of Otolaryngology--Head and Neck Surgery and Neurology & Neurological Sciences at Stanford. Her clinical interests include vestibular migraine, persistent postural-perceptual dizziness, benign paroxysmal positional vertigo, Ménière's disease, and international neurology.

Episode Resources

- Central and peripheral vestibular disorders overview (and how much they overlap!): https://www.nature.com/articles/nrneurol.2017.58

- CGRP position paper: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38466028/

- VMPATHI survey:https://redcap.ucsf.edu/surveys/?s=CY893NJHCM

- VMPATHI paper: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32176141/

- Comprehensive analysis of VM treatments: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35859353/

- Migraine influences tinnitus and hearing loss: https://aao-hnsfjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1002/ohn.201?casa_token=pfzZz62NjqcAAAAA:u0enZoqzF6n8D1_o_7G4HyTY5qpjFd0cDutwNpFtigKXd7xo4Zo65Cuzy4qZWjHDeuMICp0RYuKrGQ

- Cognitive failures improve when migraine improves: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37525385/

- Treat MdDS as migraine: https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC5823515/

- Magazine article: https://www.bustle.com/p/what-actually-happens-in-your-brain-when-you-have-a-migraine-according-to-experts-16823975

Hosted by Dr. Abbie Ross, PT, NCS, and Dr. Danielle Tolman, PT

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