Hormonal fluctuations are a key trigger for many types of headaches in women—but navigating diagnosis and treatment can be complex. In this clinically focused session, Dr. Pelin Batur will explore the connection between hormones and headache syndromes, including menstrual migraine, perimenopausal triggers, and the role of hormonal therapies. She’ll provide practical strategies for diagnosis, preventive care, and treatment tailored to a woman’s reproductive stage, helping clinicians deliver more personalized and effective headache management.
Pelin Batur, MD, FACP, MSCP, is a board-certified internist and nationally recognized expert in women’s health at Cleveland Clinic, where she has practiced since 1998. She is a Professor of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Biology at the Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine of Case Western Reserve University and serves in the Department of Subspecialty Care for Women’s Health within the Ob/Gyn & Women’s Health Institute.
Dr. Batur’s consultative practice focuses on complex hormonal care, including menopause, medically challenging contraception, menstrual migraine, osteoporosis, and sexual health. She helped establish several specialty programs at Cleveland Clinic, including the Sexual Health Program and the Complex Contraception Clinic, and serves as the hormone liaison to interdisciplinary cancer prevention and survivorship programs for high-risk and post-treatment populations.
A certified menopause practitioner, Dr. Batur has trained in women’s health fellowship at Cleveland Clinic and now dedicates her practice exclusively to women’s health consultations, often caring for patients with medically complex needs such as those with genetic cancer syndromes, transplant history, or post-cancer treatment. She is deeply involved in education, has authored more than 100 peer-reviewed publications and book chapters, and is Deputy Editor of the Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine. She lectures nationally to audiences in internal medicine, endocrinology, and gynecology and is a key contributor to advancing women’s health policy and clinical education nationwide.