THE HEADACHE CLINICS
featuring:
The Headache Care Center
Springfield, Missouri
The Headache Care Center was founded in January, 1996,
by Roger K. Cady, MD and Kathleen Farmer, PsyD. The
following is based on an interview with Doctor Kathleen
Farmer.
Doctor Cady attended medical school at the Mayo
Medical School in Rochester, MN. He completed a Family
Practice residency at Mayo Clinic-St. Francis in LaCrosse,
WI, and continued his work in Family Practice in Hillsboro, WI. In 1986, Dr. Cady assumed the role of Medical
Director at the Shealy Institute in Springfield, MO, where
he remained until 1995, and where he began his work in
headache medicine.
Doctor Cady is Board Certified by the American Board
of Family Practice, and has received subspecialty certification in Headache Medicine from the United Council for
Neurologic Subspecialties. He holds a Certificate of Added
Qualification from the National Headache Foundation.
In 2000, Dr. Cady was the co-recipient of the prestigious
Harold G. Wolff Award from the American Headache
Society for his research entitled “The Spectrum of Headache.” He was elected to the Board of Directors for the
National Headache Foundation in 1998, and has served
as its Associate Executive Chairman since 2010. Dr. Roger
Cady received the Lifetime Achievement Award from the
National Headache Foundation in 2012.
Doctor Farmer is a psychologist specializing in Health
Psychology at the Headache Care Center. She received
her PsyD degree from the Forest Institute of Professional
Psychology in Springfield, MO, and is a Diplomat of the
American Academy of Pain Management. Prior to founding the Headache Care Center with Dr. Roger Cady, she
served as the chair of the Psychology Department of the
Shealy Institute for the Comprehensive Management of
Pain from 1988 to 1995.
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J. Kent Dexter, MD, is a graduate of the University of
Missouri Medical School at Columbia, MO, where he
completed a residency in Internal Medicine. Dr. Dexter
is Board Certified in Internal Medicine, and was awarded
the subspecialty certification in Headache Medicine from
the United Council for Neurologic Subspecialties. He is a
Fellow of the American College of Physicians. Dr. Dexter
previously served in the Department of Medicine for St.
Johns Regional Health Center, Springfield, MO, and was
Chairman of Primary Care, Monroe Clinic, Monroe, WI.
He returned to Springfield i