Donald B. Penzien, PhD

Director of Head Pain Center
Clinical Psychology - Headaches

• PhD, 1986, Ohio University, Clinical Psychology with Behavioral Medicine emphasis
• Internship - Brown University Medical School, Clinical Psychology Internship Consortium, Providence, Rhode Island
• Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, University of Mississippi 1986-1991
• Associate Professor of Psychiatry, University of Mississippi 1991-2003
• Tenured - 1992
• Professor of Psychiatry, University of Mississippi, 2003 to present
• Director of Head Pain Center, UMMC, 1986 to date
• Director of Behaviroal Medicine Consultation Service, UMMC, 1986 to date

Specializes in assessment and treatment of recurrent headache. He is particularly interested in headache diagnosis, nonpharmacologic/behavioral headache therapies, and meta-analysis.