Synergy Integrative Headache Center

About Practice

Alexander Feoktistov, MD, is the founder and president of the Synergy Integrative Headache Center in Chicago, Illinois. Dr. Feoktistov is board-certified in Headache Medicine by the United Council of Neurological Subspecialties and is a Diplomate of the American Board of Pain Medicine. He is also board-certified in Internal Medicine by the American Board of Internal Medicine.

Dr. Feoktistov graduated in 1998 with a diploma with Highest Honors (Summa Cum Laude) and a Doctor of Medicine degree from Moscow Medical Academy, where he also completed his residency at the Department of Neurology. 

In 2002, Dr. Feoktistov received a Ph.D. degree in the field of neurology at the Moscow Medical Academy. His dissertation was devoted to the problems of medication overuse headaches or rebound headaches. As a result of his research, he received a Presidential Award for Academic Excellence and Clinical Research from the President of the Russian Federation for a one-year fellowship of his choice. He was approved to study headache medicine at the Diamond Headache Clinic in Chicago, working directly with Seymour Diamond, MD, where he remained until 2007. 

In 2010, Dr. Feoktistov completed a residency in internal medicine at Saint Joseph Hospital in Chicago. 

From 2010 through 2011, he completed a fellowship in pain management at the Cleveland Clinic. 

From 2011 through 2020, Dr. Feoktistov worked as a staff physician and director of clinical research at the Diamond Headache Clinic. 

Dr. Feoktistov is an experienced researcher and has presented at numerous national and international headache and neurological conferences. He co-authored 9 book chapters and published over 40 articles on the topics of headaches and neck pain. 

In 2015, he was named the recipient of the 2015 National Headache Foundation Lectureship Award. 

Since 2019, Dr. Feoktistov has served as a President of the American Interventional Headache Society.

CONDITIONS WE TREAT:

Migraine with and without aura

Chronic migraine, including intractable chronic migraine that is not responding to medications

Basilar migraine (also known as migraine with brainstem aura)

Hemiplegic migraine

Retinal migraine

Cluster headaches (chronic and episodic)

Paroxysmal hemicrania

New daily persistent headache

Cervicogenic headache 

Idiopathic stabbing headaches

SUNCT syndrome

Trigeminal neuralgia

Occipital neuralgia

Atypical facial pain

Tension-type headache

Medication overuse headache (also known as rebound headache)

Neck pain

Cervical dystonia

Myofascial pain syndrome

And many more...

Insurances

• Aetna
• Blue Cross Blue Shield
• Cigna
• Medicare
• United Healthcare

Specialties

• Internist
• Neurologist

Services

• Botox and SPG Blocks
• Interventional Treatment
• Migraine
• Neck Pain
• Nerve Blocks
• Neuralgias and Facial Pain
• Non-Pharmacological Treatments
• Non-invasive Neuromodulation
• Pharmacological Therapy