Rami Apelian, MD, MPH, FAES

10/31/2024

Happy Halloween from Huntington Headache and Neurology! And Go Los Angeles Dodgers!!!

08/04/2023

Today my staff and I received the most humbling and rewarding feedback from a patient. Our 50 year old Filipino patient said: “20 years in this country and this is the best clinic. Nice staff, kind doctor. The best!! Thank you, doc!”

This is why we do this.

07/21/2023

Please consider joining Huntington Headache and Neurology's team at Miles for Migraine- Los Angeles as we walk, run, and raise much needed money for migraine research and training headache specialists! You don't even have to live in LA to be a part of our team. More details in the link below!

Dr. Apelian and the team at Huntington Headache and Neurology are committed to advocating, fundraising, and increasing awareness for headache disorders. Join our team and help us reach our goal so we can help patients who suffer from migraine overcome the stigma and disability of their disease!

07/05/2022

Freedom is going out to a community parade without the fear of dying.

Freedom is feeling protected, by the grace of our service men, women, and they.

I am not a left wing nut. I am not a right wing nut.

I support the Constitution.

I also support public health.

Happy 4th.

08/22/2021

Three quotes that I want everyone to hear, let alone share:

1. There is irony in someone rebelling against a culture of individualism for the good of their community.

2. This is what freedom looks like in America today.

3. In a pandemic, one person’s freedom can be another person’s death.

In Arkansas, many are choosing personal liberty over vaccination — at a heavy cost.

08/01/2021

I don’t want to wear a mask forever. And I know you don’t want to wear a mask today, let alone tomorrow or forever. So, get vaccinated.

There’s a chance that a condom will fail, risking you or your partner having an STD or an unplanned pregnancy, but you still wear one and continue to have s*x.

There’s a chance your seatbelt won’t save your life in a car wreck, but you still click it and drive to work or school every day, with your family in the car.

There’s a chance your bike helmet won’t save you from a traumatic brain injury, but you wear it and still ride when you can. And you probably make sure your kids are wearing a helmet, too - just in case.

You wear a life jacket when you wake board, but it doesn’t mean you won’t drown. Yet you still go to the lake and wake board whenever you can. And you are probably teaching your kids how to do it well.

So why aren’t you getting the COVID vaccine? Yes, you might still get infected. And yes, you might still infect someone else. But 0.001% of vaccinated people are dying from COVID, and 0.005% of those vaccinated are being hospitalized. Meanwhile 97% of those hospitalized are not vaccinated. Show me that your condom, your seatbelt, your helmet, or your life jacket can do better. But you still use those public health measures.

We all accept some risk in our day-to-day activities. This is not the time to play Craps with society. You choose who you have s*x with, you choose your route to work or school, you choose your bike, your helmet, and the bike route, and you also choose who goes out on the water with you and which waterway you frequent.

You don’t choose who breathes the air we share and who gets exposed to your breath.

Get the vaccine.

07/23/2021

So Eric Clapton, I promise not to offer my opinion on your music or your performances if you promise not to influence my recommendations to my patients. I also promise not to sing or to my patients to not desecrate your work. Deal?

07/18/2021

Today I said goodbye to a brother, a friend, a mentor, a colleague… and so much more.

Dr. Richard Shubin, thank you. For everything.

05/03/2021

This Wednesday, May 5 at 10:00 am PT, I am excited to speak at Movement Disorders Policy Coalition’s event in honor of Mental Health Awareness Month and . To learn more about this disorder affecting over 500,000 Americans, you can tune in by registering here: https://bit.ly/3ewOo3J

02/15/2021

Among all neurological diseases, these are the most prevalent in the United States. Practicing healthy lifestyle habits such as eating well and exercising can decrease your chances of developing a neurological disease.

02/10/2021

New BLOG post alert!

A vagus nerve stimulator is often called the pacemaker for the brain. Vagus nerve stimulation refers to the technique of implanting a small device to stimulate the vagus nerve and is considered when other treatments and medications have failed. Patients are under general anesthesia during the implan

02/08/2021

A vagus nerve stimulator is often called the pacemaker for the brain. Vagus nerve stimulation refers to the technique of implanting a small device to stimulate the vagus nerve and is considered when other treatments and medications have failed. Here's a quick look!