Headache Medicine Fellowship Program selects latest fellow
Headache Medicine Fellowship Program selects latest fellow
Mehwish Aziz, MD, has been named the fourth fellow in the Headache Medicine Fellowship Program. Her first day was Wednesday, July 1, 2026.
Dr. Aziz received her medical degree from Windsor University School of Medicine in St. Kitts and Nevis. She later completed her residency at Mercyhealth GME Consortium’s Internal Medicine Residency Program, in Rockford.
Vishwa Patel, MD, the third fellow in the Headache Medicine Fellowship Program, recently graduated.
“She’s very well-liked by staff and patients and she’s a good critical thinker who understands patients with headache disorders,” says Jeffrey Royce, MD, FAAFP, FAHS, director of the headache medicine fellowship. “She’s a great addition to the fellows who have gone through the fellowship program. She’s the type of physician who I would like to have join the practice of headache medicine.”
The Headache Medicine Fellowship Program offers training in pathophysiology, recognition, headache management and related disorders. The fellowship has rotations in concussion care, ENT, radiology, audiology and vestibular, neurosurgery, neurology, pain management and ophthalmology.
The curriculum is broken into three sections: clinical, which offers patient exposure at the UW Health SwedishAmerican Hospital Neuro and Headache Center; education, which includes didactic sessions conferences and interprofessional sessions; and research, which allows fellows to select projects that interest them, including studies started by faculty members.
Dr. Aziz can be reached at mehwaziz@uic.edu or 779-696-9512.