Dr. Amaal J. Starling, MD

Head pain can disturb work, sleep, family life, and daily plans. A person may call it migraine, concussion headache, or a headache that never fully goes away. The cause is not always clear at first. Amaal J. Starling, MD works with these cases through her neurology practice at Mayo Clinic in Arizona.

Amaal Starling is a neurologist with a focus on headache disorders, migraine, concussion, and post-traumatic headache. Her Mayo Clinic profile lists her location as Phoenix, Arizona. Public physician directories also connect her patient care location with Mayo Clinic Building Scottsdale. Her listed care areas include headache, migraine, migraine with aura, medication overuse headache, concussion, and concussion exams.

Migraine and Headache Care

Migraine is more than head pain. It can affect vision, speech, focus, sleep, mood, and daily movement. Some patients have aura. Others deal with light sensitivity, nausea, dizziness, or pain that returns after short relief.

Starling’s official Mayo Clinic profile lists interests in headaches in women, migraine, trigeminal autonomic cephalalgias, secondary headaches, post-traumatic headache, concussion, and teleconcussion. Her work fits patients who need a neurologist with a direct headache and migraine focus.

Her Mayo Clinic research profile also describes work with primary and secondary headache disorders. It notes research in migraine, post-traumatic headache, neuromodulation, clinical trials, and headache advocacy. This background connects her patient care with active research in headache medicine.

Education and Board Status

Amaal Starling completed her Bachelor of Science in Neuroscience at UCLA. She also earned a Master of Science in Physiological Sciences from UCLA. She received her medical degree from Drexel University College of Medicine in 2008.

Her postgraduate education took place at Mayo Clinic College of Medicine in Arizona. She completed a transitional year residency, a neurology residency, and a headache fellowship through Mayo School of Graduate Medical Education.

Mayo Clinic lists her board certification in Neurology through the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology in 2012.

Clinical and Academic Role

Her Mayo Clinic research profile lists her as a consultant in the Division of Headache, Department of Neurology. It also lists her academic rank as Associate Professor of Neurology.

Patients may search for her profile when they need care for migraine, migraine with aura, medication overuse headache, concussion symptoms, post-traumatic headache, or complex headache patterns. Her public Mayo profile shows a focused neurology practice tied to review, diagnosis, research, and care plans based on each patient’s case.

Her professional activity includes work with the American Academy of Neurology, American Headache Society, Alliance for Headache Disorders Advocacy, and other headache and neurology groups. Mayo Clinic also lists awards linked to neurology education, advocacy, and headache care.