Dawn A. Marcus, MD, is neurologist and Professor in the Department of Anesthesiology at University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, working at the Pain Evaluation and Treatment Institute. Dr. Marcus is certified by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology. She received her undergraduate degree in Biology at Marywood College in Scranton, Pennsylvania; she received her medical degree from State University of New York Health Science Center in Syracuse. Her postdoctoral training includes a rotating internship at St. Joseph Hospital in Syracuse and a residency in Neurology at University of Pittsburgh. Dr. Marcus joined the faculty at University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine in 1990. Dr. Marcus has authored over 100 articles on the topics of chronic pain and headache, and has given numerous training sessions and invited lectures on the topics of chronic pain and headache in the United States and internationally. She has served as principal investigator on research projects investigating pain epidemiology, pathology, treatment, and women's issues that were funded by regional or national sources. She has also authored numerous books on chronic pain and migraine, including 10 Simple Solutions to Migraine, for which she won the 2007 Excellence in Media Award from the National Headache Foundation. Her most recent consumer book is Fit as Fido: Follow Your Dog to Better Health, (self-published) which teaches you to use your relationship with your dog to improve your general health. She has authored several books on chronic pain management for health care professionals, including the recently published Headache Simplified, Chronic Pain: A Primary Care Guide to Practical Management (second edition), Effective Migraine Treatment in Pregnant and Lactating Women, and Chronic Pain Atlas. In 2010 she authored a book on migraine for women. She published The Power of Wagging Tails: A Doctor's Guide to Dog Therapy and Healing with Demos Health in 2011. Dr Marcus is a consultant for Del Monte's ""Power of Paws"" program, encouraging human health through dog companionship. Dr. Marcus has trained her two wheaten golden terriers to be therapy dogs.