Dr. Spears is the inaugural Endowed Chair of Migraine and Chief of the new Headache Division at Alpert Medical School at Brown University and Brown Neurology.  He is board certified in Neurology and Headache Medicine and has contributed to the field through education/teaching of medical students, residents, and fellows, and published in peer review journals. Previously he served as the Regional Medical Director of Neurology and a headache specialist at the University of Pennsylvania. A Fellow of the American Headache Society and the American Academy of Neurology, he is a graduate of the Diversity Leadership Program (2015) and the Transforming Leaders Program (2020) through the American Academy of Neurology. Dr. Spears received his Bachelor of Science degree from Michigan State University and his Doctor of Medicine from Wayne State University School of Medicine. He completed his internship in Internal Medicine at Akron General Medical Center and his residency in Neurology at Albert Einstein/Montefiore Medical Center in New York City, where he also served as the Chief Resident. He completed a Fellowship in Headache and Facial Pain at the Headache Institute at the St. Luke’s/Roosevelt hospital in New York City and has practiced headache medicine for the last 18 years.

Dr. Johnson is a board certified neurologist with extensive expertise in working within a Multispecialty Specialty Clinic affiliated with Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston. He graduated from the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania and completed a residency at Longwood Neurology Training Program. Specializes in Neurology, he works in Providence, RI and 6 other locations.