Samantha Irwin, MB BCh BAO

Samantha Irwin, MB BCh BAO, M.S., is a pediatric neurologist in UT Health Austin Pediatric Neurosciences at Dell Children’s. She specializes in caring for children and adolescents with headache disorders, including migraine, new daily persistent headaches, and tension-type headaches, and in trigeminal autonomic cephalalgias, a condition characterized by relatively short bouts of pain and other symptoms on one side of the head. She also treats pediatric patients with concussions and post-traumatic headaches.

Irwin earned a master’s degree in neuropsychology at Maastricht University and her medical degree at the School of Medicine Trinity College Dublin. She then completed a residency in pediatric neurology at the University of Toronto’s Hospital for Sick Children, followed by a fellowship in headache neurology at the University of California, San Francisco. Prior to Dell Medical School, Irwin was an assistant professor of neurology and the Pediatric Headache Fellowship director at UCSF.

Her research focuses on clinical trials evaluating potential new treatments for headache disorders in children and adolescents. In addition to medication trials, she is investigating the role of structured exercise as part of a collaborative, multidisciplinary approach to treating pediatric headaches.

Irwin is a member of the American Academy of Neurology, Child Neurology Society, American Headache Society, Canadian Headache Society, International Headache Academy and International Child Neurology Association. She serves on the editorial board of Annals of the Child Neurology Society.