Lester Maxwell Gallivan, MD

Max Gallivan, MD, is a pediatric neurologist with Barrow Neurological Institute at Phoenix Children's. He cares for patients in the Pediatric Headache Clinic and the Concussion Clinic. Dr. Gallivan specializes in headache and concussion care, including migraine, tension headaches, refractory headaches and persistent post-concussive headache.

Dr. Gallivan earned his bachelor's degree in psychology, summa cum laude, from Wabash College in Crawfordsville, Indiana. He earned his medical degree from Indiana University School of Medicine in Indianapolis. He then completed a medical residency in child neurology at the University of Louisville in Louisville, Kentucky, where he served as chief resident. He completed a fellowship in pediatric headache at Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center in Cincinnati.

Dr. Gallivan's research focuses on pediatric headache. His work includes a review of the diagnosis and management of persistent post-traumatic headache, published in Current Pain and Headache Reports. During residency, he helped develop an emergency department treatment protocol and set of standard tests to order for acute migraine. His fellowship research looked at the reasons families miss appointments at a pediatric headache center.

Dr. Gallivan is a member of the American Headache Society, the American Academy of Neurology, Phi Beta Kappa Indiana Beta Chapter, and the American Medical Association.

In his free time, Dr. Gallivan enjoys going to the movies and spending time with friends and family. He also reads comics, explores new restaurants and plays pickleball.