Kathleen Hermanson, PA-C in Carlsbad is a physician assistant at The Neurology Center of Southern California on Hidden Valley Road, specializing in headache-disorder evaluation and management. A Duke University Physician Assistant Program graduate inducted into the Pi Alpha Honor Society, she performs neurological assessments that complement the diagnostic work of neuroscience-focused facilities, including BrainCare Performance Center Carlsbad. She holds NCCPA certification and maintains membership in the American Headache Society, focusing her caseload on migraine classification, tension-type headache differentiation, and medication-overuse headache identification. Prior clinical experience in pain management informs her approach to complex headache patients who often require coordinated neuromusculoskeletal care from rehabilitation specialists at Gaspar Doctors of Physical Therapy. Her highest-complexity evaluations involve trigeminal autonomic cephalalgia workups requiring MRI/MRA imaging correlation, nerve-block protocols, and Botox injection mapping for chronic migraine patients meeting ICHD-3 diagnostic criteria.