Eric Baron, DO

Appointed
2010

Education & Fellowships

Fellowship - Cleveland Clinic
Headache Medicine
Cleveland, OH
2010

Residency - Cleveland Clinic
Neurology
Cleveland, OH
2009

Residency - Cleveland Clinic
Internal Medicine/Pre-Neurology
Cleveland, OH
2006

Internship - Cuyahoga Falls General Hospital
Rotating Osteopathic Internship
Cuyahoga Falls, OH
2005

Medical Education - Ohio University College of Osteopathic Medicine
Athens, OH
2004

Undergraduate - University of Toledo
Toledo, OH
2000

Undergraduate - Lorain Community College
Elyria, OH
2000

Additional Training

• Headache and Facial Pain Fellowship 7/2009-6/2010

Professional Highlights

• Developed Virtual Headache Specialist website (Personalized headache and facial pain symptom checker tool and education)
• Recognized for Excellence as a “Best Doctor” by Cleveland Magazine, August 2018, August 2019
• Chosen as one of "America's Top Physicians" by Consumers' Research Council of America, 2012-2019
• Recognized for Excellence as a “Best Doctor” by Cleveland Magazine, August 2018    
• Stroke Medical Director, Cleveland Clinic - Medina Hospital, 10/2010-12/2014
• Cleveland Clinic Chief Neurology Resident, 6/2008-6/2009
• Peer-reviewer for Headache: The Journal of Head and Face Pain
• Peer-reviewer for Cephalalgia
• Peer-reviewer for New England Journal of Medicine
• Peer-reviewer for Pain Medicine
• Member of American Headache Society Committee on Headache Education (ACHE)
• Contributing expert author at Cannigma: https://cannigma.com/author/eric_baron/ 
• Contributing expert author at wikiHow: https://www.wikihow.com/Author/Eric-Baron-DO

Certifications

• Psychiatry and Neurology - Neurology
• Headache Medicine

Awards & Honors

• Chosen as one of "America's Top Physicians" by Consumers' Research Council of America, 2012-2016
• Cleveland Clinic 2012 Nightingale Physician Collaboration Award
• Clinical fellow award for the oral platform presentation “Headache Following Intracranial Endovascular Procedures” at Cleveland Clinic Neurological Institute Research Day, Cleveland, OH; 5/27/10
• Recipient of travel grant to National Headache Foundation 7th Annual Headache Research Summit 2009; Chicago, IL; 10/16/09
• Recipient of travel grant to Diamond Headache Clinic Headache Update 2009; Orlando, FL; 7/13/09-7/18/09
• Cleveland Clinic Department of Neurology 2007-2008 Humanitarian Award
• Elected Cleveland Clinic Chief Neurology Resident, 6/2008-6/2009
• Cleveland Clinic 2007 Innovator Award for Baron Rapid Lumbar Puncture Needle, 11/2007
• Ranked in top 10% of medical school class, 2000-2004
• OUCOM Outstanding Case Report Award – A Case of Night Eating Syndrome, 2004
• Elyria Memorial Hospital Regional Healthcare System Medical Scholarship Award, 2003
• Mary J. and Paul J. Kopsch Scholarship Award, 2003
• American Osteopathic Foundation Welch Scholars Grant, 2003
• Ohio State Society of the American College of Osteopathic Family Physicians Scholarship, 2003
• Lorain County Medical Foundation Scholarship Award, 2003
• Joan Galbreath Phillips Scholarship Award, 2002
• Mary J. and Paul J. Kopsch Scholarship Award, 2002
• Roy E. Hayes, M.D. Memorial Scholarship Award, 2002
• Lorain County Medical Foundation Scholarship Award, 2002
• American Osteopathic Foundation Scholarship Award, 2002
• Inducted into Phi Sigma Sigma National Osteopathic Honor Society, 2001
• Elyria Memorial Hospital Regional Healthcare System Medical Scholarship Award, 2001
• Lorain County Medical Foundation Scholarship Award, 2001
• Ohio Osteopathic Foundation Tom Fries/Martin E. Levitt D.O. Scholarship Award, 2001
• Elyria Memorial Hospital Regional Healthcare System Medical Scholarship Award, 2000
• Lorain County Medical Foundation Scholarship Award, 2000
• Dean’s List, University of Toledo, 1997-2000
• Frank and Hilda Hawkins Pre-Medical Scholarship Award, 1999
• Inducted into National Golden Key Honor Society, 1998
• Inducted into Alpha Epsilon Delta (Pre-Medical Fraternity), 1998
• Frank and Hilda Hawkins Pre-Medical Scholarship Award, 1998
• University of Toledo Transfer Academic Scholarship Award, 1997
• Dean’s List, Lorain County Community College, 1995-1997
• Inducted into Phi Theta Kappa National Honor Society, 1996
• Lorain County Community College Presidential Scholarship Award, 1995

Innovations & Patents

• Baron Rapid Lumbar Puncture Needle (no patent issued at this time)

Memberships

• Peer-reviewer for Headache: The Journal of Head and Face Pain
• Peer-reviewer for Cephalalgia
• Peer-reviewer for New England Journal of Medicine
• Peer-reviewer for Pain Medicine
• Member of American Headache Society Committee on Headache Education (ACHE)
• International Headache Society (IHS)
• American Headache Society (AHS)
• American Academy of Neurology (AAN)
• American Osteopathic Association (AOA)
• Ohio Osteopathic Association (OOA) 

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As of 7/22/2024, Dr. Baron has reported the financial relationships with the companies listed below. In general, patients should feel free to contact their doctor about any of the relationships and how the relationships are overseen by Cleveland Clinic. To learn more about Cleveland Clinic's policies on collaborations with industry and innovation management, go to our Integrity in Innovation page.

Consulting and/or Speaking. Dr. Baron receives fees of $5,000 or more per year (or, in rare cases, equity or stock options) as a paid consultant, speaker or as a member of an advisory committee for the following companies:

• AbbVie, Inc.
• Lundbeck
• Pfizer, Inc.

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