Description:

Chronic migraine is a debilitating, poorly understood and poorly managed illness due to limited clinical options. Dr. Kyle Bills is a neuroscientist and clinician specializing in migraine who has been involved in the characterisation of unique phenotypes related to glucose dysregulation that may help guide more effective, personalised treatments. The discussion includes his remarkable clinical research utilizing continuous blood glucose monitoring (CGM) and a ketogenic diet.

Guest:

Dr. Kyle Bills

About our guest:

Dr. Kyle Bills, DC, PhD, is a neuroscientist and clinician specializing in migraine, brain injury, and addiction recovery.

Dr. Bills serves as Associate Dean for Research and Associate Professor of Neuroscience at Noorda College of Osteopathic Medicine, where he helped build the institution from the ground up. His leadership includes launching the research program, establishing the Academic Research Clinic, developing a four-year student research curriculum, and helping the college achieve full accreditation.

He founded and directs both the Migraine and Neurological Research Center and the Academic Research Clinic, leading a research lab of over 40 medical students studying chronic migraine, generalized anxiety disorder, substance use disorder, and glucose dysregulation.

He earned his Ph.D. in Neuroscience from Brigham Young University and his Doctor of Chiropractic (D.C.) from Parker University in Dallas. His post-doctoral fellowship at BYU was funded by the National Institutes of Health (NCCIH), and his clinical training included work at the Dallas VA Medical Center.

Dr. Bills also holds faculty appointments with BYU, Parker University, Roseman University, and Rocky Mountain University, where he has taught courses in physiology, neuroanatomy, neurobiology, neurology, and manual medicine.

Guest website and links: 

https://migraineandneurorehabcenter.com

Selection of our guest’s publications: 

• Nelson CA, Reavely KW, Jennings MR, Burger BJ, Kim AC, Sant DW, Bills KB. Glucose dysregulation and glycemic phenotyping in chronic migraine. Front Neurol. 2026 Jan 14;16:1719724. 

• Amendolara A, Magoffin WD, Naik AU, Sant D, Kriak J, Green B, Bills K. Chronic Migraine May Be Associated With Postprandial Hypoglycemia in Adult Men: A Case Series. Cureus. 2024 Feb 26;16(2):e54987.

• Hill A, Amendolara AB, Small C, Guzman SC, Pfister D, McFarland K, Settelmayer M, Baker S, Donnelly S, Payne A, Sant D, Kriak J, Bills KB. Metabolic Pathophysiology of Cortical Spreading Depression: A Review. Brain Sci. 2024 Oct 16;14(10):1026.