Our team

Clinicians

Andrew Dawson D.O.

Dr. Andrew Dawson entered neurology to find the underlying causes of his patients’ issues and not just to treat the symptoms. From your first visit, through your continued care and your last visit, Dr. Dawson’s goal is to treat the root cause so the symptoms go away.

Dr. Dawson was born and raised in St. Louis. Dr. Dawson’s route to medicine is a unique one. After graduating from Hazelwood Central High School, he headed to the University of Missouri where he earned his Bachelors in Music Education. After graduation, Dr. Dawson taught strings in the McCluer High School stack to students from 4th grade to 12th. You may have actually seen Dr. Dawson play bass in local rock, country and church bands throughout the St. Louis area during his time at UMSL and teaching. While teaching, the science bug hit Dr. Dawson and he started attending St. Louis University where he earned his Masters in Organic Chemistry. After earning his Masters degree, Dr. Dawson attended medical school at Kirksville College of Osteopathic Medicine. Dr. Dawson did his Neurology Residency under Michigan State University at Garden City Hospital in Detroit while training under the esteemed neurologist, Dr. Anne Pawlak. After his time in Detroit, Dr. Dawson earned a Fellowship at the acclaimed Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, MD where he focused on Headache Neurology. Dr. Dawson and his partner, Dr. Divya Sivakumar are the only Fellowship trained and board certified Headache specialists in the St. Louis area.

Dr. Dawson is an Assistant Professor at Ponce University in Saint Louis and a Clinical Adjunct Instructor at A.T. Still University in Kirksville. He lectures for the medical schools. He has done a variety of other lectures, for instance, disability attorneys and conferences for attending physicians.

As any true St. Louisan, Dr. Dawson loves his Cardinals, Blues and is on the waiting list for St. Louis City S.C. season tickets. If he is not at the clinic or watching his games, Dr. Dawson can be found listening to his favorite teams while playing with his homemade 3D Printer, his custom lasers or weekends out fishing.

Residency: General Neurology at Garden City Hospital in Michigan
Fellowship: Headache Medicine at Johns Hopkins in Maryland
ABPN Board Certified in General Neurology
AOA Board Certified in General Neurology
UCNS Headache Board Certified

Divya Sivakumar D.O.

Raised in the St. Louis area since 4 years of age, Dr. Sivakumar is St. Louis through and through. After graduating from Parkway South High School, Dr. Sivakumar attended St. Louis University where she double majored in Biology and Spanish. After graduating SLU, Dr. Sivakumar attended Kansas City University of Medicine and Biosciences College of Osteopathic Medicine.

After attaining her medical degree, Dr. Sivakumar did her neurology residency through Michigan State University at the Garden City Hospital. Dr. Sivakumar, chose neurology because of its innate complexity and connectivity to other health issues as well as the grateful patients of neurology as together her and her patients get to the root causes of the health problems. After finishing her residency, Dr. Sivakumar received a fellowship at the Medical College of Wisconsin where she studied under the premier headache specialists including Dr. Fred Freitag, recognized as one of the top headache specialists in the country.

Dr. Sivakumar is an assistant professor at Ponce University in Saint Louis where she lectures for the medical school.

Dr. Sivakumar’s passion lies with her daughter and her cat. In her spare time, if she has any, Dr. Sivakumar enjoys reading, fashion/beauty, time with friends and family and anything and everything about the NBA.

Residency: General Neurology at Garden City Hospital in Michigan
Fellowship: Headache Medicine at Medical College of Wisconsin
ABPN Board Certified in General Neurology
AOA Board Certified in General Neurology
UCNS Headache Board Certified

Staff

Makayla

Team Lead / Front Desk

Makayla is excited to be joining Hope Headache and Neurology.

Casey

Medical Assistant Lead

Casey has worked in the medical field for at least a decade. She enjoys spending time with her friends and catching a concert or two with her significant other. In the summer you will likely catch Casey poolside with her twin girls. Casey believes that life is about making the most of the moments you spend with others.

Cheryl

Back Office Support

Cheryl is a retired delivery driver who loves to spend time with her family. She loves to travel. It could be said easily that she really loves to find a great bargain. Pampered Chef is a passion of hers.
Like the rest of the Saint Louis crew, she follows the Cardinals with regularity. Mickey Mouse and Zebras can be found frequently amongst her decorations. Her and her significant other have two cats and a dog that shares their loving home.

Ellaine

Virtual Front Desk

She is excited to join Hope Headache and Neurology!

Karen

Front Desk

Karen enjoys spending time with her cats and grandchildren. She’s particular fond of going on vacations or to the lake with her husband.

Marvin

Maintenance

Marvin loves to tinker with things.
He is a huge WWE fan.

Delivering top notch neurologic care.