Honorary Life Membership is offered to the IHS President on leaving the Board, and to recipients of Special Recognition Awards.
Other Honorary Life Memberships are appointed by the Board on a case-by-case basis to individuals who are distinguished for clinical or research work in fields related to headache.
Special Recognition Awards are awarded to individuals who have contributed greatly to the Society.
The awards are presented during the bi-ennial IHC Presidential Symposium, and include Honorary Life Membership.

Marie-Germaine Bousser

Hans-Christoph Diener

David William Dodick

Lars Edvinsson

Karl Ekbom

Michel D Ferrari

Peter J Goadsby

Vincenzo Guidetti

Eero Hokkanen

Patrick P A Humphrey

Lee Kudrow

Elizabeth Anne MacGregor

Michael A Moskowitz

Giuseppe Nappi

Jes Olesen

Allan Purdy

Alan M Rapoport

K Ravishankar

Fumihiko Sakai

Pramod R Saxena

Jean Schoenen

Timothy J Steiner

Peer Tfelt-Hansen

K Michael Welch
名誉终身会员 (死者)
- John Desmond Carroll, UK
- Karl Ekbom, Sweden
- James W Lance, Australia
- Ninan T Mathew, USA
- Edgard Rafaelli Jnr, Brazil
- Frank Clifford Rose, UK
- Federigo Sicuteri, Italy
- Ottar Sjaastad, Norway
- Dieter Soyka, Germany
- Marcia Wilkinson, UK