International Congress Committees
MDS would like to acknowledge the following committees for their help developing the 2024 International Congress:
International Congress Oversight Committee

Claudia Trenkwalder
Chair
Committee Members
David Burn, United Kingdom
Francisco Cardoso, Brazil
Victor Fung, Australia
Christopher Goetz, USA
Wassilios Meissner, France
Ad-Hoc Members
Michiko Bruno (Ad-Hoc), USA
Maria Stamelou (Ad-Hoc), Greece
Congress Scientific Program Committee

Maria Stamelou, Greece
Chair

Michiko Bruno, USA
Co-Chair
Roy Alcalay, Israel
David Burn, United Kingdom
Francisco Cardoso, Brazil
Jonathan Carr, South Africa
William Dauer, USA
Steven Frucht, USA
Victor Fung, Australia
Taku Hatano, Japan
Han-Joon Kim, Korea
Gabor Kovacs, Canada
Manju Kurian, United Kingdom
Simon Lewis, Australia
Chin-Hsien Lin, Taiwan 
Davide Martino, Canada
Niccolo Mencacci, USA
Shivam Mittal, United Arab Emirates
Francesca Morgante, United Kingdom
Huw Morris, United Kingdom
Pramod Pal, India
Ronald Postuma, Canada
Irena Rektorova, Czech Republic
Maria Rodriguez-Oroz, Spain
Mayela Rodriguez Violante, Mexico
Harini Sarva, USA
Andrew Siderowf, USA
Laura Silveira-Moriyama, Brazil
Claudia Trenkwalder, Germany
Elina Tripoliti, Greece
Congress Local Organizing Committee

Michiko Bruno, USA
Chair
Committee Members
Fay Gao, USA
Webster Ross, USA
Caroline Tanner, USA
MDS Officers (2025-2027)

President
David Burn, FMedSci, MD, FRCP
University of Galway
Galway, Ireland
 
President-Elect
  
  Susan Fox, MRCP (UK), PhD
  
  Professor Neurology
  
  University of Toronto, Toronto Western Hospital
  Toronto, Canada

Past President
Victor Fung, MBBS, PhD, FRACP
Westmead Hospital
Sydney, Australia

Secretary
Jennifer G. Goldman, MD, MS
Barrow Neurological Institute,
Phoenix, AZ, USA
JPG Enterprises LLC,
Chicago, IL, USA

Secretary-Elect
Marcelo Merello, MD PhD
Head Movement Disorders
F.L.E.N.I.
Buenos Aires, Argentina

Treasurer
Beomseok Jeon, MD, PhD
Seoul National University Hospital
Seoul, Korea
 
Treasurer-Elect
  
  Carolyn M. Sue, MBBS PhD FRACP
  
  Kinghorn Chair of Neurodegeneration
  
  University of New South Wales
  
  Neuroscience Research Australia
  Sydney, Australia
International Executive Committee (2023-2025)

Committee Member
Margherita Fabbri, MD
Toulouse University Hospital
Toulouse, France
 
Committee Member
  
  Emilia Mabel Gatto, MD, FAAN
  
  University of Buenos Aires
  
  Buenos Aires, Argentina
 
Committee Member
  
  Njideka Okubadejo, MD, FMCP, FAAN
  
  University of Lagos
  
  Lagos, Nigeria
 
Committee Member
  
  Per Svenningsson, MD, PhD
  
  Karolinska Institutet
  
  Stockholm, Sweden
 
Committee Member
  
  Shen-Yang Lim, MBBS MD FRACP FASc
  
  Senior Consultant Neurologist & Professor
  
  University of Malaya
  Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
 
Committee Member
  
  Steven Frucht, MD
  
  Director of Movement Disorders
  
  NYU Langone  
  New York, NY, USA

Committee Member
Tiago Mestre, MD, PhD
Associate Professor
University of Ottawa
Ottawa, Canada
 
Committee Member
  
  Raymond Rosales, MD PhD
  
  Professor
  
  The Pontifical and Royal University of Santo Tomas  
  Manila, Philippines
 
Committee Member
  
  Antonio Strafella, MD, PhD, FRCPC
  
  Professor
  
  University of Toronto
  
  Toronto Western Hospital  
  Toronto, Canada
 
Committee Member
  
  Marie Vidailhet, MD, PhD
  
  Professor
  
  Salpetriere Hospital
  
  ICM / Paris Brain Institute
  Paris, France
