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