International Congress Committees
MDS would like to acknowledge the following committees for their help developing the 2024 International Congress:
International Congress Oversight Committee
Francisco Cardoso
Chair
Committee Members
David Burn, United Kingdom
Susan Fox, Canada
Victor Fung, Australia
Beomseok Jeon, Korea
Ron Postuma, Canada
Claudia Trenkwalder, Germany
Congress Scientific Program Committee
Ron Postuma, Canada
Chair
Beomseok Jeon, Korea
Co-Chair
Roy Alcalay, Israel
Jonathan Carr, South Africa
Han-Joon Kim, Korea
Thomas Kimber, Australia
Gabor Kovacs, Canada
Chin-Hsien Lin, Taipei
Davide Martino, Canada
Niccolo Emanuele Mencacci, USA
Genko Oyama, Japan
Sanjay Pandey, India
Cecilia Peralta, Argentina
Irena Rektorova, Czech Republic
Maria Rodriguez-Oroz
Huifang Shang, China
Andrew Siderowf, USA
Laura Silveira-Moriyama, Brazil
Per Svenningsson, Sweden
Maria Stamelou, Greece
Laura Williams, Ireland
Ad Hoc members:
David Burn, Ireland
Francisco Cardoso, Brazil
Marina De Koning-Tijssen, Netherlands
Francesca Morgante, United Kingdom
Elina Sarva, Spain
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