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 (2023-2025)
President
Victor Fung, MBBS, PhD, FRACP
Westmead Hospital
Sydney, Australia
President-Elect
David Burn, FMedSci, MD, FRCP
Newcastle University
Newcastle upon Tyne, UK
Past President
Francisco Cardoso, MD, PhD, FAAN
The Federal University of Minas Gerais
Belo Horizonte, Brazil
Secretary
Marina de Koning-Tijssen, MD, PhD
University Medical Centre Groningen
Groningen, Netherlands
Secretary-Elect
Jennifer G. Goldman, MD, MS
Barrow Neurological Institute,
Phoenix, AZ, USA
JPG Enterprises LLC,
Chicago, IL, USA
Treasurer
Wassilios Meissner, MD, PhD
CHU Bordeaux
Bordeaux, France
Treasurer-Elect
Beomseok Jeon, MD, PhD
Seoul National University Hospital
Seoul, Korea
International Executive Committee (2023-2025)
Committee Member
Roongroj Bhidayasiri, MD, FRCP, FRCPI
Chulalongkorn Centre of Excellence on Parkinson's Disease & Related Disorders
Bangkok, Thailand
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
Nobutaka Hattori, MD, PhD
Juntendo University School of Medicine
Tokyo, Japan
Committee Member
Hyder Jinnah, MD, PhD
Emory University School of Medicine
Atlanta, GA, USA
Committee Member
Regina Katzenschlager, MD
Klinik Donaustadt Vienna
Vienna, Austria
Committee Member
Njideka Okubadejo, MD, FMCP, FAAN
University of Lagos
Lagos, Nigeria
Committee Member
Tanya Simuni, MD
Northwestern University
Chicago, IL, USA
Committee Member
Per Svenningsson, MD, PhD
Karolinska Institutet
Stockholm, Sweden
Committee Member
Eng-King Tan, MD
National Neuroscience Institute
Singapore, Singapore