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Congress

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

Steven Frucht
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