Central Nervous System Disorders and Therapeutics

Dr. Cummings is Vice-Chair for Research and Professor in Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation/Neurological Surgery. He holds a joint appointment in Anatomy & Neurobiology and is a founding member of Sue & Bill Gross Stem Cell Reseach Center (a CIRM Institute) and the Institute for Memory Impairments and Neurological Disorders (UCI MIND). He has 25 years experience in animal models of neurodegeneration and neurotrauma and 10+ years experience with human neural stem cell transplantations in the CNS. He is an author on over 70 peer-review publications. His research contributed to FDA and SwissMedic approval for a trial of hNSCs in chronic, thoracic spinal cord injuries in collaboration with StemCells Inc.

Spinal Disorders, Neurology, Physical Medicine, Neurorehabilitation, Neurological Surgery and Neurodegenerative Disorders

Adam Kaplin, M.D., Ph.D., graduated from Yale University before receiving his M.D. and Ph.D. from the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. Dr. Kaplin has a joint appointment as a clinician-researcher in the departments of psychiatry and neurology at Johns Hopkins, where his research focuses on immune-mediated mechanisms of depression and cognitive impairment in CNS autoimmune diseases. He is the principle psychiatric consultant to the Johns Hopkins Multiple Sclerosis and Transverse Myelitis Centers. Dr. Kaplin is the chairman of the scientific advisory board for the Montel Williams MS Foundation. He is also a medical advisor to the Cody Unser First Step Foundation (CUFSF), the Transverse Myelitis Association (TMA), the Johns Hopkins Project RESTORE, and the Nancy Davis MS Foundation. Dr. Kaplin is the inventor and co-developer of www.mood247.com, a mood-tracking technology. He is also the CEO and president of Altammune, a startup biotechnology company specializing in developing aggressive new therapies to put autoimmune diseases into long-term remission.

Psychiatry and Neurology

Dr. David C Bonovich is a Neurology Specialist in San Francisco, California. He graduated with honors from George Washington University School Of Medicine in 1989. Having more than 27 years of diverse experiences in Neurology, Interventional Pain Management, Interventional Radiology, Dr. David C Bonovich affiliates with many hospitals including Sutter Medical Center Castro Valley, San Ramon Regional Medical Center, LLC, Sutter East Bay Hospitals, and cooperates with other doctors and specialists without joining any medical groups. He received his medical degree from George Washington University School of Medicine and has been in practice for more than 20 years. He is one of 4 doctors at Alameda Hospital and one of 19 at Alta Bates Summit Medical Center who specialize in Neurology.

Neurology, Neuroscience, Stroke, Cerebrovascular Diseases

Kate studied at Brigham Young University in Hawaii, receiving her B.S. in Exercise and Sports Science. She further expanded her knowledge base and education, receiving her Ph.D. in Rehabilitation Science. She is a skilled leader, experienced in medical device and pharmaceutical research. KM CLinical works with clinicians, academic institutions, and marketing teams for private and corporate projects. Her dissertation work includes the publication of two peer-review journals on the examination of Endothelial Dysfunction in Aging and Diabetes. Kate’s passion for clinical research led her to establish KM Clinical Research Group in 2003. Her drive, knowledge, and expertise are evident in her work and in the growth of KM over the past 11 years. As president, she spearheads KM Clinical Research Group with confidence and integrity.

Neurology, Pharmacology, Rehabilitation Science

Dr. Reshi is a veteran physician of 20 years experience who is currently an Assistant professor at Univeristy of Minnesota. Dr. Reshi is Director of Neuro Critical Care Fellowship, besides Directing the stroke and Neuro Critical Care Services at Hennepin County Medical Center, a 450 bed associate hospital of University of Minnesota. Dr. Reshi serves on the ENLS committee for Neuro Critical Society.

Neurology, Neuro critical care

Dr.Mohamed Farah is currently working as a assistant professor in the division of neuropathology, department of pathology at John Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, USA. He has published several research papers in the scientific and actively participated in scientific meetings.

Neuroscience, Neuromuscular Disorders, Neurology

Dr. Martin J. Stransky graduated from the St. George's University School of Medicine, St. George's, Greneda in 1983. He works in New Haven, CT and specializes in Endovascular Surgical Neuroradiology (Neuro Surg). Dr. Stransky is affiliated with Griffin Hospital, Yale New Haven Hospital and Yale-New Haven Hospital Saint Raphael Campus.

Neurosurgery, Endovascular Surgery, Neuroradiology, Neurology

Dr. Mujica-Parodi is Director of the Laboratory for Computational Neurodiagnostics (LCNeuro). She is currently working as a associate professor in the department of computational neurodiagnostics at Stony Brook University School of Medical Centre, Greater New York City Area, USA. She has published more than 10 research papers in the scientific and peer reviewed journals.

Anxiety, Depression, Neurological Disorders, Epilepsy, Neuroimaging, Clinical Neuroscience

Dr. Huma Sheikh is a neurologist in New York, New York and is affiliated with multiple hospitals in the area, including Beth Israel Medical Center and South Shore Hospital. She received her medical degree from Rutgers New Jersey Medical School and has been in practice between 6-10 years. She is one of 65 doctors at Beth Israel Medical Center and one of 42 at South Shore Hospital who specialize in Neurology.

Headache, Neurology

Dr. Praticò received his M.D. from the University of Rome “La Sapienza”, School of Medicine where he also completed the residency program in Internal Medicine. After receiving a European Research Award fellowship, he spent two years of post-doctoral training at the University of Dublin. In 1994, he joined the University of Pennsylvania as Research Associate, where he was promoted to Assistant Professor of Pharmacology. In 2007, he moved to Temple University in Philadelphia as an Associate Professor of Pharmacology, Microbiology and Immunology. He has authored over 177 articles in peer-reviewed scientific journals, authored more than 16 review articles and more than 10 book chapters. He has received many awards for his research accomplishments including the Irvine H. Page Award, Neurosciences Education and Research Award, and The Zenith Award from the Alzheimer’s Association.

Neurology, Neuroscience, Neuropharmacology

Dr. Song Guo Zheng is currently working as a professor in the department of medicine and he is also the director at Penn State University Hershey College of Medicine, Greater Los Angeles Area, United States.

Neurology, Medicine, Rheumatology

Professor WK Tang was appointed to professor in the Department of Psychiatry, the Chinese University of Hong Kong in 2011. Professor Tang completed his medical training at the Chinese University of Hong Kong. He joined the Chinese University of Hong Kong as an academic staff since 1999. His main research area is Neuropsychiatry in Stroke. Professor Tang has published over 100 papers in renowned journals, and has also contributed to the peer review of 40 journals. He has secured over 20 major competitive research grants. He has served the editorial boards of five scientific journals. He was also a recipient of the Young Researcher Award in 2007, awarded by the Chinese University of Hong Kong.

Stroke, Substance abuse, Postnatal depression and Neurology

Hiroyuki NAKASE has completed his MD and PhD in 1989 from Graduate course of Medicine, Nara Medical University. He is the Professor and Chairman at the Department of Neurosurgery, Nara Medical University. He has published more than 100 papers in journals and has been serving as an editorial board member. He will be a president of The 29th annual meeting of the Japan Geriatric Neurosurgery Society in 2016, The 40th annual meeting of Epilepsy Surgery of Japan in 2017, The 27th annual conference on Neurosurgical Techniques and Tools and The 33th annual meeting of the Japanese Society of Spinal Surgery in 2018.

Neurology, Neurological Disorders, Neurosurgery, Brain Tumors

Fabio Bianco is currently working as a President and Chief Scientific Officer at Neuro-Zone Ltd. at Italy. He completed his graduation studies from the University of Milan at Italy.

Pharmacology, Neurology

Graduated in Biological Sciences (D.Sc) and in Medicine and Surgery (M.D.)-Associate Professor of Pharmacology at University of Pavia -Teaching Pharmacology for students in Biological Sciences and in Chemistry - Visiting: (1) Department of Neurology and (2) Cerebral Metabolism Research Laboratory, University of Lund, Sweden; (3) Department of Psychobiology, University of California ICI, U.S.A.; (4) Max Plank Institute for Neurochemistry, University of Gottingen, Germany. Research activities: biochemical studies on Physiopathology and Pharmacology of the Central Nervous System in experimental conditions of hypoxia,ischaemia, iperammoniemia, ipoglycemia on the cerebral energy metabolism and actions of drugs on the brain energy state; molecular mechanisms of ageing and drugs' interference; the study of Parkinson’s disease and drugs' actions in Dementia.

Neurology, Parkinson's Disease, Drug Development, Brain Disorders, Dementia

Dionisio Figueiredo Lopes is a neurosurgeon member of Brazilian Neurosurgery Society, member of Brazilian Neurosurgery Academy, Head of Neurosurgery at Hospital Urgencia Otavio Lage, consultant at Hospital Urgencia Goiania and Hospital Santa Monica. Fellowship in Neuro-oncology at Dresden\ Germany and fellowship in Advanced Techniques in Neurosurgery at Tubingen\ Germany.

Neurosurgery, Neuroscience, Neurology

Dr. Aguinaldo Pereira Catanoce is currently working as a Director in the University Hospital Technical Puc Campinas at Sao Paulo, Brazil. 1. Neurosurgeon Doctor With Expertise In Brain Tumors In areas Vascular Diseases, Surgery The Spine and Peripheral Nerves. Specializing In Video Endoscopic Surgeries For nervous system tumors, mostly Pituitary lesions 2. Medical Doctor In Neurosurgery. Especialized In Brain Tumors, Vertebral, Periferic Nerves And Vascular Desiese. Endoscopic Pituitary Adenomas For Video Neurosurgery And Ventricular Lesion 3. Expertise in Private Hospitals of. Assistant Team Neurosurgery From Vera Cruz Campinas Hospital, Campinas From From Puc Hospital and State Hospital Sumaré 4. Manager Administrative Medical. Manager Sector From Medical SADT Do Puc Campinas From Hospital. Manager Responsible For Medical Radiology In areas, hemodynamics, pathology, LAC, Endoscopy, Dialysis, Oncology Multidisciplinary Team and Hearing Health 5. Medical Manager Of Radiologic And therapeutic Area Of pontificie University Catolic Of Campinas Hospital. Oncology, Hemodialysis, Hemodinamic And Clinic Laboratory Medical Doctor Manager 6. Teacher of Medicine University Catolic Of Campinas, Brazil 7. Member of the Brazilian Society HOLDER Neurosurgery

Brain Tumors, Neurosurgery, Vascular Diseases, Spine and Spinal Disorders, Neurology

Professor Joanna B Strosznajder obtained MD and specialization in neurology in Medical University of Warsaw; Ph.D. in biochemistry in Polish Academy of Sciences (PAS). After Ph.D. she spend 2 years as Alexander von Humboldt fellow in Department of Biochemistry University of Cologne. She is internationally recognized neuro scientist in the field of brain lipids, oxidative stress and signaling pathways in relation to cancer, brain ischemia, aging and neurodegeneration. She was the head of Dept. of Cellular Signalling and the President of Scientific Council in Medical Research Centre PAS. She training large number of students, graduates. She organized many meetings and published close 200 articles. She was awarded many times.

Neurology, Biochemistry, Neurodegenerative Disorders, Cancer, Brain Ischemia

Dr. Wissam Barada obtained his medical degree from the Lebanese University in 2001. Afterwards, He joined the American University of Beirut for post doctoral training and graduated as a Neurologist in 2008 after he completed two subsequent specialty training in Family Medicine as well as in Adult Neurology. He was elected president of the resident staff organization and was awarded the best fellow for the year 2008. His name appeared on many scientific papers published in prestigious international medical journals. He was involved in innovative clinical research in the field of regenerative medicine for neurological diseases. Dr. Barada started neurology practice as Attending Neurologist at the Rafic Hariri University Hospital in Beirut then joined the International Medical Center in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia in 2009 where he practiced as a Consultant Neurologist for 5 years. During his practice Dr. Barada built a reputable name in the region. Together with his team, he offered a state of the art clinical services and was actively involved in administrative tasks related to quality improvement as well as in teaching of junior staff. Dr. Barada is Lebanese, born and raised in Beirut. He masters Arabic, English, and French languages.

Neurology, Psychiatry, Adult Neurology

Dr. Arif Khan is a British Board certified Consultant Pediatric Neurologist. He is a British national and has completed his General Pediatric and Pediatric neurology training in the UK. Dr. Khan graduated from Karnataka University, India in 1998. He completed his postgraduate training in Pediatrics from Rajiv Gandhi University of health sciences in Karnataka, India in 2002. He moved to the UK and completed 10 years of comprehensive training in Pediatric Neurology, General Pediatrics and Neonatology as a resident and as a senior registrar in various hospitals in the United Kingdom. His training in Pediatric neurology included assignments as a senior registrar in three major tertiary University hospitals, namely Royal Manchester Children’s Hospital, University Hospitals of Leicester and then the Queens Medical Centre in Nottingham. He was awarded CCT (Completion of certified training) in Pediatrics and Pediatric Neurology by the Royal College of Pediatrics and Child Health in 2012. Prior to joining ACPN, Dr. Khan had been working as a consultant Pediatric Neurologist at the University Hospitals of Leicester and has been the lead clinician for complex epilepsies, vagal nerve stimulation service and ketogenic diet in the region. He also had his practice at the Nuffield Hospital in Leicester and offered visiting consultations to Medcare Hospital, Dubai. He is an avid writer, authoring more than 40 peer-reviewed and public health publications. He has presented numerous posters at national and international meetings. He is currently in the process of co-authoring a book on Pediatric Neurology and one on pediatrics for medical students. He has been a lecturer for medical students at the University Hospitals of Leicester and has been teaching on the National training courses like the Pediatric Epilepsy training courses. His professional memberships include fellowship of the royal college of pediatrics and child health, core member of the European pediatric neurology society and member of the British Pediatric Neurology Association. Dr. Khan has moved to UAE in his capacity as the Head of Pediatric neurology division at ACPN, Dubai. He has extensive experience in the management of various childhood neurological conditions like Complex epilepsies, Headaches, Migraines, movement disorders, developmental impairments, Autism, ADHD, spasticity and sleep disorders.

Pediatrics Neurology, Neuroscience , Pyschiatry

Dr. Ihsan M. Ajeena is currently working as a professor in the department of medicine at the University of kufa, Iraq. He has worked in the Neurophysiology unit of the Middle Euphrate Neuroscience Center. He ha also worked as a General Secretariat in the Iraq branch at International Federation of Clinical Neurophysiology (IFCN). He has published more than 5 research papers in the reputed journals and actively participated in the scientific meetings.

Neurology, Neurophysiology, Neuroscience

Professor Savas graduated from Ankara University (Turkey), School of Medicine in 1986. He was enrolled in the neurosurgical training program as resident at Department of Neurosurgery at Istanbul University, and completed this program in 1992. Afterwards, he made his doctoral (PhD) study in Neuropharmacology and got further training in Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery at Freiburg University (Germany). He became Associate Professor in 2000; and Professor of Neurosurgery in 2006. He has got the research prize of the European Association of Neurosurgical Societies (EANS) in 2002. He is executive member of the EANS Examination and Research Committees; and Executive Committee Member of the European Society for Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery. He worked as "visiting professor" at Munich University (Germany) in 2006; and at the University of Illinois at Chicago (USA) in 2012. He has been working as Professor of Neurosurgery at Ankara University.

Movement disorders surgery (Parkinson's Disease, tremor, distonia), Pain surgery (trigeminal neuralgia, cancer pain, neuropathic pain) and Brain tumor surgery beside general neurosurgery

Dr. Maria A. Nagel graduated from the University of Illinois, Chicago College of Medicine in 2002. She works in Aurora, CO and specializes in Neurology. Dr. Nagel is affiliated with University Of Colorado Hospital. She has published several original papers in the scientific journals and actively participated in the scientific meetings.

Neurology, Neurodegenerative Diseases, Cerebrovascular disorders, Medicine

Dr. Tissa Wijeratne is currently working as a Director in the Stroke Services & Neuroscience Research Unit at Western Health, Melbourne, Australia. He has published several original research papers in the peer and reputed journals and actively participated in several scientific meetings. His area of research interest includes stroke, neurology, movement disorders etc.

Stroke,Headaches, Movement disorders, Neuroscience, Neurology, Medicine

Ksenija Fumić studied medical biochemistry at Zagreb University School of Pharmacy and Biochemistry. She completed postgraduate study of clinical laboratory diagnostics at Zagreb University School of Medicine and earned her PhD degree in natural sciences at Karl Franzens University, Graz, Austria. She started to work in 1984 at Department of Laboratory Diagnostics, University Hospital Center Zagreb, where she is currently head of the Division for Laboratory Diagnostics of Inborn errors of Metabolism. She has so far published 41 scientific papers in CC-indexed journals. She is also the author of 15 scientific papers reviewed and published in international journals with stated categorization.

Neurological Disorders, Neuroscience, Pharmacy and Biochemistry

Dr. Sevinj Hamidova graduated with a MD from Azerbaijan Medical University in 2009. She then completed internship in City Clinical Hospital in Baku and has now worked for over 6 years as a neurologist at several hospital settings. During this period, she has participated in many conferences and has taken several continuing education neurology courses in Turkey, Germany, Spain and Denmark. She is well skilled and has managed headache, stroke, epilepsy/EEG and prolotherapy protocols. She organized and now directs a small Headache Center in Baku. At present, she is tasked to organize a Stroke Center – a first in Azerbaijan – and has been offered a new job in one of the big private clinics in Baku as a Director of Stroke and Headache Center.

Neurology, Headache and Migraines, Epilepsy/EEG, Stroke

Dr Mohsin Raza completed his MD and PhD from Pakistan. He completed his post-doctorate from Virginia Commonwealth University in 2000. Dr Raza is basic and clinical neuroscience researcher especially on Epilepsy as well as Multiple Sclerosis and has published his research in famous journals including Brain Research, PNAS, Epilepsy Research, Neuropharmacology, Science and Engineering Ethics and Epilepsy and Behavior. Besides neurosciences, he also teaches Scientific Ethics and is the director of Faculty Development Program at the Faculty of Medicine in his institution and has developed several academic programs for the students and the faculty.

Neurology, Headache and Migraines, Stroke, Neuroscience

Dr. Maheep Bhatnagar is currently working as a Professor in the Department of Zoology at Mohan Lal Sukhadia ,University College of Science, Udaipur, India. He has published several original papers in the scientific and reputed journals.

Neurology, Neuroscience, Medicine