Speakers

K. Ravi Acharya, PhD

Professor of Structural Molecular Biology
University of Bath
Bath
United Kingdom

Alberto Albanese, MD

Professor
Humanitas Research Hospital
Rozzano
Milan
Italy

Katharine Alter, MD

Medical Director
Neurorehabilitation and Biomechanics Research Section
Senior Research Clinician
Rehabilitation Medicine
National Institutes of Health Clinical Center
Bethesda, Maryland
United States

Tobias Bäumer, MD

Deputy Director
Institute of Systems Motor Science
Centre of Rare Diseases
Universität of Lübeck
Germany

Lars Bendtsen, MD, PhD, Dr Med Sci

Associate Professor
Clinical Director of the Danish Headache Center
Department of Neurology
Rigshospitalet – Glostrup
University of Copenhagen
Glostrup
Denmark

Djamel Bensmail, MD, PhD

Professor of PMR
University of Versailles Saint-Quentin
Hôpital Raymond Poincaré
Garches, Ile de France
France

Anna Rita Bentivoglio, MD, PhD

Professor
Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli IRCCS
Rome
Italy

Steffen Berweck, MD

Head Physician
Centre of Excellence for Paediatric Neurology, Neurorehabilitation and Epileptology
Schön Klinik Vogtareuth
Germany

Andrew Blitzer, MD, DDS

Professor Emeritus of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery
Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons
Adjunct Professor of Neurology
Icahn School of Medicine at Mt. Sinai
Director
New York Center for Voice and Swallowing Disorders
Co-Founder and Director of Research
ADN International
New York, New York
United States

Chris Boulias MD, PhD

Assistant Professor
University of Toronto
West Park Healthcare Centre
Toronto, Ontario
Canada

Nils Brose, PhD

Director
Department of Molecular Neurobiology
Max Planck Institute for Multidisciplinary Sciences
Goettingen
Germany

Rob Brownstone, FMedSci

Chair of Neurosurgery
UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology
London
United Kingdom

Rami Burstein, PhD

Professor of Anesthesia and Neuroscience
Harvard Medical School
Boston, Massachusetts
United States

Francisco Cardoso, MD

Professor of Internal Medicine and Neurology
UFMG – Brazil
Brazil

Robert Chen, MA, MBBChir, MSc, FRCPC

Professor of Medicine (Neurology)
University of Toronto
Senior Scientist
Krembil Research Institute
Editor-in-Chief
Canadian Journal of Neurological Sciences
Toronto Western Hospital
Toronto, Ontario
Canada

Christopher Chermansky, MD

Assistant Professor
University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
United States

Sophie Cho, MD

Program Director, Clinical Research
NINDS, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke
Bethesda, Maryland
United States

Min Dong, PhD

Associate Professor
Harvard Medical School
Boston Children’s Hospital
Boston, Massachusetts
United States

Martin Dorner, PhD

Deputy Head ZBS3 – Biological Toxins
Consultant Lab for Botulism & Tetanus
Robert Koch Institute
Berlin
Germany

Sherry Downie, PhD

Professor Emerita
Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Bronx, New York
United States

Andrew Doxey, PhD

Associate Professor and University Research Chair
University of Waterloo
Waterloo, Ontario
Canada

Ilenia Drigo, PhD

Chief Biologist
Special Bacteriology Laboratory
Fontane di Villorba, Treviso
Italy

Alberto Esquenazi, MD

John Otto Haas Chair and Professor of PMR
MossRehab/Jefferson Health
Jefferson Enterprise SVP for Rehabilitation and Post Acute Services
Elkins Park, Pennsylvania
United States

Yeva Fernandez, MD

Private Practice
Edgewater, New Jersey
United States

Klemens Fheodoroff, MD

Gailtal-Klinik
Hermagor, Carinthia
Austria

Urban Fietzek, MD

Professor
Universität München
München
Germany

Tanja Fischer, MD

Medical Director
Skin and Laser Centre Potsdam & Berlin
Potsdam
Germany

Alexander Geurts, MD, PhD

Professor
Radboud University Medical Center
Nijmegen, Gelderland
Nederland

Mark Gormley, MD

Associate Medical Director of Pediatric Rehabilitation Medicine
Gillette Children’s Specialty Healthcare
St. Paul, Minnesota
United States

J. Pablo Henríquez, PhD

Professor
Universidad Austral de Chile
Valdivia
Chile

Christoph Hertzberg, MD

Chief Physician
Center for Social Paediatrics and Neuropediatrics
Vivantes Klinikum Neukölln
Berlin
Germany

Lucy Hicklin, FRCS(ORL H&N)

ENT Consultant
St Georges Hospital
London
United Kingdom

Heike Israel-Willner, MD

Specialist
Neurologisches Facharztezentrum Berlin
Berlin
Germany

Cindy B. Ivanhoe, MD

Clinical Professor, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
McGovern Medical School
The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
Director, SPASM
Spasticity and Associated Syndromes of Movement
TIRR-Memorial Hermann
Houston, Texas
United States

Bahman Jabbari, MD

Professor Emeritus
Yale University School of Medicine
Newport Coast, California
United States

Jorge Jacinto, MD

PM&R Physician
Head of Department of Adult Neurorehabilitation
Centro de Medicina de Reabilitação de Alcoitão
Lisbon
Portugal

Rongsheng Jin, PhD

Professor
University of California, Irvine
Irvine, California
United States

Hyder Jinnah, MD, PhD

Professor
Departments of Neurology, Human Genetics, and Pediatrics
Emory University
Atlanta, Georgia
United States

Merja Joensuu, PhD

Group Leader & Amplify Fellow
Queensland Brain Institute
St. Lucia
Australia

Mandar Jog, MD

Professor
Western University
London, Ontario
Canada

Ryuji Kaji, MD

Professor
Tokushima University
Tokushima
Japan

Suzanne Kalb, PhD

Lead Research Chemist
Division of Laboratory Sciences
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Atlanta, Georgia
United States

Michael Kane, MD

Aesthetic Plastic Surgeon
Manhattan Eye, Ear & Throat Hospital
New York, New York
United States

Barbara Illowsky Karp, MD

Program Director
NINDS, National Institutes of Health
Bethesda, Maryland
United States

Panagiotis Kassavetis, MD, PhD

Assistant Professor of Neurology
University of Utah
Salt Lake City, Utah
United States

Heakyung Kim, MD

Professor & Chair
University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Dallas, Texas
United States

Serdar Koçer, MD

Head of Rehabilitation Centre
Centre de Reeducation del’Hopital du Jura
Porrentruy, Jura
Switzerland

Alexandre Kreisler, MD, PhD

Lille University Medical Center
Lille, Hauts de France
France

Tillmann H. C. Kruger, MD

Associate Professor
Hannover Medical School
Hannover, Lower Saxony
Germany

Daniel Labbé, MD

Private Practice
Caen
France

Charlotte Leese, PhD

Research Associate
University of Sheffield
Sheffield
United Kingdom

Emmanuel Lemichez, PhD

Director of Unit
Institut Pasteur
Paris
France

Carolina Luquez, PhD

Team Lead
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Decatur, Georgia
United States

Mickaël Machicoane, PhD

VP Innovation
Fastox Pharma
Lausanne
Switzerland

Sara Marinelli, PhD

Senior Researcher
National Council of Research
IBBC, Institute of Biochemistry and Cell Biology
Monterotondo Scalo
Rome
Italy

Marie-Helene Marion, MD

London BTX Centre
London
United Kingdom

Peter McAllister, MD, FAAN

Co-Founder and Medical Director
New England Institute for Neurology and Headache
Chief Medical Officer
New England Institute for Clinical Research, and Ki Health Partners
Associate Professor of Neurology
Yale University School of Medicine
Stamford, Connecticut
United States

Peter McNaughton, PhD

Professor
Kings College London
London, England
United Kingdom

Patrick McNutt, PhD

Associate Professor
Wake Forest School of Medicine
Winston-Salem, North Carolina
United States

Frederic A. Meunier, PhD

Professor
The University of Queensland
Brisbane, Queensland
Australia

Shivam Om Mittal, MD, MBBS

Parkinson’s Disease & Movement Disorders Specialist
Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi
Abu Dhabi
United Arab Emirates

Martina Müngersdorf, MD

Board Network in Dystonia/Spasticity Berlin
Neurological Center for Movement Disorders
Berlin
Germany

Michael Munin, MD

Professor
Department Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC)
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
United States

Markus Naumann, MD

Professor and Head of Department
Department of Neurology
Klinikum Augsburg
Augsburg
Germany

Maria Nowakowska, MSc

Doctoral Researcher
University of Helsinki
Helsinki
Finland

Patricia Ogilvie, MD

Founder
Skin Concept Munich
Munich
Germany

Sanjay Pandey, MD, DM

Professor and Head
Department of Neurology and Stroke Medicine
Amrita Hospital
Delhi National Capital Region
India

Atul Patel, MD

Vice President and Director of Rehabilitation Services
Kansas City Bone & Joint Clinic
Overland Park, Kansas
United States

Sabine Pellett, PhD

Senior Scientist
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Department of Bacteriology
Madison, Wisconsin
United States

Eric Petzold, MD

HLCP Haut-und Lasercentrum Potsdam-Berlin
Berlin (Grunewald)
Germany

Sarah Pirio Richardson, MD, FAAN

Professor
Department of Neurology
University of New Mexico
Albuquerque, New Mexico
United States

Walter Raffauf, MD

Neurologie AM Hackeschen Markt
Berlin
Germany

Preeti Raghavan, MD

Sheikh Khalifa Stroke Institute Endowed Chair
Associate Professor of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation and Neurology
John Hopkins University School of Medicine
Baltimore, Maryland
United States

Daniele Ranoux, MD

Professor
Neurochirurgie-Hopital Dupuytren
Limoges
France

Timothy Dudley Robinson, MBBS, MD, FRCOG (UK)

Consultant Urogynaecologist
King’s College Hospital
London
United Kingdom

Raymond Rosales, MD, PhD

Professor
University of Santo Tomas
Manila, National Capital Region
Philippines

Ornella Rossetto, PhD

Professor
Department of Biomedical Sciences
University of Padova
Padova
Italy

Andreas Rummel, PhD

Senior Group Leader
Medizinische Hochschule Hannover Institut für Toxikologie
Hannover, Niedersachsen
Germany

Giampietro Schiavo, PhD, FMedSci, FRSB

Professor of Cellular Neurobiology
Department of Neuromuscular Diseases
Deputy Director
Queen Square Institute of Neurology
UK Dementia Research Institute
University College London
London
United Kingdom

A. Sebastian Schroeder, MD

Assistant Professor
Developmental Paediatrician
Paediatric Neurology
Chief Medical Director
Hospital and Outpatient Social Paediatric Center (SPZ)
Kinderzentrum Maulbronn gGmbH
Maulbronn
Germany

David Simpson, MD

Professor of Neurology
Director
Clinical Neurophysiology Labs and Neuromuscular Division
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
New York, New York
United States

Jaroslaw Slawek, MD, PhD

Professor
Neurology & Stroke Department
Medical University of Gdańsk
St. Adalbert Hospital, Gdańsk
Gdańsk, Pomorskie
Poland

Nowell Solish, MD, FRCP

Associate Professor of Dermatology
University of Toronto
Toronto, Ontario
Canada

Pål Stenmark, PhD

Professor in Neurochemistry
Stockholm University
Biochemistry and Biophysics
Stockholm
Sweden

Andrea Stenner, MD

HBK MVZ Zwickau
Competence Center for Movement Disorders
Zwickau, Saxonia
Germany

Areerat Suputtitada, MD

Professor
Department of Rehabilitation Medicine
Chulalongkorn University
Bangkok
Thailand

Cristina Tassorelli, MD

Professor
Department of Brain and Behavioral Sciences
University of Pavia
IRCCS C. Mondino Foundation
Pavia
Italy

Michele Vecchio, PhD

Professor
Università Di Catania
Catania, Sicily
Italy

Marie Vidailhet, MD

Professor
Paris Brain Institute, Sorbonne Université and Hopital Salpetriere
Paris
France

Bettina Wabbels, MD

Professor
Department of Opthalmology
University of Bonn
Bonn, NRW
Germany

Anthony Ward, MBE, BSc, MD, FRCP

Professor
North Staffordshire Rehabilitation Centre
Stoke-on-Trent
Staffordshire
United Kingdom

David Weise, MD

Chief
Hospital Stadtroda
Stadtroda
Germany

Jörg Wissel, MD, FRCP

Professor of Neurology
Neurorehabilitation and Physical Therapy
Vivantes Klinikum Spandau, Berlin
University Potsdam
Berlin
Germany

Marc Axel Wollmer, MD

Department Head
Asklepios Clinic North in Ochsenzoll
Hamburg
Germany