By Steven L. Lewis, MD, Editor,
and Walter Struhal, MD, Co-Editor
We would like to welcome all neurologists from around the globe to the May-June 2019 issue of World Neurology, the official newsletter of the World Federation of Neurology (WFN). This issue begins with the report from Profs. John England and Kiran Thakur about the American Academy of Neurology and WFN co-sponsored invited science session on neuroinfectious disease and global health recently held at the AAN Annual Meeting in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Steven L. Lewis, MD
Walter Struhal, MD
In this issue’s President’s Column, WFN President Prof. William Carroll provides a glimpse of the many important activities, and particularly the many important meetings, that will be held at the upcoming XXIV World Congress of Neurology (WCN) in October in Dubai.
Also in this issue, Prof. Nazira Zharkinbekova reports on the recent successful neurosonology teaching course held this past April in Shymkent, Kazakhstan.
Profs. Raad Shakir, Susumu Kusunoki, and Hidehiro Mizusawa report on the Japanese Society of Neurology’s successful annual congress held in late May in Osaka, coming on the heels of the remarkably successful WCN held in 2017 in Kyoto.
We would like to thank you for your interest in this publication for, by, and about neurologists around the globe. We look forward to reports from the many activities surrounding this year’s World Brain Day, which we will publish in an upcoming issue of World Neurology.
Prof. Giancarlo Logroscino reports on activities of the Neuroepidemiology Group of the WFN at the conclusion of his term as chair. WFN thanks Dr. Longroscino immensely for his service to these important scientific and educational endeavors.
In this issue’s History column, Prof. Peter Koehler provides a detailed report of the history of the International Brain Commission, an early neuroscience organization that was in existence in the early part of the 20th century.
Finally, as in many other issues of World Neurology, this issue features reports of young trainees who have participated in WFN sponsored Training Centers (including reports from the WFN training centers in Cairo and Dakar), and the Department Visit programs, including reports from the WFN co-sponsored department visits in Trento, Italy, and Innsbruck, Austria. Unique to the Innsbruck report is that the trainee looks back on his successful department visit and its effect on his career development four years after the life-changing experience.
We would like to thank you for your interest in this publication for, by, and about neurologists around the globe. We look forward to reports from the many activities surrounding this year’s World Brain Day, which we will publish in an upcoming issue of World Neurology. Finally, we look forward to seeing so many of you at the upcoming WCN Oct. 27-31, in Dubai. •
