I want to apply for the position of secretary-treasurer general for the upcoming election at the WCN 2013 in Vienna.

I have been a member of the WFN Education Committee for more than 10 years, have chaired this committee and am now co-chairing. I am chair of the Teaching Course Committee. Since Bangkok 2009, I am an elected trustee of the WFN, and was re-elected in 2012 for a second term. [Read more…]

I cite some of my leadership and innovative past activities as an example of my qualifications for the position as secretary-treasurer general of the WFN.

I am the H. Houston Merritt professor of Neurology and director of the Center for Parkinson’s Disease and Other Movement Disorders at Columbia University Medical Center in New York. I remain active in patient care and teaching, having trained more than 130 movement disorder fellows over the years. Throughout my career, I have been involved in clinical research, and earlier in basic science research. [Read more…]

I am section chief of the Neurological Institute at Taipei Veterans General Hospital and National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan. I am also clinical professor at the National Defense Medical School, Taiwan. [Read more…]

I am professor of Neurology, Epileptology and Neurosciences at the University Hospital of  Dakar, Senegal. I am 54 years old; graduated MD in 1988 in Dakar and specialized in neurology (Universities of Toulouse, France and Dakar,  Senegal).  I obtained  my PhD  in neurobiology in  Limoges, France, in 1995 and served as  assistant professor of Michel Dumas,  at the University Hospital of  Limoges, for four years. I also have expertise in public health and health  promotion (University of Nancy, France). [Read more…]

Over the past decade, the WFN has evolved into a more ambitious, dynamic organization, with a clear mission and an energetic leadership. My goal as a trustee is to ensure the continuation of this growth and to expand the influence and effectiveness of the WFN. [Read more…]