World Parkinson Congress 2016 Committee Members
- Ken Aidekman
- Maria Barretto, PhD
- Matthew Brodsky, MD
- Jean Burns
- M. Angela Cenci Nilsson, MD
- Holly Chaimov
- Marie-Françoise Chesselet, MD, PhD*
- Patricia Davies*
- Robin Elliott
- Marian Emr
- Howard Federoff, MD, PhD
- Steve Ford
- Oscar Gershanik, MD
- Nancy Y. Ip, PhD
- Yoshikuni Mizuno, MD*
- John Nutt, MD
- Knut-Johan Onarheim
- Rajesh Pahwa, MD
- Michael Schwarzschild, MD, PhD
- Mark Stacy, MD
- Matthew Stern, MD
- Alice Templin, BSc (PT)
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PROGRAM COMMITTEE
Chair: Marie-Françoise Chesselet, MD, PhD
Co-Chair: Peter LeWitt, MD
Co-Chair: Peter Fletcher, MB.ChB, MSc
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Basic Science Subcommittee
Chair: Marie-Françoise Chesselet, MD, PhD
- Anders Björklund, MD, PhD
- Patrik Brundin, MD, PhD
- Nicole Calakos, PhD
- Jeffrey Conn, PhD
- Ted Dawson, MD, PhD
- Thomas Gasser, PhD
- Glenda Halliday, PhD
- Etienne Hirsch, PhD*
- Ryuji Kaji, MD, PhD
- Un Kang, MD
- Heidi McBride, PhD
- Jon Palfreman, PhD
- Beth-Anne Seiber, PhD
- Jon Stamford, PhD
- David Standaert, MD, PhD
- Malu Tansey, PhD
- George Veomett, PhD
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Clinical Science Subcommittee
Co-Chair: Peter LeWitt, MD
- Angelo Antonini, PhD
- Roongroj Bhidayasiri, MD, FRCP
- Francisco Cardoso, MD, PhD
- K. Ray Chaudhuri, DSc, FRCP, MD
- Alberto Espay, MD
- Susan Fox, MD, PhD
- Tim Hague, RN
- Tom Isaacs
- Simon Lewis, MD, MBBCH
- Shen-Yang Lim, MD
- Irene Litvan, MD
- Jose Obeso, MD
- Michael Okun, MD
- Barry Snow, MD
- Caroline Tanner, MD, PhD
- Eduardo Tolosa, MD
- Daniel Weintraub, MD
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Comprehensive Care Subcommittee
Co-Chair: Peter Fletcher, MB.ChB, MSc
- Bastiaan Bloem, MD, PhD
- Elaine Book, SW
- Terry Ellis, PT, PhD
- Joseph Friedman, MD
- Nir Giladi, MD
- Tom Isaacs
- Lucie Lachance, RN
- Anne Louise LaFontaine, MD
- Sonia Mathur, MD
- Rebecca Miller, PhD
- Ronald Pfeiffer, MD
- Lynn Rochester, PhD
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ADVOCATES FOR PARKINSON COMMITTEE
Co-Chair: Jean Burns
Co-Chair: Alice Templin, BSc (PT)
- Jin Kyoung Choae
- Patricia Davies
- Sonia Guitierrez, PhD
- Tim Hague, RN
- Anders Leines
- Timo Montonen
- Linda Morgan, RPh
- Karyn Spilberg
- Marg Turner
- Don Turner
- Marilyn Veomett, PhD
- George Veomett, PhD
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FUNDRAISING COMMITTEE
Co-Chair: Rajesh Pahwa, MD
Co-Chair: Mark Stacy, MD
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Pharmaceutical Subcommittee
- Robert Hauser, MD
- Stuart Isaacson, MD
- Fabrizio Stocchi, MD
- Wolfgang Oertel, MD
- Werner Poewe, MD
- Irene Litvan, MD
- Caroline Tanner, MD, PhD
- Fernando Pagan, MD
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Foundation Subcommittee
- Carey Christensen
- Patricia Davies
- Karen Northrop
- Eli Pollard
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LOCAL ORGANIZING COMMITTEE
Co-Chair: John Nutt, MD
Co-Chair: Matt Brodsky, MD
- Dan Baker
- Pat Baker
- Holly Chaimov
- Bobby Heagerty
- Fay Horak, PhD, PT
- Katrina Kahl
- Joseph Quinn, MD
- Richard Rosenbaum, MD
- John Stuart
- Judi Stuart
- Kelly Sweeney
- Steve Wright
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ORGANIZATIONS COMMITTEE
Co-Chair: Steve Ford
Co-Chair: Maria Barretto, PhD
- Alan Cameron
- Robin Elliott
- Magne Frederickson
- Karl Friedl, PhD (Lt. Col. Ret)
- Malcolm Irving
- Sara Lew
- Israel Robledo
- Robin Ruey-Meei Wu, MD, PhD
- Peter Schmidt, PhD
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COMMUNICATIONS COMMITTEE
Co-Chair: Eli Pollard
Co-Chair: Andrea Cohen
- Melissa Barry
- Fulvio Capitanio
- Frank Church, PhD
- Maria de Leon, MD
- Marian Emr
- Christiana Evers
- Ezinda Franklin-Houtzager
- Marina Joseph
- Brandi LaBonte
- Erika Liecht
- Claudia Martinez
- Amy Montemarano, JD
- Deirdre O’Sullivan
- Leilani Pearl
- Christiana Thurton
- Cathy Whitlock
- Alicia Wrobel
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WPC 2016 AMBASSADORS
- Fulvio Capitanio
- Jillian Carson, PT
- Carey Christensen
- Andrew Curran
- Kevin Krejci
- Samuel Ng
- Dilys Parker, RN
- Sara Riggare
- Israel Robledo
- Allison Smith, MA, LMFT
- Ryan Tripp
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* World Parkinson Coalition Board Member