35^th World Neuroscience and Neurology Conferences

Dr. George Perry is currently the dean of the College of Sciences and professor of biology at the University of Texas at San Antonio. After graduation in Zoology from University of California, Santa Barbara, he headed to Scripps Institution of Oceanography and also studied at Hopkins Marine Station of Stanford University and the Marine Biological Laboratory of Woods Hole and obtained his PhD in Marine Biology in 1979. Dr. Perry joined the faculty of Case Western Reserve University in 1995, where he currently holds an adjunct appointment. He is a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Sciences, Microscopy Society of America, Royal Society of Medicine, Royal Society of Chemistry, Society of Biology and the Linnean Society and past-president of the American Association of Neuropathologists. He has been elected member of the Spanish Royal Academy of Sciences, Mexican Academy of Sciences and Academy of Sciences Lisbon; Iberoamerican Molecular Biology Organization, Dana Alliance for Brain Initiatives and won the Distinguished Professional Mentor Award from the Society for the Advancement of Chicanos and Native Americans in Science, Senior Investigator Award from the International College of Geriatric psychoneuropharmacology, Senior Fulbright Fellow and the National Honor Plaque of Panama for exceptional contributions to Neuroscience. Dr. Perry is on Board of the National Organization of Portuguese Americans and serves as Director of Education and Research.

Dr. Zhao earned a bachelor’s and master’s degree in Engineering Mechanics from Tsinghua University. He earned his Ph.D. in Engineering Science and Mechanics from the Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. Dr. Zhao is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Mechanical, Aerospace, and Biomedical Engineering at UT. He is senior personnel at the National Institute for Mathematical and Biological Institute. Dr. Zhao’s research interests are focused on Computational Systems Biology and Medical Informatics.

Dr. Roberto Federico Villa is an Associate Professor of Pharmacology of the Department of Biology and Biotechnology at University of Pavia (Italy) for degree in Biological Sciences and Chemistry. He is Doctor in Biological Sciences (D.Sc.), Medicine and Surgery (M.D.) Dr. Villa’s research interest on Physiopathology and Pharmacology of Central Nervous System Diseases (Aging, Hypoxia, Ischemia, Hyperammoniemia, Hypoglycemia, Depression, Parkinson) and drug’s interference on cerebral Bioenergetics and Molecular Medicine, by Functional Proteomics and Metabolomics of enzyme systems and on Dementia patients. He has published scientific papers total 325: 122 (IF about 310 ISI); 65 Congress Proceedings; 138 communications, participating to 199 Congress (officially invited to 133 since 1993). International appointments ad hoc: (i) reviewer for grants - The Wellcome Trust Foundation, London, U. K.; (ii) listed in database experts for grants Commission - Research Directorate, Life Sciences Health Research, E.U.; (iii) Credits at San Diego Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center of University of California; (iv) reviewer for many Journals; (v) reviewer for grants of Italian Ministry of Research (MIUR).

Konstantin Balashov, MD, PhD, FAAN, is an Associate Professor of Neurology at Rutgers-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, New Brunswick, NJ. He is seeing patient at Robert Wood Johnson Center for Multiple Sclerosis, is actively involved in clinical trials and clinical research on multiple sclerosis, and teaches medical students and neurology residents. Dr. Balashov received his MD and PhD degrees from Russian State Medical University and Russian Academy of Medical Sciences, Moscow, Russia. After graduation from the neurology residency program at New Jersey Neuroscience Institute, he was board-certified in both Neurology and Neuroimaging. Dr. Balashov obtained fellowship training in multiple sclerosis/neuroimmunology at Harvard Medical School under mentorship of Dr. Howard Weiner. Dr Balashov is an author of more than 45 original papers and reviews.

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.

John Grandy has been a physician assistant in urgent care, psychiatry, and internal medicine for almost 10 years. Prior to this he completed a M.S. in neurophysiology and molecular immunology at Roswell Park Cancer Research Institute, in Buffalo, New York. He has published several peer reviewed medical articles and book chapters on many topics including Alzheimer disease and consciousness. He is the originator of the proposal of the very first neurogenetic model to account for human consciousness.

Dr. Raphael M. Bonelli is an Associate Professor of Neuropsychiatry at the Sigmund Freud University, Vienna. He is a Director of the Institute for Religiosity in Psychiatry and Psychotherapy; Center for Spirituality, Theology and Health at Duke University (USA)He received his Medical doctorate University of Vienna Medical School, Austria with a Thesis in Psychiatry about the compliance in patients with bipolar disorder. In 2005 Post-doctoral studies at the University of California – Los Angeles (UCLA), USA with Prof. J. Cummings. He was a visiting Professor at the University of Navarra, Spain. He is an active scientific peer reviewer for many Journals. His scientific interest is Psychiatry and Psychotherapeutic medicine & dementia, especially Huntington’s disease.

Currently I am working as Research Scientist in the Department of Neurology at University of Iowa, Iowa, USA. I did my B.Sc. (Chemistry) in 2003, M.Sc. (Organic Chemistry) in 2005 from Aligarh Muslim University and Ph.D. (Toxicology) in 2009 from the department of Toxicology, Hamdard University, Delhi, India. After completion of my Ph.D. program, I have joined the Department of Internal medicine as postdoctoral Research Associate. Here I focused my research on understanding the role of plasma glycoprotein von Willebrand factor (VWF) and VWF-cleaving protease ADAMTS13 in animal model of stroke. After that I joined the department of Neurology as an Associate Scientist. Here my research investigates the molecular mechanisms that regulate inflammation in the central nervous system that are critical to our understanding of a broad spectrum of neurodegenerative diseases, including Parkinson’s disease, stroke, Alzheimer’s disease, multiple sclerosis and traumatic brain injury. I am the member of several international societies and enlisted in the Editorial board of the journal.I have published almost 40 peer reviewed original research publications and almost 50 abstracts in National and International Neuroscience-related meeting and conferences.

Julia Temlett has completed a Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS) in 2014 from the University of Notre Dame Australia and Bachelor in Health science graduating with Honours in 2009 from the Univesrity of Adelaide. Julia is currently working in the neurology unit at Royal Perth Hospital as a Basic Physician trainee. She has published 3 papers in reputed journals most recent in JAMA Neurology 2015. Julia was a visiting scholar at University Of San Fransisco (UCSF) Memory and Aging centre (MAC) San Fransisco 2014.

Neurogenic bladder,ALS,Migraine,Parkinson's disease,Traumatic brain injury

Ameera Kamal Khaleel has completed her MSc. in Oral Pathology at age 34 years from College of Dentistry, University of Baghdad. She is a member in Department of Oral Diagnosis. She is a supervisor for many MSc students. She has published more than 14 papers in reputed journals. Now, she is a reviewer of about 30 articles in OMICS Publishing Group, USA.

Karyn Casey is a Speech-Language Pathologist in Johannesburg, South Africa. Her work combines running a multidisciplinary private practice, a teaching appointment at the University of the Witwatersrand, and delivering a range of training workshops for ICU staff, care facilities and fellow rehabilitation professionals. Karyn also works within a community- based brain injury rehabilitation program. She is a presenter at a number of workshops and keynote addresses at local and international conferences on the subject of swallowing disorders. She has also participated in a number of international conferences on neurological rehabilitation and dysphagia, including the annual European Society on Swallowing Disorders and the United Kingdom Swallowing Research Group Meeting held annually in London. Most recently, she presented at the World Congress for Neurological Rehabilitation held in Istanbul in 2014. Karyn is a member of the World Healthy Ageing Congress 2015 Scientific Committee, where she heads the Allied Health and Mutlidisciplinary Portfolio. She is also a leading researcher of the MYSTROKE initiative, which is the national coordinating body to develop and coordinate stroke guidelines for South Africa, on behalf of the South African Stroke Society. Her primary clinical interests are in the areas of adults with a range of neurogenic disorders of speech, language and swallowing. She has a specialist involvement in the rehabilitation of dysphagia, and research interests in the relationship between cognition and dysphagia in dementia, as well as Motor Neuron Disease (MND) and dementia. Karyn is the only advanced VitalStim® Speech-Language Pathologist practitioner in South Africa. Having completed her primary training in the USA in 2008 and her advanced training in 2010, she provides VitalStim® therapy to a number of patients within her private practice. Her fellow colleagues within her practice are also VitalStim® certified. The practice currently treats in excess of 200 patients using VitalStim® every quarter. Karyn serves as a mentor for a number of VitalStim® practitioners in South Africa. Karyn Casey represents the South African Speech-Language and Hearing Association as an advisor on their joint panel with South Africa's major private healthcare provider (Discovery Health). Karyn is also a reviewer for a number of scientific journals. She is currently the President of the South African Neurological Rehabilitation Association and is the President of the Local Organising Committee for the World Congress of Neurological Rehabilitation to be held in Cape Town in 2020.

Vasiliki E. Kalodimou is Director of the Flow Cytometry-Research and Regenerative Medicine Department at IASO Maternity-Pediatric and Research Hospital in Athens, Greece. Received her bachelor’s degree in Human Physiology and her master’s degree in Human Molecular Genetics from the Imperial College at the University of Medicine in London, UK. She completed her PhD at the University of Medicine in Athens, Greece, with an emphasis on stem cells. Since 2006, Dr. Kalodimou has studied and working with stem cells in every day practice and their applications in regenerative medicine and Flow Cytometry. Also is working in the area of human genetics. She is a member of two subsections of the AABB Cellular Therapies Section, an Associate Leader at AABB CT Subsection: CT Product Manufacturing and Testing, an AABB assessor and her biography haw been included in the ‘Who is Who in the World’ (Marquis) - 2014.

Fary Khan is Director of Rehabilitation Services, Royal Melbourne Hospital (RMH) and Principal Fellow, Department of Medicine, University of Melbourne; and A/Prof (Research), School of Public Health and Preventative Medicine, Monash University. Her Department is integrated with the Neurosciences Division and specialises in neurological rehabilitation for conditions such as multiple sclerosis, Guillain-Barre Syndrome, Motor Neuron Disease, developmental disabilities, strokes, tumours, head injury, spasticity management; amputee rehabilitation, chronic pain and orthopaedic/musculoskeletal conditions. A/Prof Khan is Executive Member, Special Advisory Leadership Committee for Sub-acute Care, Department of Health, Victoria and WHO Disaster Committee. She is Executive member and Coordinating Editor of the Cochrane Multiple Sclerosis Review group, Milan and is Advisory Committee Member on Australian and International Disability Data, Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. A/Prof Khan currently holds a number of international and national academic Senior Research Fellow appointments, including Representative for the Western Pacific Region, World Health Organization (WHO), ICF Research Branch, Maximillian Ludwig University, Germany; Honorary Fellow of the Melbourne EpiCentre, RMH and National Ageing and Research Institute; Vice-Chair, Research Committee, International Society of Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine; Senior Research Fellow in Oxford University, Kings College and University of Leeds, UK; Karolinska University, Sweden; Institute of Neurology, UK; University of Hamburg, Germany; and Department of Neurorehabilitation, Valens Klinik, Switzerland.

Fu-Zen Shaw has interested in establishment of animal models of epilepsy and fibromyalgia and also provides valuable non-pharmacological interventions for ameliorating seizures through closed-loop deep brain stimulation or for enhancing wellbeing of healthy people and patients with insomnia or mild cognitive impairment through self-training of brain rhythms. Recently, he develops a neurofeedback platform to train alpha rhythm with a sham-controlled group to validate controllability, specificity and independence of the neurofeedback training. Dr. Shaw also provides convinced evidence about trained alpha rhythm on enhancement of both working memory and semantic episodic memory. This study extends our understanding on effect of trained frontoparietal alpha rhythm on episodic memory of object recognition. The global effect of trained alpha rhythm may create potential insight on boosting human wellbeing.

Epilepsy, Brain Stimulation, Fibromyalgia, Neurofeedback

Professor WK Tang was appointed to professor in the Department of Psychiatry, the Chinese University of Hong Kong in 2011. His main research areas are Addictions and 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.

Psychiatry,Stroke, Neurology

Kah-Leong Lim obtained his Ph.D. from the Singapore Institute of Molecular & Cell Biology in 1999. Thereafter, he did his postdoctoral training at the Department of Pathology in Harvard Medical School (2000-2001), and subsequently at the Department of Neurology in Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine (2001-2002), where he worked on the topic of Parkinson’s disease with Professor Ted Dawson. Dr. Lim is currently the Deputy Director of Research at the National Neuroscience Institute of Singapore and Director of Basic and Translational Research in the Singhealth Duke-NUS Neuroscience Academic Clinical Program. He is a member of the National Grant Review Panel (NMRC) and a regular reviewer of international grants including applications from the Welcome Trust and Medical Research Council (UK). Dr. Lim is an editor for PLoS One and Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience and a guest editor for PLoS Genetics. His research focuses on therapeutic development for Parkinson’s disease.

Parkinson’s disease, Cellular Neuroscience

Ming-Chao Huang was born in 1958, in Taipei, Taiwan. He obtained MD degree from Taipei Medical University, Taiwan, in 1984. He got his PhD degree from Tokyo Women’s Medical University, Japan, in 1996. He is a neurosurgeon and is currently the division Chief of Department of Neurosurgery, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan. He is also the Associate Professor of Taipei Medical University and Central Taiwan Technological University. His clinical specialty includes spinal surgery (including degeneration and trauma), peripheral nerve surgery (including tumor surgery and nerve repair), and brain tumor surgery. His research interests are nerve root injury (including basic mechanism and surgical repair), neuropathic pain (including basic study and treatment), and brain tumor (including medical and surgical treatment).

spinal surgery, peripheral nerve surgery, brain tumor surgery

Dr. Zhu’s research aims toward finding solutions to a newly recognized challenge in treatment for HIV-associated neurocognitive disorders (HANDs). About one-half of HIV-1-positive individuals suffer from HAND, which dramatically affects memory, learning, decision-making, planning and overall quality of life. Cocaine has been shown to exacerbate the severity of HAND. HAND is associated with HIV-1 viral proteins, which are present in the brain of HIV-1-infected patients. HIV-1 transactivator of transcription (Tat) protein--an HIV regulatory protein--is thought to inhibit neuronal communication by acting directly on the human dopamine transporter, a membrane protein in the brain responsible for pumping the dopamine back into the cytosol and terminating dopamine signaling during neurotransmission. Dr. Zhu’s project is to investigate how cocaine and Tat work to create binders that derail neuronal communication in the brain. The ultimate goal is to develop neuroprotective drugs and help HIV patients recover their neurological function.

HIV-associated neurocognitive disorders

Liudmyla D. Popova has PhD degree, degree of doctor of biology sciences, the title of Biochemistry Department Professor. She is presently Biochemistry Department professor in Kharkiv National Medical University, Ukraine. The field of scientific interests is the study of the aggression development mechanisms. Based on her own researchresults and analysis of literary data, she believes that in order to understand the mechanisms of aggressiveness formation in human it is important to study the features of the correlations between personality traits and sex hormones, stress hormones in different populations. When interpreting the results, populational differences in personality traits should be taken into account. Oxana A. Nakonechnaya has PhD degree, degree of doctor of medicine, the title of Biochemistry Department Professor. She is presently Head of Biochemistry Department in Kharkiv National Medical University, Ukraine. Irina M. Vasylyeva has PhD degree. She is presently Biochemistry Department assistant in Kharkiv National Medical University.

Biochemistry, hormone-behavior interactions.

Dr. Sunil Dhungel is presently working as an Associate Professor Department of Clinical Physiology, College of Medicine ,Nepalese Army Institute of Health Sciences (NAIHS), Bhandarkhal, Sanobharyang, Kathmandu, Nepal .He has finished his Masters in Human Physiology from of Department Basic and Clinical Physiology, BP Koirala Institute of Health Sciences, Dharan, Nepal .He obtained his PhD in, Behavioral Neuroendocrinology Program, from Department of Physiology Nippon Medical School, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, Japan.He did his postdoctoral studies in Behavioral Neuroendocrinology Program, from Department of Physiology Nippon Medical School, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, Japan .Currently he is the Vice President of South Asian Association of Physiologist .He is one of the Founder member, Physiology Society of Nepal (PSN) .He was also a Fellow Japanese Society for Behavioural Neuroendocrinology (JSBN, Japan, Past member), Physiological Society of Japan, International Neuroendocrine Federation , Founder and Current President, Neuroscience Society of Nepal (NSN), Chief Organizer, IBRO/APRC Neuroscience Associate School Nepal.

Medical Physiology,Human Physiology,Behavioral Neuroendocrinology

Mr. Inderpaul Birdi is an experienced cardiothoracic surgeon in the United Kingdom. His specialist area of expertise is minimally invasive heart surgery where he has an international reputation. He works at The Wellington Hospital, The Harley Street Clinic, The Essex Cardiothoracic Centre and The Kent Institute of Medicine and Surgery. The Keyhole Heart Clinic was founded by Mr. Birdi to provide patients with information and clinical access to specialised minimally invasive cardiac therapies within the most prestigious Hospitals in the United Kingdom. The Clinic has developed strong links with The Harley Street Clinic and The Wellington Hospital. He is currently actively involved with many world-class clinicians in a wide array of clinical specialties tasked to develop international VIP clinical services in the United Kingdom. In his spare time he performs as a Tenor at various venues in London.

Minimally Invasive Heart Surgery, Mitral Valve Repair and Replacement, Aortic Valve Repair and Replacement, Tricuspid Valve Repair and Replacement, ASD Repair, Beating Heart Surgery, Coronary Artery Surgery, Treatment of Heart Rhythm Disorders.

Mr. Inderpaul Birdi is an experienced cardiothoracic surgeon in the United Kingdom. His specialist area of expertise is minimally invasive heart surgery where he has an international reputation. He works at The Wellington Hospital, The Harley Street Clinic, The Essex Cardiothoracic Centre and The Kent Institute of Medicine and Surgery. The Keyhole Heart Clinic was founded by Mr. Birdi to provide patients with information and clinical access to specialised minimally invasive cardiac therapies within the most prestigious Hospitals in the United Kingdom. The Clinic has developed strong links with The Harley Street Clinic and The Wellington Hospital. He is currently actively involved with many world-class clinicians in a wide array of clinical specialties tasked to develop international VIP clinical services in the United Kingdom. In his spare time he performs as a Tenor at various venues in London.

Minimally Invasive Heart Surgery, Mitral Valve Repair and Replacement, Aortic Valve Repair and Replacement, Tricuspid Valve Repair and Replacement, ASD Repair, Beating Heart Surgery, Coronary Artery Surgery, Treatment of Heart Rhythm Disorders,

Wissam N. Raad MD is a minimally invasive Attending Thoracic Surgeon at Mount Sinai Hospital, Mount Sinai Roosevelt and Mount Sinai St. Luke’s Hospitals. He holds an academic appointment as an Assistant Professor of Thoracic Surgery at The Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. Dr. Raad was born and raised in Beirut, Lebanon. He received his medical education at the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland.Dr. Raad is active in several societies and organizations including the Society of Thoracic Surgeons, American College of Surgeons, Society of Gastrointestinal and Endoscopic Surgeons (SAGES), the New York General Thoracic Surgical Club, and the Royal College of Surgeons.

Cancer, Regeneration, Stem Cells in lung cancer

Dr. Sameer Gupta is an interventional Cardiologist in Metro Hospitals & Heart Institutes with a busy practice and perform more than 300 PCI's/PTCA's and 1500 coronary angiographies per year that include high risk procedures such as CTO's, bifurcation lesions, left main stents and PCI in patients on cardiogenic shock. Performed and trained in complex cardiac procedures including Coronary Angiography and Interventions (a procedure performed when patients have heart blockages), Left ventricular support devices). Certified by five American Boards - Internal Medicine, Cardiology, Interventional Cardiology, Echocardiography and Vascular Medicine. Member of the American College of Physicians, Member of American College of Cardiology, Member of American Heart Association and Lifetime Member of "Indian Federation of Sports Medicine"

Interventional Cardiology and Endovascular surgery

Khaled M. AlKattan is the Vice President for Administration and Finance and Dean of College of Medicine (Alfaisal University), Saudi Arabia. He is also the Professor and Senior Consultant of Thoracic Surgery.

Thoracic Surgery

Raed Tayseer Suleiman is the Vice President for Jordanian Thoracic Society and Medical Director of the Intensive Care Unit at Ibn Al Haytham Hospital, Jordan. He is also Consultant pulmonologist and sleep specialist in Jordan.

Pulmonary diseases