36^th World Neuroscience and Neurology Conferences

Academic graduation - Doctor of medicine graduated from Monastir Medicine Faculty Jul 2002 - Specialist of Neurology Sept 2002 - Assistant Professor of Neurology at the Department of Neurology University Hospital of Monastir and the Medicine Faculty of Monastir 2003 - Associate Professor of Neurology at the Department of Neurology University Hospital of Monastir and the Medicine Faculty of Monastir 2010 - Specialized master of epileptology graduated from Sfax University Nov 2008 Clinical competence - Hospital practitioner specialized in general neurology: competence in the care of the neurological diseases with particular competence in the care of the neuro-degenerative and neuromuscular diseases - Competence in clinical electrophysiology: practice of EMG and EEG since 2000 - Competence in the treatment with toxine botulinique patients affected by cervical dystonia: facial hemispasm and of blepharospasms since 2010 Others competences * Teaching Experience • Teaching neurology at Monastir Medicine Faculty since 2003 • Teaching neurology at Monastir Pharmacy Faculty since 2005 • Teaching neurology at Monastir College of Health’ Technicians since 2010 • Teaching neurology at Monastir High School of Nurses since 2010 *Clinical Trials Experience : participation to 7 phase III international multi centric studies *Directions of 14 doctoral theses and memoirs of the end of studies

Neurology

He joined the neuropsychiatry residency at Ain shams university Cairo, Egypt from 2001 till 2003, finished his MD in neurology and got his doctorate by 2008. He have been assigned as lecturer of neurology and his main concern was in the field of NEUROVASCULAR INTERVENTIONAL RADIOLOGY. He finished his fellowship in interventional neurology at ZURICH University, Switzerland as F.I.N.R. by 2013. Now he is an Assistant clinical professor of neurology, GMU University and GMC hospital, Ajman, united Arab of emirates (UAE) SINCE 2010. He have publications in many journals as OPEN JOURNAL OF MEDICAL IMAGING (OJMI), The Egyptian Journal of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, the European Journal of Neurology, Neurology of India. He is an editor in chief at NEUROLOGICAL SCIENCE JOURNAL

Stroke, Epilepsy Managment

Clinical & basic science trained neurologist with neuromuscular/rare/orphan disease fellowships and therapeutics development expertise in Neurology, Cardiology and Rare Disease applications.

Neuromuscular

He is the Vice Chair of Neurology Department. He is associate professor of Neurology & Radiology Department at Texas Tech University Health Science Center. With him comes around 15 years of experience in the field of Neurology.

Neurology & Radiology

Jerzy Leszek is a full time professor of psychiatry at the Medical University in Wroclaw , Poland ,vice –director of the Psychiatry Department and head of Alzheimer’s Disease Lab. He is author and co-author more than 210 papers (especially from old age psychiatry), some chapters to the books published in reputed Polish and international journals and serving as an editorial board member of several journals .He is Scientific Editor and co-author of first Polish academic handbook on Alzheimer’s disease and seven another academic handbooks from psychogeriatry , member a lot of scientific associations eg founder and president of Lower Silesian Association of Alzheimer’s Families, first of its kind in Poland and Former Member of Board of Directions of International Psychogeriatric Association and President of Polish Psychogeriatric Association.

Neurodegeneration processes/Alzheimer’s disease Therapy of dementia disorders in the light of new technologies :nanotechnology, proteomics, metabolomics, genomic medicine, personalized therapy Molecular base of neurodegenerative disorders Rehabilitation and physical activity of dementia disorders

Hsien-Yuan Lane is presently working as Professor and Chief in the Department of Psychiatry, China Medical University and Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan. He completed his Ph.D in 2000 from National Defense Medical College, Taipei. He received many honors. He is also an Editorial Board Member for many journals. He published many articles and many books. He acts as a invited Speaker for International Symposiums.

Schizophrenia, NMDA, Psychopharmacology, Social cognition, Neurocognition, Genomics, Neuropsychopharmacology,Pharmacogenomics,Psychiatric genetics, Cognitive neuroscience

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.

Neurology

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.

Alzheimer disease,Neurogenetics Consciousness studies, Genetic-linked neurodevelopmental disorders, Addiction and the neurogenetic pathways involving the ∆FosB transcription factor

Wutian Wu has received his medical degree in Sun YatSen University of Medical Sciences, Guangdong, China in 1975 and a Master Degree in Neuroanatomy in the same institute in 1981. He was a clinician and later a teacher for medical students for more 10 years in Mainland China and went to US for his oversea study and work. Prof. Wu received his PhD degree in Neuroscience in 1991 and continued to work in Eastern Virginia Medical School till 1996. Prof Wu joined the Department of Anatomy, Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong in Jan. 1996 as an assistant professor, promoted to associate professor in 1997 and professor in 2008. Prof Wu ’s research is well recognized. His contributions include: 1 A total of over 100 original peer review articles with more than 2000 citations received; 2 Initiation of 14 active international and local collaborative studies with a few of outstanding research groups Centers; 3 A total of 29 research grants 23 as principal investigator and 6 as coinvestigator with total of over HK 20 millions awarded; 4 More than 40 invited lectures, visiting professorship

1. Gene expression changes of motoneurons after axonal injury and their potential roles in neuronal degeneration and regeneration. 2. Experimental studies on surgical treatment of avulsed spinal nerve roots in brachial plexus injury. 3. Potential treatments for spinal cord injury. 4. Research in other areas: A) to explore the potential use of neural stem cells in replacing died neurons due to CNS injury or disorder. B) to investigate a possible application of nano-materials in neuronal injury. C) to investigate new drugs for the treatment of neural degenerative disease.

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.

Neurology,Psychiatry,Stroke