Movement Disorders Speakers / Moderators

Saturday | 18 November 2023

Speakers

Dr. Mehri Salari

Movement Disorders Specialist
Huntington Disease Fellowship (UCL)
Assistant Professor of Neurology at Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences (SBMU)
Tehran, Iran

Dr. Mehri Salari

Chair of Middle East Working Group of MDS
Deputy of Education of Neurology Department at SBMU
Deputy of Research of Neurology Department at SBMU
Member of executive committee of Iranian Parkinson’s Disease Society
Chair of educational committee of Iranian Parkinson’s Disease Society
Published around 120 articles
Member of Task Force on Genetic Testing in PD of MDS
Member of the Task Force on Early Onset PD Committee of MDS
Member of the Task Force on Postural abnormalities in Parkinsonism of MDS

Dr. Omar A Alsinaidi

Neurology Residency Program Director and Movement Disorder consultant King Fahad Medical City
KSA

Dr. Omar A Alsinaidi

Neurology Consultant Movement Disorder Specialist, completed residency in Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland Ohio and completed fellowship from Mt Sinai Hospital New York city, currently the Neurology Residency Program Director and Movement Disorder consultant in King Fahad Medical City (KFMC) Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

Dr. Pierre Krystkowiak

Senior Consultant Neurologist
Specialized Rehabilitation Hospital, Capital Health, Abu Dhabi

Dr. Pierre Krystkowiak

In the nineties, after receiving his medical degree then Neurology qualification from the University of Lille 2, Lille, France, Dr Pierre C. Krystkowiak practiced for 10 years as a Specialist Neurologist in Lille University Hospital (its neurology department is ranked 45 in the 2023 Newsweek world ranking, and is the 2nd best french department of neurology).

Meanwhile, he passed his PhD in biomechanics and physiology of motor performance in 2003 (Paris-Saclay University, Orsay, France; ranked 16 in the 2022 Shangaï ranking) then received his HDR (Habilitation a Diriger les Recherches) in 2006 (the highest academic degree in France).

Afterwards, he was appointed Professor of neurology in 2007 and moved to Amiens University Hospital and University of Picardie Jules-Verne (UPJV), Amiens, France, as a Consultant Neurologist.

Then he held some academic positions such as Vice-President to the University Scientific Board and Vice-Dean of the Faculty of Medicine. He also served as CMO of Amiens University Hospital (a 1700-bed facility).

He joined Mediclinic UAE in 2019 then Abu Dhabi Stem Cells Centre (ADSCC, UAE) then Specialized Rehabilitation Centre, Capital Health, in September 2023. He has over 25 years of experience in the treatment of all neurological diseases such as epilepsy, migraine and headache, multiple sclerosis, dementia and peripheral nerve and muscle diseases.

Furthermore, he has developed an expertise in certain areas for which he is considered as a Key Opinion Leader: movement disorders especially Parkinson's disease and related syndromes, Huntington disease, gait disorders and the use of botulinum toxin in neurological disorders; furthermore, more than 25 years ago, he was one of the pioneers in developing treatment by Deep Brain Stimulation for tremor, Parkinson’s disease, and dystonia. More recently in UAE, he developed an expertise in Stem Cells Treatment for some neurological disorders.

As a PhD neuroscientist and an expert in clinical research, he has published over 135 articles in international peer-reviewed journals (H-index 47) and he has been coordinator or PI of a number of clinical trials or clinical studies, including interventional therapies (Deep Brain Stimulation, fetal neural transplants, apomorphine pump, Levodopa-carbidopa duodenal infusion).

e. Areas or expertise/core competencies:

Stem Cells Treatment in some neurological disorders.
botulinum toxin for pain (especially migraine), for movement disorders (tremor, dystonia, facial spasm) and for hypersecretory disorders (axillar hyperhydrosis, hyper salivation)
Parkinson disease and related disorders
Tremor and other movement disorders
Alzheimer’s Disease and other related disorders
Multiple Sclerosis
Deep Brain Stimulation in movement disorders (Parkinson’s disease, dystonia, Tourette’s syndrome) and psychiatric disorders
Migraine, headache and facial pain
Dizziness, walking disorders and falls
Epilepsy
Chronic pain syndromes

Dr. Sanjay Pandey

Professor and Head department of Neurology and Stroke Medicine
Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences

Dr. Sanjay Pandey

Dr. Sanjay Pandey is Professor and Head of the department of Neurology and Stroke Medicine at Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences, Faridabad, Delhi National Capital Region, India. His primary area of work is Parkinson's disease and movement disorders. Currently he is an executive committee member of MDS-AOS.

Dr. Moncy Thomas

Associate Staff Physician
Movement Disorder Neurologist
Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi

Dr. Moncy Thomas

Dr Moncy Thomas is a Movement Disorders Neurologist at Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi. Dr. Thomas completed his residency training in Neurology in India, followed by fellowship in Movement Disorders at Juntendo university, Tokyo, Japan. Dr Thomas has extensive experience in the medical management of Hyperkinetic and Hypokinetic movement disorders. He is actively involved in evaluation and care of Parkinson patient’s and use of advanced therapies in Parkinson Disease at the Movement Disorders Clinic at Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi

Dr. Giovanni Antonio Cocco

Consultant Neurologist
MEDICLINIC Parkview Hospital

Dr. Giovanni Antonio Cocco

Dr Giovanni Antonio Cocco obtained his medical degree in Italy, and completed his specialist training in the UK, at the National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, Queen Square, London, where he obtained a Master degree in Advanced Neuroimaging.

He worked for many years in the Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust, UK, as a consultant neurologist, where he set up specialist clinics service for patients with epilepsy and Parkinson’s disease. He played a primary role in setting up local guidelines for the management of primary headaches such as migraine and had an active role in research and teaching medical students as an honorary lecturer at King's College Hospital, UK. He is a member of the association of British Neurologists.

He has been working at Mediclinic Parkview Hospital since 2019.

Dr. Tanmoy Maiti

Functional Neurosurgeon
Neurosurgical Department
Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi

Dr. Tanmoy Maiti

Dr. Tanmoy K. Maiti MD is an Associate staff at Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi. Prior to joining Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi, Dr. Maiti was Clinical fellow of Spinal Neurosurgery at Mayo Clinic, Arizona, USA.

Dr. Maiti received his medical degree from Medical College, Kolkata, India and completed his residency at NIMHANS, India

Throughout his tenure, Dr. Maiti has specialized in brain and spine surgery completing over 2500 operations.

Currently, Dr. Maiti resides in Abu Dhabi, with his wife.

Dr. Shivam Om Mittal

Head of Parkinson’s Disease & Movement Disorders Division
Consultant Neurologist
Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi, UAE

Dr. Shivam Om Mittal

Dr. Shivam Om Mittal received his medical degree from Datta Meghe University of Medical Sciences University in Wardha, India. He completed his neurology residency at University Hospitals Case Medical Center, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio, USA. He did postdoctoral fellowship in botulinum toxin treatment at the prestigious Yale University, where he initiated several clinical studies and streamlined unique treatment options for movement disorders. To pursue his interest further in the field of clinical movement disorders he completed a fellowship in parkinson’s disease and movement disorders at the Renowned Mayo Clinic, Minnesota, USA.

Dr. Mittal lives in Abu Dhabi with his wife and two sons. He enjoys cycling, listening to music and spending time with his family.

Dr. Vittorio Iantorno

Acting Deputy Chief Medical Officer (CMO)
Director of the Neuroscience Institute
Consultant & Lead Neurology
King’s College Hospital London, UAE

Dr. Vittorio Iantorno

Dr Vittorio Iantorno is the Deputy Chief Medical Officer (CMO), Director of the Neuroscience Centre, Consultant and Lead Neurology at King`s College Hospital (KCH) London Dubai in UAE. He also served as the Clinical Director of Medicine for the first 18 months since KCH opened its doors in Dubai Hills. He is also an Adjunct Clinical Assistant Professor of Neurology at University of Sharjah and he brings with him over 20 years of European experience in the field.

He completed all his studies in Rome (Italy) obtaining his Medical Degree in Medicine & Surgery then later qualifying as Italian Board of Neurology. He then moved to UK in 2001. For many years he was the Clinical Lead in Neurology/Head of Neurology Department in one of the largest Foundation Trusts in United Kingdom (Heart of England NHS Trust), a general, specialised and community care Hospital. He also acted as Chairperson of the local Parkinson’s Disease Operational Group. Dr Iantorno worked in various NHS Hospitals in UK including East Kent NHS Trust & King’s College Hospital in London (UK), Royal Free Hospital in London & Hertfordshire NHS Trust before moving for over a decade in the West Midlands to Heart of England NHS Trust. He moved to Dubai in 2015 bringing also with him over 10 years of invaluable experience in the Private Practice in the United Kingdom.

Dr Iantorno’s clinical skills have always been regarded - by peer Colleagues and all patients - of very high clinical standards in the management of neurological diseases, assessing, investigating and treating neurological patients presenting with the whole spectrum of acute and chronic neurological conditions. Dr Iantorno believes in a patient-centred care focussing on the patient and the individual’s health care needs. The goal is to empower patients to become active participants in their care and not only to treat the disease, but a holistic approach to the patient who has the disease.

Moderators

Dr. Florian Roser

Professor and Chairman Neurological Institute, Cleveland Clinic
Abu Dhabi

Dr. Florian Roser

Florian Roser, MD PhD, is Chief of the Neurological Institute and Department Chair of the Department of Neurosurgery at Cleveland Clinic, Abu Dhabi since it’s inception in 2014.

Dr. Roser is a graduate of the Johannes-Gutenberg-University in Mainz, Germany, and studied Medicine in Morgantown, West Virginia, US, as well as in Johannesburg, South Africa. He completed his residency in the prestigious Department of Neurosurgery, Klinikum Hannover Nordstadt with Prof. Dr. Madjid Samii.

He is a Full Professor of Neurosurgery at the Eberhard-Karls University of Tübingen in Germany, serves as Clinical Professor of Surgery at the Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine at the Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio, US and is Adjunct Professor at the Biomedical Engineering Faculty at Khalifa University, Abu Dhabi.

Dr. Roser has authored over 128 peer-reviewed articles and has presented more than 190 invited lectures worldwide. He is Editor-in-Chief of Clinical Neurology and Neurosurgery, Elsevier since 2020. Prof. Roser has received several research grants from prestigious research institutions, for basic molecular research on meningioma tissue, clinical research on diagnostics in Syringomyelia and technical innovations in surgical anatomy.

Dr. Usman Moghal

Staff Physician, Neurology, Neurological Institute

Dr. Usman Moghal

Dr. Usman S. Moghal, MD, is a Staff Physician within the Neurological Institute at Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi.

Prior to joining Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi, Dr. Moghal was the Neurology Division Lead in the Department of Medicine at Southlake Regional Health Center in Newmarket, Ontario, Canada.

Dr. Moghal received his medical degree from the University of Health Sciences in Lahore, Pakistan. He completed his Neurology Residency at UMDNJ-Cooper University Hospital in Camden, New Jersey, US.

Currently, Dr. Moghal resides in Abu Dhabi with his wife and children. He enjoys staying active and is a huge baseball fan supporting his Toronto Blue Jays.

Dr. Hina Naz Abbasi

Consultant Neurologist/Epileptologist, TAWAM Hospital, Al Ain
Research fellow Epilepsy school of medicine, Glasgow University UK

Dr. Hina Naz Abbasi

Studied MBBS in Pakistan.
Went to UK for higher training in 2003.
Had general medicine training in multiple major centers of London and Cardiff BTW 2004 - 2008.
Joined neurology training in Glasgow UK in 2009.
Achieved MRCP GENERAL medicine in 2009
Speciality certificate examination in Neurology in 2013
Completed 3 years of research experience in status epilepticus btw 2013 to 2016 at Glasgow UK.
Achieved CCT in Neurology from Royal college of medicine UK in 2017
Fellowship Epilepsy Glasgow University UK 2020
2017 to 2020 consultant Neurologist at Queen

Dr. Sabahat Asim Wasti,

Staff Physician, Neurological Institute
Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi

Dr. Sabahat Asim Wasti,

Dr. Sabahat Asim Wasti is a Staff Physician in the Neurological Institute at Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi. Dr. Wasti received his bachelors degree in Medicine and Surgery from Khyber Medical College Peshawar, Pakistan and then moved to the United Kingdom for postgraduate studies in 1984. After obtaining the membership of Royal College of Ireland, he completed Rehabilitation Medicine training at Leeds Teaching Hospital. He then became a Consultant in Rehabilitation Medicine at Sheffield Teaching Hospitals, Sheffield UK, where he served for nearly nine years before moving to the United Arab Emirates to take up the position of Senior Consultant Post in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation at Sheikh Khalifa Medical City in 2007.

He has served in both the public and private sectors in the UAE and spearheaded the development of rehabilitation services in both. He served on as a British Society of Rehabilitation representative in Consensus Reference Group for Multiple Sclerosis Guidelines, commissioned by the National Institute of Clinical Excellence.

Dr. Wasti is recognized for promoting the cause of neurorehabilitation in particular and widely respected by his peers. He is well known for his views on cultural and ethical variances and the implications of these on neurorehabilitation.

He currently serves as Regional VP, WFNR (Gulf Region), Chair Service Development SIG and Co-Chair Ethics SIG, WFNR. He has also served as Chair of several conferences and frequently delivers invited lectures.

DR. Syed Hussain

Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi

Dr. Carl-Johan Ramberg

Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi

Dr. Carl-Johan Ramberg

Dr Carl-Johan Ramberg is a Consultant Neurologist at Sheikh Khalifa Medical City Ajman and associate professor at Ajman University. After completing his training at the University Hospitals of Linköping, Umeå and Örebro in Sweden, he became a Consultant Neurologist in 2005. He has also worked in Norway and Dubai and featured in Dubai Eye radio, Gulf News and Khaleej Times. Dr Carl spent the autumn of 2010 in The National Hospital of Neurology and Neurosurgery, Queen Square, London, UK, following many Movement Disorder clinics. He is experienced in advanced Parkinson’s Disease treatment with Duodopa, Apomorphine and DBS.