The Movement Disorder Society,
U.S. Department of Defense, the
National Institutes of Health, and
professional associations and
patient voluntary organizations.
World Parkinson Congress Inc.
710 West 168th Street, 3rd Floor
New York, NY 10032 USA
info@worldpdcongress.org
Copyright © 2006
Who's Who?
Governance for the World Parkinson Congress is provided by a number of committees created to handle specialized areas, such as the Steering Committee, Program Committee, Finance Committee, Communications Committee, Organization and Government Relations Committee and the Audit Committee..
In addition to the governing committees, the WPC has a Congress Manager who works with the various committees, the event management company and everyone else involved in making the Congress as successful as possible. For more information on committee members, click on the individual names for a short biography.
Steering Committee
Stanley Fahn, M.D. (Chair)
Mary Baker, MBE
Judith Blazer, M.S.
Donald Calne, M.D.
Kitty Clarence-Smith, M.D.
Amy Comstock, Esq.
Ariel Y. Deutch, M.D.
Robin Elliott
Marian Emr
Howard Federoff, M.D., Ph.D.
Ruth Hagestuen, RN
Franz Hefti, Ph.D.
J. William Langston, M.D.
Andrew Lees, M.D.
Yoshikuni Mizuno, M.D.
Diane Murphy, Ph.D.
C. Warren Olanow, M.D.
Gianni Pezzoli, M.D.
Ira Shoulson, M.D.
G. Frederick Wooten, M.D.
Communications Committee
Marian Emr (Chair)
Robin Elliott
Christiana Evers, MPA
Finance Committee
C. Warren Olanow, M.D. (Chair)
Robert Burke, M.D.
Werner Poewe, M.D.
Matthew Stern, M.D.
Audit Committee
Amy Comstock, Esq. (Chair)
Patric Donaghue
Jose Garcia-Pedrosa, Esq.
Organization and Government Relations Committee
Judith Blazer, M.S. (Chair)
Amy Comstock, Esq.
Robin Elliott
Program Committee
Scientific and Research Committee
Howard Federoff, M.D., Ph.D. (Chair)
M. Flint Beal, M.D.
Nancy Bonini, Ph.D.
Robert E. Burke, M.D.
Ted M. Dawson, M.D., Ph.D.
Ariel Y. Deutch, Ph.D.
Col. Karl Friedl, Ph.D.
Ruth Hagestuen, R.N.
Peter Heutink, M.D.
Etienne Hirsch, Ph.D.
Russell Katz, M.D.
Annette Kirshner, Ph.D.
Cindy Lawler, Ph.D.
Col. Brian Lukey, Ph.D.
Ronald McKay, M.D.
Yoshikuni Mizuno, M.D.
Diane Murphy, Ph.D.
C. Warren Olanow, M.D.
Tony Phelps, Ph.D.
Serge Przedborski, M.D., Ph.D.
Ira Shoulson, M.D.
Care Delivery and Quality of Life Subcommittee
Ruth Hagestuen, R.N. (Chair)
Mary Baker, MBE
Judith Blazer, M.S.
Alba Bonetti, R.N.
Julie Carter, R.N.
Alessando DiRocco, M.D.
Howard Federoff, M.D., Ph.D
Leslie Findlay, Ph.D.
Oscar Gershanik, M.D.
Nir Giladi, M.D.
Gladys González-Ramos, Ph.D.
Peter Hagell, R.N., Ph.D.
Robert Iansek, Ph.D., FRACP
Allan Kroland, M.D.
Zvezdan Pirtosek, M.D.
Lisa Shulman, M.D.
Sharon Stone, M.A.
Creativity and Parkinson's Subcommittee
Oliver Sacks, M.D. (Honorary Chair)
Sharon Stone, M.A. (Chair)
Mary Baker, MBE
Karyn Boyar, R.N.
Lucien Cote, M.D.
Steven Frucht, M.D.
Lizzie Graham
Ruth Hagestuen, R.N.
Marti Haykin, M.D.
Isobel Robins Konecky
Arlene Levine
Ann Loeb
Marshall Loeb
Sheree Loftus, M.S.
Melanie Marr
Laura Marsh, M.D.
Michael Pourfar, M.D.
Elizabeth Schaaf, MBA
Michele Torrecilla
Bonnie Wang
Jane Baum Waschler
Peggy Willocks
Industry Advisory Committee
Chris Fibiger, Ph.D
Eric Siemers, M.D.
Stephen Grate, D.V.M..
Congress Manager
Elizabeth (Eli)Pollard