Editors

Biography: Dr. Maheedhar Kodali is a Research Scientist working in neuroscience at Texas A&M University College of Medicine, USA. He received his Ph. D. - “Predictive assays for response to radiotherapy in cervix cancers” in Kasturba Medical College, Manipal University, Manipal and M.Sc. - (Medical) Biochemistry at Kasturba Medical College, Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Manipal, B.Sc. - Microbiology, Biochemistry, Aquaculture P.B. Siddhartha College of Arts and Sciences, Nagarjuna University. He Worked as lecturer in Biochemistry, International Medical School, Management and Science University, Malaysia and Worked as research fellow in the project “Laser spectroscopy as a predictor of tumor response to radiation therapy”. Extensive experience as Lecturer in Biochemistry for Medicine students and Institutional Diagnostic Laboratories and Extensive experience as Biochemist and Lab-In charge.

Biography: I was born in Alexandria, Egypt where I studied Greek and Latin Archaeology at the Faculty of Alexandria. From 1996-1999 I studied Neurobiology and Psychology at the University of Fribourg in Switzerland. Then I spent the years between 1999 and 2001 in the USA (New York University and Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons New York State Psychiatric Institute) as a reseach assistant. In 2005 I got my M.Sc/Ph.D from the Department of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, University of Montréal. From 2006 to 2009 I did my postdoctoral fellowship funded by the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) at the McConnell Brain Imaging Centre (BIC) Montreal Neurological Institute (MNI) McGill University Canada, under the supervision of the internationally renowned neuroimaging expert Dr. Alan Evans. In 2009, I applied for a post-doctoral junior researcher. I was accepted at the University of Lausanne, Department of Psychology. During that time I gave several lectures and seminars at the Universities of Lausanne, Fribourg and Geneva. In 2011, I applied to the World Health Organization (WHO) and was accepted as an expert to work on the development of the International Classification of Diseases (ICD-11) and its harmonization with the Diagnostic and Statistical Manuel (DSM-V). From this date, my aim at contributing to research in Switzerland was fading and replaced by enhancing my clinical experience: I worked as a clinical fellow at the Nant psychiatric hospital in Vevey and at the Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois (CHUV) till the end of 2013. Early 2014, I got a one year position as research associate on the Quebec New Born Twin Study in Montréal, Canada.

Biography: He holds a degree in Medicine and Surgery and a PhD in Neuroscience from the Complutense University of Madrid. With an outstanding medical career, he is considered one of the leading experts in clinical neurology, with a special focus on the area of ​​neurooto- and neuroophthalmology headaches and functional neurological disorders. He is the current President of the Spanish Society of Neurology and Vice President of the Spanish Brain Council. With over 25 years of experience, he is Head of Services at the Jiménez Díaz Foundation University Hospital in Madrid and has served as Head of the Neurology Department at the San Carlos Clinical Hospital and as a professor at the Complutense University of Madrid. He has published over 250 articles in international journals, over 50 book chapters, and over 100 presentations.

Dr. Jesús Porta is known for combining clinical, teaching, research, outreach, and management activities. He has been awarded the scientific prize of the Spanish Society of Neurology for his research in Headache Disorders, the Best in Class award for his Headache Unit, and MERCO for his reputational leadership in Neurology in 2023 and 2024. He was also included in the list of the best doctors in Spain by El Confidencial in 2023 and 2024, highlighting his significant contribution to neurology.

Department of Neurosurgery, Korea University Anam Hospital, Seoul, Korea

Research Interests: Basic & clinical research on chronic pain, Degeneration and regeneration, Clinical management of functional neurological disorders, Surgical management of geriatric disorders: brain and spinal disoders

Biography: Dr. Ozturk has been a Professor of Neurology at the Selcuk University, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Neurology since 2010. She graduated from Ankara University, Faculty of Medicine in 1987. She was trained as a neurologist in the Neurology Clinic in Ankara Numune Training and Research Hospital. Dr. Ozturk has worked at the Arizona University, Stroke Center as a Nato Fellow (for Prof. William Feinberg) and at the Pittsburgh University Neurointensive Care Unit. She also has intensive care subspecialty expertise.

Since 2010 she has been the Chief of the Neurology Department and Stroke Center at Selcuk University, Faculty of Medicine. Prof. Ozturk has acted as Vice Dean of the Faculty of Medicine responsible for education, accreditation, and training between 2016-2020 in Selcuk University. She was the past president of the Turkish Neurological Society between 2014-2020 and served on the executive committee of the Society between 2002 and 2014. Among her contributions to the international neurology area, Prof. Ozturk has been a Council Member of The Union of European Medical Specialists/Neurology/ European Board Examination and a WFN Education Committee board member. She is member of WSO Global Policy Committee, chair of WFN Migrant Neurology Specialty Group, EANcore CoVID-19 Task Force, European Academy of Neurology (EAN) Rare Diseases, vice president of the WFN Environmental Specialty Group, UEMS Representative of Turkey, member of UEMS /Neurology Section, Board Examination Committee, Co-chair of the EAN Critical Care Panel, member of Coma Scientific Panel and Neuroepidemiology Scientific Panel. She acted in the Committee of Quality in Stroke Care –Turkish Health Ministry and is an active member of The Cerebrovascular Disease and Neurointensive Working Group of The Turkish Neurological Society and co-chair of The Turkish COVID-19 Committee. She has been an active member of the Turkish Neurological Society Neurointensive Care, Stroke and Scientific Working Group since 2013. She has worked in the Guideline Committees of EAN and participated in PCOS Guidelines.

Prof. Ozturk has collaborated as national coordinator and principal investigator in many international and national multicenter studies. Her interest areas are stroke, neurointensive care, neuroepidemiology, health care, and neurological education. She has participated in the national and international phase III and IV projects and registries (as national coordinator and investigator). She is a member of TurkStrokeNet (In collaboration with ESOTA) She has more than 150 national and international publications (including books). Prof. Ozturk has served as editor-in-chief of The Turkish Journal of Neurology since 2021 and she is a board member -and reviewer for more than 15 national and international journals.

Biography: Karen Keough, MD is the medical director of Pediatrix Child Neurology Consultants of Austin, in Austin, Texas. She is also a clinical associate professor of pediatrics at Texas A&M School of Medicine. Her primary clinical focus is on refractory epilepsy. Dr. Keough also directed the child neurology residency program at the University of Texas at Austin from 2012 to 2018. She earned her medical degree from Johns Hopkins University and completed her pediatrics residency at Wilford Hall US Air Force Medical Center in San Antonio, then pursued a fellowship in pediatric neurology at Duke University, and a fellowship in neurophysiology and epilepsy at Baylor University. She then returned to Wilford Hall Medical Center as director of epilepsy services and chief of child neurology.

Biography: Dr. Lim is a Senior Consultant Neurologist and Professor at the University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, where he runs a busy clinical practice specializing in Parkinson's disease and related disorders. Lim has also published extensively in these areas, in major clinical and scientific journals.

He has been an active member of the International Parkinson & Movement Disorder Society (MDS), being closely involved in multiple task forces and committees. He is currently Chair of the MDS Asian-Oceanian Section (AOS).

Department of Medicine, Kindai University Hospital, Osakasayama, Japan

Research Interests: Neuro-genetics, Migraine, headache, Circadian rhythm, Neurodegenerative disorders, movement disorders, Dementia, Parkinson's disease, Spinocerebellar ataxia (SCA)

Biography: William V. Padula, O.D., is a graduate of Pennsylvania College of Optometry at Salus University of Health Sciences. He is a Fellow of the American Academy of Optometry, the Neuro-Optometric Rehabilitation Association International (NORA), and the National Academy of Practice.

Dr. Padula completed a fellowship at the Gesell Institute where he was also Director of Vision Research.  He was the founding Chairman of the Low Vision Section for the American Optometric Association, and the founding President of NORA.  Dr. Padula was appointed the National Consultant in Low Vision Services for the American Foundation for the Blind.  He has also served as Consultant to the Committee on Vision for the National Academy of Sciences in Washington, D.C. Recently he has served as a consultant to the Walter Reed Hospital in Washington, D.C. He is the Past Chairperson of the National Academy of Practice in Optometry, and is the Treasurer of the National Academy of Practice (NAP).

Dr. Padula founded the first low vision clinic at the Zhongshan Eye Research Hospital in Guangzhou, People’s Republic of China, which was named in his honor. He lectures and consults internationally in China, India, Italy, Mexico, etc., with programs regarding children’s vision related to learning and development, and adult vision problems related to stroke, TBI and other physical challenges.