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5th SINGAPORE INTERNATIONAL PARKINSON’S DISEASE
AND MOVEMENT DISORDERS SYMPOSIUM

Date: 23 – 24 March 2012
Time: 8.30am – 5:30pm
Venue: Concorde Hotel, 100 Orchard Road, Singapore 238840


*SYMPOSIUM HIGHLIGHTS*

  • Translational Research Programme in Parkinson’s Disease and Movement Disorders
  • Updates in the Pathogenesis of Parkinson’s Disease
  • Pre-Motor Parkinson’s Disease - Can we predict who will get Parkinson’s Disease?
  • Clinical Spectrum and Evaluation of Dopa-Responsive Dystonia (DRD)
  • Approach to Gait Disorders
  • Models of Community Care for Parkinson’s Disease
  • Role of Glial Cell-Derived Neurotrophic Factors (GDNF) in Parkinson’s Disease
  • Pharmacogenetic Considerations in Parkinson’s Disease
  • Updates in the Management of early Parkinson’s Disease
  • Update in the Management of advanced Parkinson’s Disease
  • Surgery for Dystonia and Tourette’s Syndrome
  • Non–motor aspects of Parkinson’s Disease
  • Use of Botulinum Toxin for the management of Movement Disorders
  • Rehabilitation for Parkinson’s Disease
  • Phenotypic Clues to Genetic Movement Disorders
  • Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS) Surgery
  • Community Care for People with Parkinsons


FACULTY

Bastiaan BLOEM
Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Center, Nijmegen, The Netherlands

Marek DROZDZIK
Pomeranian Medical University, Szczecin, Poland

Beom S JEON
Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul, South Korea

Peter SILBURN
The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia

Eduardo TOLOSA
Hospital Clinic Universitari, Barcelona, Spain

Mitsutoshi YAMAMOTO
Kagawa Prefectural Central Hospital, Takamatsu, Japan

Pei ZHONG
The First Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-Sen University Guangzhou, China

...And many other local experts in the field of Parkinson’s Disease and Movement Disorders.

*IMPORTANT DATES*

EARLY Registration deadline: 3 February 2012
NORMAL
Registration deadline:
9 March 2012
VIDEO PRESENTATION
Submission Deadline: 13 February 2012

Click here to download registration brochure.

Enquiries and Registration:
National Neuroscience Institute
5th Singapore International Parkinson's Disease and Movement Disorders Symposium Secretariat
11 Jalan Tan Tock Seng
Tel: 6357 7152 / 6357 7162 Fax: 6256 4755
Email:
nni_secretariat@nni.com.sg

Organised by: National Neuroscience Institute
Supported by: College of Physicians
                     Clinical Neuroscience Singapore
                     Parkinson’s Disease Society (Singapore)

Sponsored by:
Boehringer Ingelheim
GlaxoSmithKline
Medtronic
Novartis Neuroscience
Orient Europharma Pte Ltd
Allergan
Lundbeck (Singapore)