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| Executive Committee of the (AOAN) |
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| President |
A/Prof. Christopher Chen |
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Brief CV
Dr Christopher Chen is a Senior Clinician-Scientist at the Departments of Pharmacology and Psychological Medicine, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, and Director of the Memory Aging and Cognition Centre.
His early medical and research training was at the Universities of Cambridge and Oxford as well as the Institute of Neurology, London.
Since returning to Singapore, Dr Chen has developed multi-disciplinary research programmes with extensive international collaborations. His major research and clinical interests are in blood biomarkers, neuroimaging, molecular biology and treatment of stroke and dementia. He has published over 400 peer reviewed papers, is the Principal Investigator for several studies on the treatment as well as prevention of stroke and dementia, serves on journal editorial boards and has been a member of several trial steering committees and advisory panels.
He has extensive mentorship experience and is currently co-chair of the World Stroke Organisation’s Future Leaders Program as well as a member of the College of Clinician-Scientists. Academy of Medicine, Singapore. He has supervised 20 PhD, 7 MSc and 19 Fellows and planx to continue training and nurturing emerging academics and clinicians.
Currently he is President of the Asian Society Against Dementia, Secretary-Treasurer of the Asian & Oceanian Association of Neurology and past-chair of the International Society for Vascular Behavioural and Cognitive Disorders.
A/Prof. Christopher Chen
Department of Pharmacology
National University of Singapore
Blk MD3, 16 Medical Drive.
Level 4, #04-01.
Singapore 117600.
Tel: +65 6 516 3264
E-mail: cplhchen@yahoo.com.sg
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| Vice President |
Professor Dr Yoshikazu Ugawa |
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Professor Dr Yoshikazu Ugawa
President - Japanese Association of Neurology
Professor Emeritus, Fukushima Medical University
Professor and Director, Department of Human Neurophysiology
School of Medicine, Fukushima Medical University
1 Hikarigaoka, Fukushima, 960-1295, Japan
President, Asian Oceanian (AO) Chapter of the International Federation of Clinical
Neurophysiology (IFCN)
Tel: +81-24-547-1248 , +81-24-547-1310
Fax: +81-24-548-366
E-mail: ugawa-tky@umin.ac.jp , ugawatky2@gmail.com
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| Secretary General/ Treasurer |
Roongroj Bhidayasiri, MD, FRCP.
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Roongroj Bhidayasiri, MD, FRCP.
Professor of Neurology & Director
Chulalongkorn Centre of Excellence for
Parkinson's Disease & Related Disorders
Chulalongkorn University Hospital
1873 Rama 4 Road, Pathumwan
Bangkok 10330; Thailand
E-mail: rbh@chulapd.org
Website: www.chulapd.org
Tel: 02-256-4000 ext. 70704
Member, The Academy of Science, The Royal
Society of Thailand, Bangkok, Thailand
Past Chair, International Parkinson and
Movement Disorder Society, Asian Oceanian
Section (MDS-AOS)
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| Immediate Past President |
Prof. Hamidon Basri |
Brief CV
Professor Dr Hj Hamidon Hj Basri is a senior consultant neurologist and the head of Department of Neurology, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences UPM. In his 25 years as a medical professional, he has consistently been a high achiever in contributing to medical education, research and the development of the profession at institutional, national and international levels. He has trained many specialists (neurologists and physicians) in the country.
The highlight of his career was the successful launching of a unique new approach in hyperacute stroke treatment strategy based on the new game-changing thrombolysis and thrombectomy procedure for stroke patients. Immense efforts were made in planning, strategizing and preparing for a novel benchmark niche area in stroke care for Hospital Pengajar UPM (HPUPM). His brainchild is the Regional Emergency Stroke Quick-response (RESQ) network and HPUPM is the pioneer principal high-volume stroke RESQ training centre in Malaysia.
He was the Deputy Dean (Academic) FPSK UPM from 2010 to 2015. During his tenure, he had helped to introduce 7 specialist Master of Medicine programs, formed the medical education unit and obtained a maximum 5-year accreditation from the national authorities Malaysia Qualifying Agency (MQA) and Malaysia Medical Council (MMC). He has also served as the MQA/MMC council member and the national medical program accreditation panel since 2012. He was also the president of the Malaysian Society of Neurosciences (2009-2014) and Malaysian MSN Stroke Council (2008-2018). He has been the lead author of the Malaysian Stroke Clinical Practice Guidelines published in 2006, 2012 and 2020.
In the international arena, he is the current President of the Asia-Oceanian Association of Neurology-AOAN; and was vice president from 2016-2020. He has also served as committee member for the World Federation of Neurology (WFN), Asia Pacific Stroke Organisation (APSO), ASEAN Neurological Association (ASNA) and many international advisory boards. His international research collaborations include the University of Nottingham and Portsmouth UK, Institut Cochin, Université Paris Descartes France, University of Newcastle and Melbourne Australia, Royal College of Surgeon Ireland, and University of Innsbruck Austria.
He has been invited to deliver more than 300 lectures both locally and abroad. He has authored 5 books, 3 patents and has published more than 120 publications in local and international journals (Scopus H-index=22, Citation=1112). He is active in international relief work with Global Peace Malaysia and Malaysian Relief Agency in countries like Pakistan, Afghanistan, and Indonesia. He is also a certified silat exponent and can speak 4 languages.
Prof. Dr Hj Hamidon Basri
Professor and Senior Consultant Neurologist
Department of Neurology
Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences
Universiti Putra Malaysia
43400, Serdang, Selangor Malaysia
E-mail: hamidon@upm.edu.my
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