8^th Global Summit on
Neuroscience and Neuroimmunology

Pierre A. MORGON is CEO of MRGN Advisors and Regional Partner for Switzerland at Mérieux Développement. He is also Chairman of the Board of Virometix, as well as Non-Executive Director to the Boards of Theradiag, of Eurocine Vaccines, of Alma Biotherapeutics and of Vaccitech. Pierre has over 30 years of experience in the global life science industry, especially with specialty care, vaccines and immunotherapy, at the helm of international operations, in C-level positions at global level in multinational corporations and as CEO of start-up companies. He is a lecturer in several MBA programs in world-class business schools and in life science conferences, and at the Mass Challenge biotechnology incubator in Switzerland. He holds a Doctorate of Pharmacy, a Master in Business Law and a MBA. He is also an alumnus of INSEAD and IMD.

Business Law , vaccines and immunotherapy

Dr. Denis Bouboulis offers over 20 years of experience and expertise as a nationally and internationally recognized practitioner in this field. A board certified physician licensed in Connecticut, New York and Pennsylvania in the area of Allergy & Immunology and Internal Medicine. Experience in private practice and hospital settings, and in the development of treatment and testing devices. Internationally recognized as a leading expert on the autoimmune disorder PANDAS.

Asthma, Allergic disorders and immunological disorders

Dr. Matevz Leskovsek has earned his PhD degree from University of Ljubljana in 2014 and has since been specializing in neuromodulation and neuroimmunology. He was one of the first to observe a causal link between stimuli perception and respiration suggesting that humans are more susceptible to memorizing new stimuli when there is less air in their lungs; i.e. after they have sufficiently exhaled by sighing, yawning, or vocally expressing what's on their mind; as soon as new inhalation occurs, another fight or flight response is initiated, and their susceptibility to new informationis reduced. The paper titled “Short-term cued visual stimuli recall in relation to breathing phase” was cited several times by Human Brain Mapping, the 2nd most respected journal in Neuroimaging category. Matevz Leskovsek is also a founder of Breathing Labs, a company producing tools for respiratory modulation of visual and auditory signals for behavioral management of asthma and some stress related disorders.

Respiratory devices

Bernard R. Bendok was born in Grosse Pointe Michigan on February 4, 1971. He attended Wayne State University from 1987 to 1991 as a Merit Scholar and during his junior year he served as president of the premedical club. He graduated from the Honors Program Summa Cum Laude with a BS in Biology. . 1n 1991 he moved to Chicago and attended Northwestern University’s Feinberg School of Medicine. His interest in neurosurgery was nurtured by mentorship from Drs. David Mclone and Ivan Ciric. In 1995 he entered Northwestern’s residency training program during the same year that Dr. Hunt Batjer became chair of that program. During residency he developed an interest in Neurovascular and cranial base diseases under Hunt’s mentorship. He subsequently pursued fellowship training with L Nelson Hopkins. In 2003, he joined Northwestern University’s Feinberg School of medicine as an assistant Professor. In 2009 he was promoted to Associate professor and to Professor in 2013. His clinical practice has focused on the microsurgical interventional and radiosurgical treatment of neurovascular and cranial base diseases. He served as the director of the multidisciplinary Vascular Neurosurgery and Neurointerventional Surgery Programs at Northwestern and surgical director of the Neurological ICU until December of 2014. In 2015 he was appointed William J. And Charles H. Mayo Professor and Chair of the Department of Neurological Surgery at Mayo Clinic in Phoenix. Bernard’s research has focused on clinical trials, advanced MRI imaging, quality of life measures and simulation with the goal of enhancing outcomes, personalized health care, and health care delivery for neurovascular and cranial base diseases with a particular focus on aneurysms, arteriovenous malformations, Moya Moya disease and cranial base tumors. In the area of education Dr. Bendok has focused on innovations in online education and simulation based training through his work with the Joint Cerebrovascular Section and the Congress of Neurological Surgeons. In 2012 he was elected as Member at Large for both the Joint Cerebrovascular Section of the AANS and CNS and the Congress of Neurological Surgeons Executive Committees. In 2014 he was appointed as Chair of the Education Division of the Congress of Neurological Surgeons. Dr. Bendok is a member of the Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Society. He has received the Patient’s Choice and Compassionate Doctor Recognition Awards from Vitals.com. Dr Bendok enjoys outdoor activities and travel with family and friends. His greatest debt is to his exceptional parents and his greatest joy and inspiration are his wife Karen, his son Michael and daughter Sarah.

Skull Base Surgery, Neurovascular Surgery, Brain Tumor Surgery, Neurointerventional Surgery

Nebojsa Arsenijevic is awarded PhD in Clinical Immunology from University of Kragujevac, Serbia in 1993 and is awarded MD from Faculty of Medicine, Belgrade in 1982. He is working as an Professor and Chair of Departments of Immunology and Experimental Oncology for Center for Molecular Medicine and Stem Cell Research, Faculty of Medical sciences University of Kragujevac, Serbia. His international experience includes various programs, contributions and participation in different countries for diverse fields of study. His research interests reflect in his wide range of publications in various national and international journals. He is the Editorial Board Member of many reputed Journals and serves as a member of various associations.

Tumor immunology, Immunopathology, Immunopharmacology, Oncopharmacology

Dr. Rajendra D. Badgaiyan, MD, is a psychiatrist and cognitive neuroscientist. He is Chairman of the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at Richmond University Medical Center, and Professor of Psychiatry at Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in New York. He received formal training in psychiatry, psychology, cognitive neuroscience, molecular imaging and neuroimaging. He was awarded the prestigious BK Anand National Research Prize in India and Solomon Award of Harvard Medical School. His research is focused on the study of neural and neurochemical mechanisms that control human brain functions. He developed the single scan dynamic molecular imaging technique (SDMIT) to detect, map, and measure neurotransmitters released acutely in the human brain during task performance. This technique is now used in laboratories all over the world. Using this technique, he studies dopaminergic control of human cognition and behavior. He is also interested in learning the nature of dysregulated dopamine neurotransmission in psychiatric and neuropsychiatric conditions. His research is funded by NIMH, NINDS, VA, and various foundations. Previously he served in the faculty of Harvard Medical School, SUNY Buffalo and University of Minnesota. He has published extensively in peer-reviewed journals.

Molecular imaging , Reward Defeciency syndrome , neuroimaging

Dr. M.Rajajeyakumar, MBBS, MD (Physiology), MSc Yoga, CCEBDM (PHFI), (PhD), has completed his MD Physiology,(2006-2009) at (JIPMER- An Institution of National Importance under the Ministry of Health & Family Welfare, Govt. of India). He worked as research assistant (2009-2012) in Advanced Centre for Yoga Therapy, Education & Research Lab, and JIPMER. He has published more than 57 research papers and serving as an expert reviewer (>30) and editorial board member (>70) in many national and international journals. Invited for honorable guest Speaker in Fitness-2015, Philadelphia, USA, and Speaker and chairperson for the international conference 9 th Indo global summit on cancer therapy -2015, India. He was selected as Speaker and chairperson for 12th,13th& 14 th AsiaPacificMedicalEducationConference-3rd, 4 th & 5 th International Conference on Faculty Development in the Health Professions, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, NUS, Singapore 2015,16 & 17. He presented his scientific paper in World Diabetes Congress Dec-2015, IDF,Vancouver, Canada. He appointed as Advisory Council members of Pure Action, Yoga is Medicine, Austin, TX 78703, USA.

Dr. M.Rajajeyakumar has been actively involved in research. His special research experience is in Yoga, autonomic, cognitive, cardio-respiratory, neurophysiology and medical education. He had trained with basic Physiological procedures including human and animal experimental physiology; pulmonary function test (PFT), autonomic function test (AFT), HRV (heart rate variability), EMG (electromyography), & NCS (nerve conduction study) related research.

Salahuddin Ali is Director at Teaching- Hospital Health Department(MOH). His international experience includes various programs, contributions and participation in different countries for diverse fields of study. He has conducted Training program for Spinal fixation, Trans-nasal endoscopic pituitary surgery & Basal skull surgery. In 2009, He was honored and awarded as Certificate of attendance confirming completion of The Clinical Training & Development Programme-Guys'& St Thomas' Hospital-NHS Foundation trust-LONDON.Signed by Mr.Ron Kerr, Chief Executive. Certificate of Completion confirming the attendance of Iraq clinical Training & development Programme in (Change Management)Wyboston Lakes,England. Signed by Nadia Gittins; Change Management Lead , HLSP Robert Slone; International Advisor Dept. Of Health. Dr. Keyvan Zahir; Technical Director ,HLSP. Certificate , Confirmation of attendance of Neurosurgery Dept. at Kings' College Hospital Awarding that the Attendance was not interrupted by any periods of absence & my approach towards the work was excellent ,Signed by : Mr. Nick Thomas Consultant Neurosurgeon London. Thanks & App-Deputy Minister for The Information & National investigation-Ministry of Interior.

Neurosurgery, Teaching, Leadership, Hospital

Prof. Nevzat Tarhan became a Psychiatrist in GATA in 1982. He became a professor of psychiatry in 1996. In 1998, he became the representative of Turkey in Memory Center of America. As Tarhan closely observes the social life due to being a psychiatrist, he makes an accurate analysis of the social life and touches on the importance of "Community Psychology" in every media platform. Prof. Nevzat Tarhan has always targeted investment in people and used his material-spiritual resources towards this direction. He expresses through his actions that he will continue the same objectives until the end of his life, under his approach of the faith. Currently, he is the Founder and Rector of the Üsküdar University and carries out the NPİSTANBUL Brain Hospital Chairman of the Board of Directors, which is Turkey's first neuropsychiatry hospital. He has more than 100 publications, of which 31 are internation-al. He speaks English and German.

Psychiatry, Neurology, Neuroscience

Dr William Cho is a Biomedical Scientist in Queen Elizabeth Hospital. His main research interests have been focusing on cancer studies utilizing high-throughput technologies to discover biomarkers for cancer diagnosis, treatment prediction and prognostication. He is a Chartered Scientist granted by the Science Council (UK), a Registered Chinese Medicine Practitioner (HK), Guest Professor of a number of Universities and a Fellow Member of several institutes, including the Institute of Biomedical Science (UK), Hong Kong Institute of Biomedical Science and Hong Kong Society for Molecular Diagnostic Sciences. Dr Cho has published over 200 peer-reviewed papers (Lancet Oncology, Clinical Cancer Research, Clinical Chemistry, Annals of Oncology, etc) covering cancer biomarkers, proteomics, microRNAs, Chinese medicine and plenty of books including "MicroRNAs in cancer translational research", "An omics perspective on cancer research", "Supportive cancer care with Chinese medicine", etc. He serves as the editor-in-chief, editor and associate editor of a number of international medical journals. Dr Cho is also an international renowned grant reviewer of the Hope Funds for Cancer Research (USA), Cancer Research (UK), MRC Research Grant (UK), Health Research Board (Ireland), Science Foundation (Ireland), Istituto Toscano Tumori (Firenze), The Foundation Fournier-Majoie for Innovation (Brussels), National Medical Research Council (Singapore), The Medical Research Council (South Africa), and Academia Sinica Investigator Award (Taiwan), etc.

Cancer biomarker, proteomics, microRNA, evidence-based Chinese medicine, diabetes mellitus

Dr. Konstantia Stoforou is a Neurosurgeon who specializes in general neurosurgery with a special interest in minimally invasive surgery of the brain and spine. She has more 20 years of experience in the field of Neurosurgery. Dr. Konstantia Stoforou is currently the Director at NeuroCure, Greece. Her clinical interest includes Neurosurgical Oncology of Brain, Spine, Skull Base, Endoscopic Pituitary Surgery and Skull Base, Microsurgery, Neuroendoscopy, Spinal Neuromodulation for Pain Surgery, Gamma Knife Radiation. In 2003, she was co-author in two chapters in a book named "Neoplasms - Cranial Base Tumors," "Skull Base Surgery" and extensively many publications in the field of Neurosurgery.

Neuroscience, Neurology, Medical Education, Healthcare

Vicente Felipo is Director of the Laboratory of Neurobiology and of the Program on Neuroinflammation and Neurological Impairment of the Centro de Investigacion Principe Felipe in Valencia (Spain). He has 30 years of experience in research on the mechanisms, diagnosis and treatment of neurological alterations in hyperammonemia, hepatic encephalopathy and by exposure to food and environmental contaminants. He has published more than 300 manuscripts, 3 patents, edited 7 books, organized more than 20 International Symposia and directed more than 26 doctoral theses. He has been first Secretary of International Society for Hepatic Encephalopathy and member of different national and International Committees

Mechanisms,Diagnosis and treatment of neurological alterations in hyperammonemia, hepatic encephalopathy and by exposure to food and environmental contaminants.

Sagrario is a Doctor of Medicine from the University of Alcalá in April 2008 with the result of Outstanding Cum Laude unanimously. Thesis title: "Study of Familial Parkinson 's Disease with high - density microarrays SNPs". Director of the thesis: Dr.Jimenez Escrig. Ramon y Cajal Hospital. Group coordinator Behavioural Neurology and Dementias of the Spanish Society of Neurology (since November 2014, at present). Member of Neuromarket.com: Network on the study of biomarkers for brain disorders, 2013. Member of the scientific committee for the project Know Alzheimer (STADA). Member of the rotating committee of the magazine Alzheimer. Realities and Research in Dementia.

Alzheimer disease

Anastasia-Ervina Sela is a student at the 4th year of Nursing at the Technological Educational Institute of Athens.

Dementia

House staff Physician MAIN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL, MANSOURA UNIVERSITY-FACULTY OF MEDICINE, EGYPT

Biology and clinical application of stem cells