Oral Histories Interviews

History in Movement Disorders: Personal Reflections

The MDS Oral Histories project aims to capture personal accounts of advances in the field of Movement Disorders - from 1817, when the first paper on Parkinson's disease was published, through the discovery of the underpinnings of levodopa and the founding of The Movement Disorder Society and its continued growth.

The views expressed in these interviews are solely those of the interviewee and are recounted here for historical purposes. These views do not necessarily reflect the views of The Movement Disorder Society.

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MDS 15th International Congress 2011 - Toronto

Ali Rajput

Andrew Lees

Anthony Lang

Anthony Lang

Roger Duvoisin

 

MDS 14th International Congress 2010 - Buenos Aires

Stanley Fahn

Stanley Fahn

Yves Agid

Yves Agid

Alfredo Berardelli

Alfredo Berardelli

Gerald Stern

Gerald Stern

 

MDS 13th International Congress 2009 - Paris

Richard Morimoto

Richard Morimoto

Yoshikuni Mizuno

Yoshikuni Mizuno

Reiner Benecke

Reiner Benecke

Christopher Goetz

Christopher Goetz

More Oral History Interviews

Segawa Masaya

Masaya Segawa

Mark Hallett

Mark Hallett
Interviewed by
Christopher Goetz

Oleh Hornykiewics

Oleh Hornykiewicz
Interviewed by
Barbara Sommer

   
 

History of Neurosurgery

Neurologists and neurosurgeons, working together, have championed innovations in neurosurgical care to address patients with movement disorders failing medical management.

The following special section is dedicated to elaborating on neurosurgical advancements in treating patients with movement disorders. It was developed under the leadership of the Director of the Neurosurgery Task Force of The Movement Disorder Society, Professor Joachim K. Krauss (Direktor, Neurochirurgie, Zentrum Neurologische Medizin, Medizinischen Hochschule Hannover, Germany). Special recognition for developing this content and coordinating the project belongs to Dr. Karl Sillay, Dr. Kelly Foote and Dr. Marwan I. Hariz.  Read more