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.
2012
Werner Poewe interviewed by
Andrew Lees
Warren Olanow interviewed by
Mark Hallett
Ira Shoulson interviewed by
Mark Stacy
John Hardy interviewed by
Nicholas Wood
Peter Jenner interviewed by
Olivier Rascol
Alim Benabid interviewed by
Pierre Pollak
Joseph Jankovic interviewed by
Mark Hallett
John Morris interviewed by
Kalyanbrata Bhattacharyya
2011
Ali Rajput interviewed by
Alexander Rajput
Andrew Lees interviewed by
David John Burn
Anthony Lang interviewed by
William Weiner
Roger Duvoisin interviewed by
Mark Stacy
Arvid Carlsson interviewed by
Per Odin
2010
Stanley Fahn interviewed by
Joseph Jankovic
Yves Agid interviewed by
Etienne Hirsch
Alfredo Berardelli interviewed by
Mark Hallett
Gerald Stern interviewed by
Niall Quinn
Masaya Segawa interviewed by
Mark Hallett
Hiroshi Shibasaki interviewed by
Ryuji Kaji
2009
Richard Morimoto interviewed by Serge Przedborski
Yoshikuni Mizuno interviewed by
Werner Poewe
Reiner Benecke interviewed by
Mark Hallett
Christopher Goetz interviewed by Stanley Fahn
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Mark Hallett interviewed by Christopher Goetz, 2006
Oleh Hornykiewicz interviewed by Barbara Sommer, 2007
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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