Leadership

Archives Committee


Fabrizio Stocchi, Chair

 

 

 

 

 

 

MDS Staff Liaison: Kateri Collins

Committee Members
Kalyan Bhattacharyya
Stewart Factor
Mark Hallett
Andrew Lees
Mark Stacy

Committee Purpose:
To preserve and log important documents and other materials pertaining to the history and activities of the Society.

History of MDS:

MDS was founded in 1985 on the initiative of Professors Stanley Fahn and C. David Marsden. The organization merged in 1988 with the International Medical Society for Motor Disturbances. Read more about the Society here.

Hamburg, 1985

Photo credit: Cathy Jankovic

Founding Leaders, from left to right: Eduardo Tolosa, Stanley Fahn
(above), Andrew Lees, Joseph Jankovic, C. David Marsden.
Hamburg, Germany, September 1985.

Past Presidents
2009-2011 - Philip Thompson, Australia
2007-2009 - Anthony Lang, Canada
2005-2006 - Andrew Lees, UK
2003-2004 - C. Warren Olanow, USA
2001-2002 - Werner Poewe, Austria
1999-2000 - Mark Hallett, USA
1997-1998 - Eduardo Tolosa, Spain
1995-1996 - Joseph Jankovic, USA
1991-1994 - C. David Marsden, UK
1988-1991 - Stanley Fahn, USA

Current Journal Editors
Jose Obeso and C. Warren Olanow

Past Journal Editors
Günther Deuschl and Christopher Goetz
Andrew Lees and Anthony Lang
David Marsden and Stanley Fahn

Oral Histories Project

The MDS Oral Histories Project aims to capture personal accounts of advances in the field of Movement Disorders.

The Archives Committee invites you to read and listen to our interviews, and submit subjects for future consideration.

The views expressed in this interview 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.

Histories Currently Available:

Click here to view all of the histories.

Suggestions
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Past International Congresses

Final Programs

Presidential Lectures