Welcome from the AOS Chair
Dear Colleagues,
It is my great honor to introduce myself as Chair of the MDS Asian and Oceanian Section (AOS) for the 2011-2013 term. Within a relatively short period of time MDS-AOS has successfully grown and established itself as the main representative of the movement disorders community in this region. I am fortunate to have such a strong foundation from which to lead the continued development of AOS.
An excellent team has recently been formed; the officers: Victor Fung, Eng-King Tan who are now, respectively, our Secretary and Treasurer; Bhim Singhal, our esteemed Past Chairman; Louis CS Tan, Chair-elect who has contributed towards the advancement of MDS-AOS and its educational programming since its inception; Roongroj Bhidayasiri as Secretary-Elect, and Yoshikazu Ugawa as Treasurer-elect. We anticipate the active contribution of our Executive Committee members: Beom S. Jeon, Asha Kishore, Minh Le, Shen-Yang Lim, Apichart Pisarnpong, Raymond L. Rosales, Barry J. Snow, Ryosuke Takahashi, Jonas Hon Ming Yeung and Zhen Xin Zhang.
Education is one of the main priorities for this Section. We find it particularly important to facilitate movement disorder programming in the regions of AOS where the service of patients with movement disorders is largely provided by general neurologists or in part by internists. Our new AOS Education Committee is chaired by both Ryosuke Takahashi and Madhuri Behari. Working with them on this committee are Roongroj Bhidayasiri, Saeed Bohlega, Shu-Leong Ho, Roland Dominic G. Jamora, Kwang-Soo Lee, John Daniel O'Sullivan, HuiFang Shang and Yih-Ru Wu. Danielle McLean, MDS Program Manager, will continue to provide robust administrative support to both of these committees and the AOS as a whole.
The congress of AOS in Parkinson’s disease and Movement disorders is the largest educational activity and assembly in this region. The 3rd AOPMC/8th APPA at Taipei in 2011 attracted 1082 delegates from 30 countries throughout Asia/Oceania and the world. Thailand has been chosen as the next host for the 4th AOPMC in 2014. In order to provide better support to the AOPMC host an AOS Congress Oversight Committee has recently been formed to develop Congress programs and teaching courses in advance to meet regional needs.
The team members of MDS-AOS look forward to promoting the benefits of membership and recruiting new MDS members in the region. We will continue to lead this section under the MDS mission by disseminating updated knowledge, promoting research and providing advocacy for patients with movement disorders across the Asian and Oceanian regions.
Best regards,
Ruey-Meei (Robin) Wu
MDS-AOS Chair