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International Parkinson and Movement Disorder Society

MDS-AS Leadership

African Section

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MDS-AS Officers


Chair
Jonathan A. Carr, MBChB, PhD
Tygerberg, South Africa


Chair-Elect
Ali Shalash, MD, PhD 
Cairo, Egypt  

Secretary
Albert Akpalu, MBChB, MSc
Accra, Ghana


Secretary-Elect
Houyam Tibar, MD-PhD student 
Casablanca, Morocco 


Treasurer
Samia Ben Sassi, MD
Tunis, Tunisia


Treasurer-Elect
Oluwadamilola Ojo, MD   
Lagos, Nigeria 

Past Chair
Njideka Okubadejo, MBChB, FMCP, FAAN
Lagos, Nigeria

MDS-AS Executive Committee 


Ferzana Hassan Amod, MBBCh, FCNeurology 
Durban, South Africa


David Brodie-Mends, MD
Accra, Ghana


Lorraine Audrey Chishimba, MD
Lusaka, Zambia


Maouly Fall, MD   
Dakar, Senegal   


Daniel Gams Massi, MD
Douala, Cameroon


Nomena F. Rasaholiarison, MD
Antananarivo, Madagascar


Riaan M. van Coller, MMed, PhD 
Pretoria, South Africa 


Yared Zewde, MD 
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia   

MDS-AS Education Committee


Chair 
Ademola Ayodele Oremosu, MBBS, MSc, PhD
Surulere, Nigeria


Co-Chair
Mary Agoriwo, BSc, MSc 
Ho, Ghana 


Eman Hamid Abdeldayem, MD
El Rehab City, Egypt


Mahendranath Busgopaul, BSc
Port Louis, Mauritius


Chahnez Charfi Triki, PhD 
Sfax, Tunisia  


Nkechi A. Obianozie, MD
Abuja, Nigeria


Oluwadamilola Ojo, MD   
Lagos, Nigeria 


Adrian Mugenyi Kakooza
Kampala, Uganda


Past Chair 
Ali S. Shalash, MD, PhD 
Cairo, Egypt  


Yasser Mecheri, MD
Constantine, Algeria

 

Nestor Nsengiyumva, MD
Bujumbura, Burundi

Yusuf S. Jamnagerwalla, MD, MMed, MSc
Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania

Selam Kifelew Melkamu, MD
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia