“Those who fight Parkinson’s with knowledge always find solutions” Dr. Rana
Our mission is to improve the quality of life of individuals with Parkinson's disease and their caregivers by education and providing other supportive services.
World Parkinson's Program consists of following committees:
Central Executive Committee – The members of the Central Executive Committee supervise various activities of the program.
Education Committee – Members of the Education Committee are healthcare professionals who participate in development of literature of World Parkinson’s Program
Media and Public Relations Committee - Members of this committee play an active role in developing activities for patients, caregivers, healthcare workers and general public. They are also in-charge of media relations and play an active role in promoting cause of the World Parkinson's Program through social media.
Fund Raising Committee - Members of this committee are responsible for managing fundraising campaigns of World Parkinson's Program.
Regional Chief Officers – These individuals are the administrative heads of various activities of World Parkinson’s Program in different regions of their countries.They are responsible for providing educational literature of World Parkinson's Program to patients and healthcare facilities, as well as running Parkinson's Education Campaigns in their regions. The practical and field work of World Parkinson's Program is mainly dependent on these compassionate, highly motivated and enthusiastic individuals.
Expert Panel - Members of Expert Panel are Healthcare Professionals working in the field of Parkinson’s disease who give lectures about Parkinson’s disease.
National Representatives – National Representatives are Healthcare Professionals from various countries who closely observe the tasks of the World Parkinson’s Program and advise the Central Executive Committee of any changes deemed necessary
International Advisory Board – Members of the international advisory board are Healthcare Professionals who evaluate the needs of Parkinson’s community in their respective countries and make recommendations to the Central Executive Committee as how these needs can be addressed.
Members of World Parkinson’s Program – Any individual who has passion for Parkinson’s disease can become a member of the World Parkinson’s Program free of charge by subscribing to the electronic newsletter of the monthly Bulletin of the World Parkinson’s Program.
Online Community – Any individual eager to learn about Parkinson’s disease can join our online community and become our member by subscribing to periodic electronic newsletter of World Parkinson’s Program free of charge.
Chief Executive Officer
Abdul-Rehman Qureshi, Canada
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Directors of operations
Dion Paul, Canada
Zishan M. Chaudry, Canada
Usman Saeed, Canada
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Financial Officer
Taimoor Shahid, Canada
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Central Executive Committee
Hafiz M. Qasim, MSc. Canada (Acting Chair)
Margaret A. Jesudasan, MD,(Acting Vice Chair) Canada
Zia Choudhry,MD, USA
M. Arshad Mahmood, Canada
Ishtiaq Ahmed, MD, Canada
Abdul Fattah, MD, PhD, DTC&E, Canada
Saquib Shaikh, Canada
Tayyab Muhammad, Canada
Muhammad Asad Cheema, MSc., Canada
Education Committee
Claire Henchcliffe, MD, Neurologist, USA (Chairperson)
Margarita Makoutonina, B.Edu, M.AppSc (OT), CDMN, Australia
Federico Micheli, MD, Neurologist, Argentina
Wael Mohamed, MD, PhD, Lecturer Neuroscience, Egypt
Santiago Perez Lloret MD PhD CPI, France
Richard Walker, MD, Geriatric Medicine, UK
Mary Spremulli, MA, CCC-SLP, Florida, USA
Media and Public Relations Officers
Uzma Ahmad, Canada
Ismael Abdullah, Canada
Haris Vaid, Canada
Usman Saeed, Canada
Abdullah Mosabbir,Canada
Mohamad Mozahem,Canada
Labib Rahman, Canada
Nabiha Rahman,Canada
Taimoor Shahid, Canada
Hisham Radwan, Canada
Fund Raising Committee
Abdul-Rehman Qureshi, Canada
Dion Paul, Canada
Zishan M. Choudhry, Canada
Usman Saeed, Canada
Editorial Assistants
Uzma Ahmed
Ruqqiyah K. Rana
Regional Chief Officers
Dr.Kevin Hafez, Jeddah,Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
Dr.Shuliweeh Alenazi, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Dr. Nura Alkali, Nigeria
Dr.Saeed Alimi, Nigeria
Dr.Skindar Rana,Multan, Pakistan
Dr.Usama Shahid, Australia
Dr. Lawrence Zumo,Maryland, USA
National Representatives
Dr. Talal Al-Harbi, Saudi Arabia
Dr. Mostafa El- Alaoui Faris, Morroco
Dr. M. Anwar El - Etribi, Egypt
Dr. Kevin Hafez, Canada
Dr. Nguyen Huu Cong, Vietnam
Dr. M. M. Mehndiratta, India
Dr. Girish Modi, South Africa
Dr. Aminur Rehman, Bangladesh
Dr. Bimsara Senanayake, Sri Lanka
Dr. Skinder Rana, Pakistan
Dr. Mushtaq Syed, Australia
Dr. Laszlo Vecsei, Hungary
Dr. Wolfgang Jost, Germany
International Advisory Board
Dr. Adel Al Jishi – Bahrain
Dr. Aminur Rahman – Bangladesh
Dr. M. Sean Marquez – Barbados
Dr. Maria Sotyanova- Bulgaria
Dr. Kevin Hafez – Canada
Dr. Mihaela Nicula-Canada
Dr. Gharib Fawi Mohamed - Egypt
Dr (Col) SK Jha – India
Dr. Vishal B. Shah, India
Dr. Asriningrum,MD, West Nusatenggara, Lombok Island, Indonesia
Dr. Ihsan K AbdulZahra - Iraq
Dr. Khaled Al Hourani - Jordan
Dr. Juzar Hooker - Kenya
Dr. A. Abyad, Lebanon
Dr. Carlos Zúñiga Ramírez, Mexico
Dr. Mohammad Shafiq - Pakistan
Dr. Basim M. Uthman - Qatar
Dr. Abdelhakim M Shawki - Saudi Arabia
Dr. Shireen Qureshi - Saudi Arabia
Dr. Ahmad Khalifa - Syria
Dr. Riadh GOUIDER - Tunisia
Dr. Okan Dogu – Turkey
Dr. Shareefa Abdool - Dubai, UAE
Dr. Mohammed AM Saadah – Abu Dhabi, UAE
Dr. Abu Nasar - UK
Dr. Ejaz Afzal - USA
Dr. Lawrence A. Zumo - USA