14^th World Congress on Neurology and Neurological Disorders July 17-18, 2017 Chicago, USA

Dr. Krista Burns is a PhD in Health Administration with an emphasis in Global Health Policy, a Doctor of Chiropractic, and Postural Neurologist. She has participated in over 1000 hours of advanced education in posture, neurology, and human physiology. She is the Co-Founder of the American Posture Institute and the author of the textbook the Principles of Posture. Dr. Krista is a highly sought after international speaker and is the creator of the Certified Posture Expert and Certified Postural Neurologist online programs. The American Posture Institute is the world’s leading resource in post-graduate online posture education. Specializing in advanced postural education, thousands of health care professionals in over 30 countries worldwide have implemented the American Posture Institute’s posture analysis and postural correction protocols.

Chiropractic, and Postural Neurologist

Dr. Mark Wade is the co-founder of the American Posture Institute with a combined experience of more than 15 years. Dr. Wade has a passion for posture and health that has driven him to become one of the best Postural Practitioner in the world. Dr. Wade values the importance of increasing knowledge and advancing his ability to help others. Having graduated with dual degrees in chemistry and biology, he then raised his education to the highest level, by becoming a Doctor in Chiropractic. From this point forward as a chiropractic physician Dr. Wade has obtained a PhD in Public Health, establishing him as one of the few Postural Practitioners in the world to obtain this. Having a vast level of knowledge and experience Dr. Wade honed his skills specifically through many levels of postural specializations such as: Certified Postural Exercise Professional, Certified Posture Expert, as well as becoming a Posturologist. Dr. Wade has been a featured speaker all over the world as an expert in posture and health. His opinion on posture and function is valued as one of the highest levels of expertise in posture. Dr. Wade has published research in the field of Posture correlating its importance for children in public schools, as well as having written for local and international publications. Clinically Dr. Wade has worked with professional athletes and sports teams in every major sports arena and has served as the official Postural Practitioner for the 4 Time National Champions – Parma Panthers. He has become widely known for his ability to help individual athletes and teams perform at their maximum potential. In addition to his clinical work Dr. Wade also trains other health professionals to become postural practitioners, and helped develop what is considered the best postural certification program in the world.

Chiropractic, Postural neurology and Pharma

Terry Lichtor, MD, PhD is a practicing neurosurgeon. He has a number of research interests, and his brain tumor work is largely focused on the development of a DNA vaccine for treatment of primary and metastatic intracerebral tumors. In particular Dr. Lichtor has shown that vaccines prepared by transfer of DNA from the tumor into a highly immunogenic cell line stimulates an antitumor immune response which may be efficacious in the treatment of patients with brain tumors. Other research interests include developing a passive immunotherapeutic strategy for treatment of Alzheimer’s Disease. In addition, he has been involved in the development of a non-invasive MRI technique to measure intracranial pressure and brain compliance, and has been exploring the efficacy of this modality in managing a variety of patients with neurologic problems where intracranial pressure is an issue. Dr. Lichtor is a member of the neurosurgery faculty at Rush University Medical Center in Chicago, Illinois.

Alzheimer’s Disease, Neurosurgery, Neurology and Neuroscience, Brain Tumors

Wai Kwong Tang was appointed to Professor in the Department of Psychiatry, the Chinese University of Hong Kong in 2011. His main research areas are addictions and neuropsychiatry in stroke. He has published over 100 papers in renowned journals, and has also contributed to the peer review of 40 journals. He has secured over 20 major competitive research grants. He has served the editorial boards of five scientific journals. He was also a recipient of the Young Researcher Award in 2007, awarded by the Chinese University of Hong Kong.

Post-stroke depressions, Neurology and Neuroscience

Davit Tophuria is currently working as a professor in the department of Human Normal Anatomy at Tbilisi State Medical University, Georgia. He is also working as the head of International Students Education Department, TSMU. He Studied at AIETI Medical School. He has also published several original research papers in the reputed and peer-reviewed journals and also participated in several scientific meetings.

Human Normal Anatomy, Neuroscience and Neurology

Aminur Rahman is currently working as an Assistant Professor in the Department Of Interventional Neurology at National Institute of Neurosciences And Hospital, Sher-E Bangla Road, Dhaka-1207, Bangladesh. He has completed his fellowship in interventional neuroradiology from the University Hospital Of Zurich, Switzerland and also from Department of Radiology faculty of medicine Ramathibodi Hospital, Mahidol University , Bangkok, 10400, Thailand and consultant neurologist and internist in a tertiary level hospital in Dhaka, Bangladesh. He has also teaching experiences among students in post -graduation and under-graduation medical students. His consultation is in patient both in-patients and out-patient department.

Neuroscience, Neurology, Neuro interventions, stroke, Neuroradiology etc.

Over the past ten years, He focused on consultation for healthcare quality in healthcare facilities, analyze and provide advice on the managerial methods and organization of governmental and private healthcare facilities. He has great experience in Performance Improvement, Risk Management, Utilization Management, improving Patient/Customer Satisfaction and Quality, while involving teams from the facility, including physicians and administrative staff. He has extensive experience with data analysis and process control using statistical analysis and SPSS software, survey process, especially with the Joint Commission International (JCIA) standards and tracer methodology. As A six Sigma Black Belt Certified and senior member of ASQ, He worked internationally as a Prelim Judge in the international Excellence Teams Award for ASQ in USA. Also, He worked as a peer reviewer for 2013 Leape Ahead Award from American College of Physician Executive, USA. On December 2014, He was recognized as a certified ASQ “ American Society of Quality” trainer. He is an international surveyor with ACHSI “Australian Council for Healthcare Standards International”. Currently, he is contracted as an Assistant Director For Healthcare Accreditation for Saudi Central Board For Accreditation of Health Care Institutions (CBAHI). He is designed as a certified professional in healthcare quality from healthcare certification board (CPHQ).

Healthcare

Prof. Mathew completed his PhD from the University of Alberta, Canada in 1992 and obtained FRCPath (UK) in 2003. In 1983, he had undergone a research training at the University of Lund, Sweden. After his postdoctoral studies at the University of Alberta, he worked as Assistant Scientist at NYU, USA. In 1993 he joined the FAHS of Kuwait University. Currently he is Professor and Vice Dean for Research. He was also the Director of the Electron Microscope Unit. He is a member of the international advisory board of the Netter’s atlas of human anatomy. His research is in molecular neurobiology. Prof. Mathew received several awards and published more than 75 papers and attended over 100 conferences.

Molecular Neurobiology, Neurology

Sevinj Hamidova is currently working as a managing director of Medical Tourism in Azerbaijan. She graduated with MD from Azerbaijan Medical University in 2009. She then completed Internship in City Clinical Hospital in Baku and has now worked for over 6 years as a Neurologist at several hospital settings. During this period, she has participated in many conferences and has taken several continuing education neurology courses in Turkey, Germany, Spain and Denmark. She is well skilled and has managed headache, stroke, epilepsy/EEG and prolotherapy protocols. She organized and now directs a small Headache Center in Baku. At present, she is tasked to organize a Stroke Center–a first in Azerbaijan, and has been offered a new job in one of the big private clinics in Baku as a Director of Stroke and Headache Center.

Stroke, Headache, Neurology