Skip to Content

Disclaimer

Disclaimer
MDS makes every effort to publish accurate information on the website. "Google Translate" is provided as a free tool for visitors to read content in one's native language. Translations are not guaranteed to be 100% accurate. Neither MDS nor its employees assume liability for erroneous translations of website content.

 
International Parkinson and Movement Disorder Society
Main Content

Middle East Working Group

Mehri Salari
Chair		 Shivam Mittal
Co-Chair


MDS Staff Liaison: Emily Santeler
The Middle East Working Group of the International Parkinson and Movement Disorder Society.

Purpose

The Middle East Working Group (MEWG) was created to provide a forum for discussion of movement disorder topics of interest for Middle East members and to direct education efforts when assigned by the AOS Leadership.

Joining the MEWG

The MEWG membership will be open to any MDS Member with an active interest in movement disorders in the Middle East.
If you are interested in joining the Middle East Working Group, please contact info@movementdisorders.org.

 

Steering Committee Members

Zakiyah Aldaajani
Hanan Khalil
Ozge Kusbeci
Galit Yogev-Seligmann
Firas Alfwaress
Mudassar Iqbal Arain
Fatma Abdullah
Maha Mohammad
Murat Gultekin
Mohammad Al-Wardart
Ram Vatwani Ram
Mohammad Umair
Amaal AlDakheel


Publications

Parkinson’s Disease in the Middle East, North Africa, and South Asia: Consensus from the International Parkinson and Movement Disorder Society Task Force for the Middle East

Authors: Khalil, Hanan; Chahine, Lana; Siddiqui, Junaid; Salari, Mehri; El-Jaafary, Shaimaa; Aldaajani, Zakiyah; Abu Al-Melh, Mishal; Mohammad, Tareq Mohammad; Abu Snineh, Muneer; Syed, Nadir A; Bhatt, Mohit; Habib, Mohammad Ahsan; Habahbeh, Majed; Tabbal, Samer D.; Jeon, Beomseok | Bajwa, Jawad A

Parkinson's disease in the MENASA countries

Authors: Hanan Khalil, Lana Chahine, Junaid Siddiqui, Zakiyah Aldaajani, Jawad A Bajwa


Parkinson's Disease Survey Results

The MDS Task Force for the Middle East (MDS-Task Force on the Middle East) conducted a survey with an aim of characterizing the needs, the challenges and the limitations for providing care for people with Parkinson’s disease in the region. Here are the results:

Survey | Full Report

 

 

Past Courses

Resources

We use cookies to give you the best possible experience with our website. These cookies are also used to ensure we show you content that is relevant to you. If you continue without changing your settings, you are agreeing to our use of cookies to improve your user experience. You can click the cookie settings link on our website to change your cookie settings at any time. Note: The MDS site uses related multiple domains, including mds.movementdisorders.org and mds.execinc.com. This cookie policy only covers the primary movementdisorders.org and mdscongress.org domain. Please refer to the MDS Privacy Policy for information on how to configure cookies for all other domains on the MDS site.
Cookie PolicyPrivacy Notice

Cookie Settings

  • Your Privacy

  • Strictly Necessary

  • Performance

  • Targeting/Advertising

Your Privacy

When you visit a website, it may collect information about your browser, your preferences, or your device to make the website work as you expect it to. This information is collected in the form of cookies. The information collected does not identify you directly, but it can give you a more personalized website experience. The following describes the different types of cookies we are using and gives you the option to not allow some types of cookies. Click on the category headings to learn more and change your default cookie settings. Please note that blocking some types of cookies may impact your website experience.

Strictly Necessary

Always Enabled

These cookies are essential in order to enable you to move around the website and use its features. Without these cookies, website services, such as remembering your shopping cart items, cannot be provided. We are unable to turn these cookies off in the system. While you may be able to set your browser to block or alert you about these cookies, some parts of the website will not function without them.

Modules:

Performance

These cookies collect anonymous information on how people use the website: website visits, traffic sources, click patterns and similar metrics. They help us understand what pages are the most popular. All of the information collected is aggregated and therefore anonymous. If you do not allow these cookies, we will not know when you have visited our website.

Modules:

Targeting/Advertising

These cookies collection information about your browsing habits in order to make advertising more relevant to you and your interests. They are set up through our advertising partners, who compile your interests and target you with relevant ads on other websites or platforms. If you do not allow these cookies, you will not experience our targeted advertising on other places throughout the web.

Modules: