17th International Conference on Neurology and Spine Disorders
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Conference Speakers

Primavera Fisogni

Designation: Journalist University: La Provincia daily newspaper Country: Italy More Details
Primavera Fisogni is a journalist at La Provincia daily newspaper, Italy. She is the curator of the bilingual magazines Tess, Salone del Mobile, Enjoy Como and PhD in Metaphysics. As a philosopher she is the author of more than 150 peer reviewed papers concerning metaphysics, ethics, Ancient Egyptian Thought. Her main focus is about global terrorism, jihadism, cyber terrorism, Onlife age phenomena in the perspective of General System Thinking. She authored, in 2005, the entry “Terrorism” in the new Enciclopedia Filosofica Bompiani. Among her recent publications: Into the Void. The Experience of Emptiness Between the Real and the Digital, Germany (translated in 8 languages, 2020) and “Extremism, Manifestos and the Contagion of Evil: The New Wave of Terrorism in the Onlife World”. In Allegories of a Never-Ending War. A Sociological Debate Revolving Around the War on Terror and  9/11, New York: Nova Publishing  p. 41-61 (2020).

Nathalia Bosoko

Designation: Researcher University: Royal Holloway University of London Country: UK More Details
Nathalia Bosoko is a British Psychological Society member, a Psychology BSc Honours graduate at Kington University of London, and a Clinical Psychology MSc graduate at Royal Holloway University of London with extensive experience in mental health and healthcare. She is passionate about cognition, fascinated with human behaviour, concerned about mental health and psychological well-being, with a specific interest in neuropsychology and neurodevelopmental disorders. Her current research focuses on cognition in Multiple Sclerosis. Her principal objective is to make a significant difference on people's overall health, mental health and well-being, and quality of life.

Samir Ahmed ElKafrawy

Designation: Consultant Neuroanesthesia University: ElSahel Teaching Hospital, GOTHI Country: Egypt More Details

Dr. Samir  Ahmed Elkafrawy showed a special interest in Anesthesiology since his graduation at Alexandria University, Egypt in 1989. During his residency at ElSahel Teaching Hospital, Cairo, Egypt, he completed his Master degree in Anesthesia at Cairo University in 1995. Then he started his Neuroanesthesia career starting as a specialist then as a fellow till he finished his MD degree in 2003 at Cairo University and became the head of the unit till 2018. He worked as a consultant of anesthesia in many hospitals in many countries and in 2018 he joined Saudi Hospital at Hajja (Yemen) as a head of anesthesia department till now. He had volunteer activities at many places like Ministry of health, Indonesian Government, Tsunami Crises, panda Aceh. He had active teaching schedules throughout his career for trainees, which were always appreciated. He is actively participating in most of the scientific courses and conferences. He received Award and honor certificate from Cairo Medical syndicate in 1998, Award certificate in Literature from Cairo Medical syndicate in 1999 and Honor certificate and Medal from the General organization for Teaching Hospitals and Institutes (GOTHI) in 2005.

MD Alauddin

Designation: Assistant Professor University: Mymensingh Medical College Country: Bangladesh More Details

Dr. MD. Alauddin born in 1974, after Completing post-graduation in 2007, he worked in various medical college and institutions. Currently he is working as Assistant Professor of Orthosurgery, Mymensingh Medical College , Bangladesh. He loves patients and loved by his patients. To learn and to teach is his passion. To serve for the humanity is his ultimate goal.  Now his focus is to share experience through lecture, journal and conference.

Jayaraman Komalalakshmi

Designation: Academic Coordinator University: Indira Gandhi College of Special Education Country: India More Details
Dr. Jayaraman Komalalakshmi presently works as Academic coordinator in Indira Gandhi College of Special Education, Holycross campus, Kanuvai, and Coimbatore, Tamilnadu, India. Many times, She realizes the connectivity between Nature and GOD. Nature is an Autonomous Institution with its own laws, rules, and regulations called fate, affiliated to the University Where GOD is the Permanent Chancellor. The supreme power, the energy, the chancellor as GOD can create new syllabus whenever required. Being the member associated , in any means to that University, one cannot write the Program educational objective, Vision, Mission, motto, course objective and Learning Outcome. She humbly submit her ignorance unto the unlimited, immeasurable, unimaginable wisdom. The only thing she has realized is this duality of nature’s paradigm. The self-knowledge acquired is limited and it may be the truth but the application of mind pedagogy will help to evolve with Eternal  Divine Energy and serve for the Happy well-being of  fellow humans and every other entity in the universe.  Hence she started loving everything, learnt joy of doing, helping, serving, forgiving, forgetting the basis of mind pedagogy for happy quality life & designed KLMN SWASTIK. She has 6334 reads from Research Gate publication profile, https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Komalalakshmi-Jayaraman.

Thomas Besios

Designation: Assistant Professor University: University of Thessaly Country: Greece More Details
Thomas Besios is an Assistant Professor at the University of Thessaly, Department of Physiotherapy, Lamia. He completed his Postgraduate degree from Democritus University of Thrace in the Department of Science and Physical Education, specializing in Prevention - Intervention – Rehabilitation in 2006 and Postgraduate degree of the Department of Physiotherapy of Thessaloniki specializing in Pediatric Physiotherapy in 2016. He completed his PhD from the Democritus University of Thrace in Neurological rehabilitation in 2018. He is the Deputy Director of the Research Laboratory of Human Activity and Rehabilitation and has been a member of research teams in research projects. He has published in scientific journals, member of scientific and organizational committees of conferences and has participated in a number of postgraduate courses and specialized clinical seminars. His field of expertise is Neurological Physiotherapy. His research interests span the areas of neurological rehabilitation, assessment and treatment of neurological disorders. He is a member of Human Performance and Rehabilitation Laboratory since 2020.

Chinmay Jani 

Designation: Researcher University: Harvard Medical School Country: USA More Details

Chinmay Jani is currently doing Internal Medicine Residency at Mount Auburn Hospital, Harvard Medical School, USA. He finished his undergraduate from Smt NHL Municipal Medical College, Ahmedabad, India. He has also finished a certification course in IBM -SPSS biostatistics and did a student research fellowship at the University of Groningen, Netherlands, where he worked on ‘PREVEND’ Cohort study. Since his medical school, he has published various epidemiological research articles. With a future interest in Hematology-Oncology and Immuno-Oncology he is currently involved with different oncology-related researches.

Vanshika Beri

Designation: Researcher University: Amity Institute of Psychology and Allied Sciences, Noida Country: India More Details
Vanshika Beri is pursuing her Masters in Clinical Psychology from Amity University. Her professional interests focus on research in the areas of schizophrenia spectrum disorders, mood disorders and, problems faced by the caregivers. While her current project focuses on “Impact of COVID-19 on mental health of employed women residing in Delhi-NCR, India: Mediating role of working from-for home”, her past projects were on the effective use of wisdom and psychosocial interventions for schizophrenia. Besides her interest in the field of research, she actively volunteered in various nongovernmental institutions like Umeed, NASSCOM, etc and has interned in the department of psychiatry of hospitals like Vimhans hospital and Fortis healthcare located in Delhi, India. Others would define her as affectionate, amiable, considerate, intuitive, rational, and reliable. Her ambitious and hardworking nature has helped her in achieving so many things at such a tender age. She would try her best to complete all her tasks with full dedication.

Natalia V Oleynik

Designation: Professor University: Belgorod State National Research University Country: Russia More Details

 

Natalia V Oleynik, MD, PhD is a graduate of the Kharkiv Medical Institute, Ukraine. After graduating from the Institute in 1985, she currently works as a coloproctologist in the Belgorod Region Clinical Hospital of  St.Ioasaaf in Russia with a specific interest in pelvic organ prolapse in women. In 2005, she defended her doctoral dissertation on the complex surgical treatment of  this pathology.She successfully combines medical activity with scientific and teaching activities. From 2007 to the present, she is a professor of the Surgery Department of the Belgorod State University.  Also has medical license of a surgeon and oncologist. She is a member of the Association of Coloproctologists of Russia, a member of the Dissertation Council on Surgery of the Belgorod State University, the author of 250 research articles and 3 monographs on pelvic prolapse, has the State award of the Honored Doctor of Russia.

Dr. Jayashree Janagam

Designation: Assistant Professor University: National Homoeopathy Research Institute in Mental Health Country: India More Details

Dr. Jayashree Janagam is pursuing her PhD in (Hom) Psychiatry. She is working as an Assistant professor in department of Psychiatry at National Homoeopathy Research Institute in Mental Health, Kottayam. She is experienced in treating Psychiatric cases through Homoeopathy and She was a resource person to talk on Post Covid Psychosis in world Mental Health Day programme conducted by NHRIMH on 10th October 2020. She is holding several publication in peer reviewed journals in her credit. 

 

Jared Hicken

Designation: Researcher University: A T Still University Country: USA More Details

Jared Hicken received his bachelor’s degree from Brigham Young University in Provo, Utah, USA. He is currently a third-year medical student at A.T. Still University, Kirksville College of Osteopathic Medicine, in Kirksville, Missouri, USA. While he intends to pursue a career in orthopedic surgery after medical school, he has thoroughly enjoyed his time working with various specialties during his training. He strives to take advantage of every opportunity to learn new things, particularly when it comes to rare diseases.

Ilias Galanis

Designation: Surgery Resident University: Evaggelismos General Hospital Country: Greece More Details
Ilias Galanis completed his Bachelor degree in University of Athens medical school and possesses a Master of Science in High Risk Pregnancy by the University of Athens. He has been working as a surgery resident, currently in Evaggelismos General Hospital, Athens, Greece, the biggest hospital in Greece, for the past four years. He has a great interest in general surgery, especially colorectal and endocrine surgery. He has participated in many voluntary activities as a medical doctor and has published various research articles. Making people's health better is his ultimate goal for the years to come.

Darshil Shah

Designation: Clinical Research Coordinator  University: Hackensack University Medical Center Country: USA More Details

Darshil Shah is currently working as a Clinical Research Coordinator at Hackensack University Medical Center, New Jersey, USA. He has completed his undergraduate training in medicine from Smt NHL Municipal Medical College, Ahmedabad, India. He is currently applying for residency in the USA to pursue a career in Neurology. At Hackensack, he is involved in several research studies and clinical trials in Neurology related to  Multiple Sclerosis, COVID- neurological manifestations, Headache, and Stroke. 

Alexander Kharibegashvili

Designation: Lecturer University: Telavi State University Country: Georgia More Details
Alexander Kharibegashvili was born on in 14th May 1959 and lives now in Telavi, Kakheti, 2200, Georgia, Caucasus. He Works in Telavi District Hospital and Telavi Polyclinic ,,Kakheti’’ as neurologist and Lecturer in Telavi State University. He Graduated from Tbilisi State Medical University, medical faculty, Georgia. He had clinical Internship and did his residency in the Institute of Clinical and Experimental Neurology of Tbilisi, also he had clinical internship in Electromyography in the Moscow II Medical Institute. He has publications and patents for inventions in neurology, electromyography, neurosurgery, psychiatry. 

Polina V Moskaleva

Designation: Neurologist University: V. F. Voino-Yasenetsky Krasnoyarsk State Medical University Country: Russia More Details
Polina Moskaleva graduated from the V. F. Voino-Yasenetsky Krasnoyarsk State Medical University in 2018. After that, for two years she studied in residency at the V.M. Bekhterev National Research Medical Center for Psychiatry and Neurology and received a specialty: "neurologist". In 2021, she began her postgraduate studies. Currently she is a professor’s assistant in Department of outpatient therapy and general practice. Her research interests are headaches, comorbidity of neurological and therapeutic diseases, neurogenetics and pharmacogenetics. The topic of her thesis is related to common clinical phenotype «arterial hypertension and tension-type headache». She is the author of 25 publications and 2 monographs. 

Maria J

Designation: Assistant Professor University: MERF-ISH Country: India More Details
Ms. Maria J presently working as an Assistant professor at MERF-Institute of Speech and Hearing, Chennai, India and pursuing her Ph.D (Linguistics (Speech and Hearing)) from Annamalai University, Chidambaram, India. Her work mainly focuses on understanding the discourse abilities in various clinical population. She has completed both BASLP and MASLP from MERF-ISH between the years 2007-2013, She is a passionate teacher, interested in the welfare of the blooming buds in the field. She has an excellent ability in handling language related issues and focuses on using more innovative means to intervene Speech and Language disorders and teaching students in the field.

Lova kumari Kadim

Designation: Psychologist University: Andhra University Country: India More Details
Dr Lova kumari Kadim completed her PhD in Psychology in 2020, and M.A (Education) in 2007 from Andhra University, India.  Her thesis title is Psychological perspectives of juvenile delinquency (a comparative study of juvenile delinquents and Non-delinquent adolescents). She has got a fellowship in PhD UGC New Delhi in 2016. Her Specializations are clinical psychology, Health psychology, Neuropsychology. Her teaching skills are research & SPSS software skill and psychological testing practicals. She has done issues in geriatric care counselling training course in New Delhi, India from 7-2-2012 to 5-3-2012 Organised by National Institute of social defence, Ministry of social justice & empowerment, Government of India.  She has done a Juveniles counselling training course in Hyderabad (2012), Tirupati (2013) India.

Vaishali Prabhu

Designation: Speech Language Pathologist University: Mercury Institute of Neuroscience Country: India More Details
Vaishali Prabhu a passionate and competitive Speech Language Pathologist, graduated BASLP from SRM University, Kattankulathur, Chennai at 2016. She has more than 2.5 yrs of clinical experience. She developed a keen interest in neurology, cognitive communication impairment and Dysphagia across life span. She has also an extensive knowledge in Objective assessment of dysphagia. She is certified to perform Fiberoptic Endoscopic Evaluation of Swallow Study (FEES) and Vital stim on patients with dysphagia. She has also completed certification in Clinical Speech and Language Studies from Trinity College of Dublin, Ireland from the year 2017-2018. Her principle objective is to enhance the speech and language communication skills, improve the cognitive abilities of patients and the swallowing functions. In nutshell to improve the quality of life.

Paul Lang (Conference Chairperson)

Designation: CEO & Founder of ECA University: Epilepsy Connections Affiliated Country: Australia More Details
Advances in scanning technology, data sharing and collaborative research has give us a better view of the functions of the brain then we have ever seen. For the first time we are able to view the electrical, chemical and genetic framework that allows the most complex organ in the body to operate. Now we have a better understanding of the ‘functions’ – we can analyse the ‘defects’ with an in depth understanding we have never had before – and the answers being realised are profound

Christopher Kent

Designation: Director University: Sherman College of Chiropractic Country: USA More Details
Christopher Kent, D.C., J.D is a Professor and Director for Scholarly Activity at Sherman College of Chiropractic. He is president of the Foundation for Vertebral Subluxation. He was named a Fellow of the College of Chiropractic Imaging and completed visiting fellowship programs in magnetic resonance imaging. He is an active member of the State Bar of California and is admitted as an attorney of the U.S. District Court, Southern District of California. His research interests include diagnostic imaging and neurological assessments associated with vertebral subluxation. Chosen as International Chiropractors Association (ICA) “Chiropractic Researcher of the Year” in 1991 and selected ICA “Chiropractor of the Year” in 1998, he received the Larry Webster Lifetime Achievement Award for his work in pediatric chiropractic in 2000 and Life University’s first Life time Achievement Award in 2007. He is former chair of the United Nations NGO Health Committee, the first chiropractor elected to that position.

Gleb Levitsky

Designation: Head of Gleb Levitsky Clinic University: Gleb Levitsky Clinic Country: Russia More Details
Gleb Levitsky MD PhD finished specialized English school in Moscow in 1992. He graduated from Russian State Medical University in 1998 and graduated from residence in Neurology from the same institute in 2003. He has 23 year experience in electromyography, neuromuscular diseases, neurodegenerative disorders and motor neuron disease. In 2010-2011 he wrote and published the complex monograph "Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis". Since 2006 he is Director of Russian Charity ALS Foundation named by Nina Levitskaya. He is the full member of the International Al;liance of nALS\MND Assocications, In 2016 he became the Laureate of Emissary Spade (Luxembourg). Since 2013 he is the head of Gleb Levitsky clinic with private ALS center in Moscow. He has more than 70 scientific publications.

Bashayr Al-Ghamdi

Designation: Neurology Resident University: King Khalid University Country: Saudi Arabia More Details

Bashayr Al-Ghamdi completed Bachelor Degree (MBBS) from College of Medicine, King Khaled University, Abha, Saudi Arabia. She trained well to be good leader during the college period for 7 years . She is Interested of communication skills in general and communication skills in work environment in particular and all things under Ethics . Her goal is to have a healthy and comfortable work environment from a physician to physician and physician to patient and Ethics Educator to be near future.

Tushar Trivedi

Designation: Vascular Neurologist and Stroke Medical Director University: Regional Medical Center Orangeburg, South Carolina; University of South Carolina Country: USA More Details

Dr. Tushar Trivedi is a vascular neurologist and stroke medical director at Regional Medical Center, Orangeburg, SC. He holds an MPH and a Ph.D. in epidemiology, MD in medicine, and has further completed neurology residency training and vascular neurology clinical fellowship.  His research interests include inflammation, intracranial atherosclerosis, and stroke. He has successfully combined clinical care, research, and teaching, and continues to work on advancing and understanding the causes and treatment of stroke. 

Armel Junior TOKPO

Designation: Resident in Neurosurgery University: Teaching Hospital of Hassan 2 Country: Morocco More Details
Dr Armel Junior TOKPO was born in Benin republic in 1988 in a christian family. After completing primary and secondary school, he obtained his bachelor degree from Health Sciences Faculty of Cotonou. Three years later he entered neurosurgery’s residency program of Fès (Pharmacy and Medicine Faculty ) in Morocco. He further develop an interest for epilepsy and spine surgery and wants to refine and mature his skills in these domains. He truly believed that personal faith in God can be associated with hard work to improve result.

Sri Jayanti

Designation: Researcher University: Fondazione Italiana Fegato-Onlus Country: Italy More Details
Sri Jayanti is a PhD fellow in Italian Liver Foundation (Fondazione Italiana Fegato-ONLUS) under collaboration with University of Trieste, Italy. She previously accomplished her medical degree in University of Hasanuddin, Indonesia and has been deciding to choose the PhD path funded by LPDP Indonesia Endowment Fund since 2018. Her research focuses in translational research of neurodegenerative diseases, particularly Parkinson’s disease and the Janus face of bilirubin as neuroprotective and neurotoxic agents, especially in new therapeutical approaches. Combining both of medical experiences and research journey, she believes that she could give more contribution in medicine and bridge laboratory bench and patient’s bedside.

Arina P Krivchikova

Designation: Assistant Professor University: Belgorod State National Research University Country: Russia More Details
Arina P Krivchikova, MD, PhD, graduated from Belgorod State University in 2015. After graduating from the university she currently works as a surgeon in the Belgorod Region Oncology Hospital. Her professional interest relates to surgery of breast cancer in women.   At the same time, in 2016-2019 she completed post-graduation in surgery. In 2019, she defended her thesis on the surgical treatment of perineum descending syndrome in women. From 2019 to the present she is also an Assistant Professor of the Surgery Department of the Belgorod State University. She has medical license of a surgeon, oncologist and ultrasound diagnostics. She is the co-author of  25 research articles and 1 monograph  on pelvic prolapse in women.

Aswini V

Designation: ASLP and Swallowing specialist University: Mercury Institute of Neuroscience Country: India More Details
Aswini V is a passionate audiologist and speech language pathologist, graduated MASLP degree from MERF-ISH (accredited by Tamilnadu Dr. MGR University, Chennai) in 2018. She has more than 2 years of clinical experience. She developed a keen interest in neurology and cognitive communication impairment over the course of her career and has published three research studies in international journals. She also completed international certification in Talktools level 1 in Oral placement therapy and Feeding therapy. Her principal objective is to make difference on people speech, language and cognitive skills and overall to improve the quality of life.

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