[IE-02] Movement disorders in general neurology

[IE-02-1] Movement Disorders in Infectious Disorders

^○Francisco Cardoso (UFMG, Brazil)

Dr. Cardoso, a Brazilian Neurologist, is Professor of Internal Medicine - Neurology at the Medical School of the Federal University of Minas Gerais (UFMG) in Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil. He obtained his MD at the Alagoas School of Medical Sciences in 1986, did his Neurology Residency at UFMG and his movement disorders training at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, TX, USA under the supervision of Joseph Jankovic MD. He is a clinician with particular interest in the investigation of infectious-induced auto-immune choreas, epidemiology of parkinsonism and genetics of movement disorders. He is one of the discoverers of the DYT16 gene. He has authored more than 200 peer reviewed papers and 110 book chapters. He is Honorary Member of the Japanese Neurological Society, Fellow of the American Academy of Neurology and has had a long career in the International Parkinson and Movement Disorders Society (MDS). He has been Secretary of MDS, Chair of the MDS Pan-American Section and is currently the Chair of the MDS Publications Oversight Committee.