[HT-07] Hot Topics 07 Innovative management can bring bright future for Parkinson's disease

[HT-07-1] Management of Parkinson disease using wearable devices

^○Roongroj Bhidayasiri (Chulalongkorn Centre of Excellence for Parkinson Disease & Related Disorders, Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Chulalongkorn University, King Chulalongkorn Memorial Hospital, Thailand)

Professor Bhidayasiri graduated in medicine from Chulalongkorn University, Thailand, in 1993, receiving membership of the Royal College of Physicians of London and Ireland in 1998 and certified by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology in 2005. He was awarded the fellowship of the Royal College of Physicians of London in 2008 and Ireland in 2010.

Professor Bhidayasiri leads a Parkinson’s disease registry in Thailand. His research interest is in data science from objective monitoring and assisted devices in Parkinson’s disease. He co-develops devices for tremor and nocturnal monitoring as well as a tremor suppression glove. His development of an adjustable laser-guided walking stick has been adopted nationwide by the Ministry of Social Development for patients with freezing of gait.

He serves as the section editor of Parkinsonism and Related Disorders, is an editorial board member of the Journal of Neurological Sciences, as well as a writing committee member of the American Academy of Neurology on the practice parameters of tardive syndromes. Recently, he has been selected as a member of the Academy of Science of the Royal Society of Thailand. Professor Bhidayasiri is currently a chair of the Asian-Oceanian section of the International Parkinson and Movement Disorder Society (MDS).