[WA] WFN-AOAN Session「World Health Organization intersectoral global action plan; global implications」

[WA-1] The WHO Intersectoral Action Plan for Epilepsy and other neurological disorders (IGAP)

Wolfgang Grisold¹, Alla Guekht², Steven Lewis² (1.President World Federation of Neurology (WFN), 2.World Federation of Neurology)

Wolfgang Grisold, MD, Univ. Prof., FAAN
World Federation of Neurology

Professor Wolfgang Grisold is a specialist in neurology and psychiatry. In neurology he has a background in neuropathology and neurophysiology. His special interests are general neurology, neuro-oncology, neuromuscular diseases, education and patient-related issues such as pain, palliative care and advocacy. He is involved in education and was the initiator of the UEMS European Board Examination in Neurology.

He has experience in hospital practice, research and private practice. He has participated in EU projects on paraneoplastic syndromes. His scientific focus is on the effects of cancer on the peripheral nervous system, especially peripheral neurotoxicity and direct effects of cancer.

He works in an interprofessional setting in the diagnosis and treatment of mononeuropathies, including imaging (ultrasound), electrophysiology and plastic and reconstructive surgery.
He has authored and edited 30 books and his pubmed count is currently 281.

He has organised international neurological congresses, as the European Neuroncology Association Congress (EANO, 2006), the World Congress of Neurology 2013, in Vienna, and the ICNMD in Vienna in 2018.
He has been a trustee of the WFN since 2009 and served as Secretary General from 2014-2021. He is the president of the WFN since 2022.