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Awards Information The following awards will be presented during the Opening Ceremony on Sunday, June 5 at 19:00 in the South Building, Level 800, Hall FG: Honorary Membership Awards The Honorary Membership Awards recognize individuals who have made extraordinary contributions to the field of Movement Disorders or otherwise to The Movement Disorder Society. John GL Morris, DM Masaya Segawa, MD, PhD Sydney, Australia Tokyo, Japan President’s Distinguished Service Award The President’s Distinguished Service Award is given in recognition of long and distinguished service to The Movement Disorder Society. The recipient may only receive this award once in their lifetime. PUBLIC SERVICE AWARD The Movement Disorder Society (MDS) established the Public Service Award in 2010 to honor individuals who have made outstanding contributions to the field of Movement Disorders through distinguished service. The Public Service Award recognizes individuals who exhibit the highest standard of excellence, dedication, and accomplishment over a sustained period of time. These contributions may be in a wide variety of areas, including but not limited to increasing public awareness of the mission of the Society and the promotion of research, education and training in Movement Disorders and related neurological sciences. Stanley Fahn Award Lecture This award will be presented on Wednesday, June 8 as part of 4103: Plenary Session IX: Presidential Lectureships from 8:00 - 8:30. South Building, Level 800, Hall FG. The Stanley Fahn Award Lecture was created to recognize an outstanding scholar and role-model clinician in the field of Movement Disorders. The selected lecturer must show 15 th <strong>INTERNATIONAL</strong> <strong>CONGRESS</strong> <strong>OF</strong> PARKINSON’S DISEASE AND MOVEMENT DISORDERS evidence of exceptional contributions which have resulted in better understanding of the cause, diagnosis, or treatment of Movement Disorders, and have translated into meaningful improvements in the standard of clinical practice. The selected lecturer must demonstrate evidence of consistent dedication to Movement Disorders education and research. It’s time to fix the broken system of genetic locus symbols - Parkinson’s disease (PARK) and Dystonia (DYT) as examples Stanley Fahn Lecturer – Anthony E. Lang, OC, MD, FRCPC FAAN Dr. Lang is Professor and Director of the Division of Neurology at the University of Toronto, Director of the Movement Disorders Center at the Toronto Western Hospital, the Jack Clark Chair for Parkinson’s Disease Research at the University of Toronto and Director of the Edmond J. Safra Program in Parkinson’s Disease at the University Health Network and the University of Toronto. Dr. Lang trained in Internal Medicine and Neurology at the University of Toronto. He then undertook postgraduate training in Movement Disorders at Kings College Hospital and the Institute of Psychiatry in London, England under the late Professor C. David Marsden. Dr. Lang’s research has included clinical studies of poorly recognized neurological disorders, clinical trials of new therapeutic modalities and collaborative basic and clinical studies involving molecular biology, neurophysiology, neuropsychology and imaging. He has published over 450 peer reviewed papers, many in important medical journals including the New England Journal of Medicine, Nature Medicine, the Lancet and Lancet Neurology, the Annals of Neurology, Brain, and Movement Disorders. Dr. Lang has served on The Movement Disorder Society (MDS) International Executive Committee and as Treasurer from 1988- 1992 and Secretary from 1996-1998. He served as the MDS President from January 2007- June 2009 and is the current Past- President. He served as Co-Editor-in-Chief of the international journal Movement Disorders between 1996 and 2003 inclusive. He has given many named lectures, and won a number of awards for his research efforts. In 2010 he was appointed as an Officer in the Order of Canada, the centrepiece of Canada’s honors system recognizing a lifetime of outstanding achievement, dedication to the community and service to the nation. International Congress Information 27
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