2026 Canadian Movement Disorders Society Congress

December 4 - 5, 2026

Faculty

Scientific Planning Committee

Barbara Connolly MD, FRCP(C)
Associate Professor, Dept. of Medicine
McMaster University
Neurology (Movement Disorders)
Hamilton Health Sciences

Silke Cresswell-Appel MD
Associate Professor, Division of Neurology
Faculty of Medicine, UBC
Pacific Parkinson’s Research Centre
Djavad Mowafaghian Centre for Brain Health

Lorraine Kalia MD, PhD, FRCPC
Associate Professor
Department of Medicine
Neurologist
Toronto Western Hospital

Vikram Karnik MD FRCPC
Clinical Assistant Professor
Dept. of Clinical Neurosciences
University of Calgary
Movement Disorders Neurologist
Director, Adult Neurology Residency Program
Site Lead, Clinical Neurosciences, South Health Campus

Davide Martino MD PhD
Professor, Clinical Neuroscience
University of Calgary
Co-Lead
Calgary Parkinson’s Research Initiative (CaPRI)

Tiago Mestre MD, PhD
Professor, Division of Neurology
Department of Medicine
uOttawa Brain and Mind Research Institute
Scientist, The Ottawa Hospital Research Institute
Parkinson's disease and Movement Disorders Clinic
Deep Brain Stimulation Program (Neurology)

Kerrie Schoffer MD FRCPC
Assistant professor, Division of Neurology
Dalhousie Univerwsity
Neurologist

Madeleine Sharp MD
Assistant Professor
Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery
McGill University
Neurologist
Montreal Neurological Institute