2026 Canadian Movement Disorders Society Congress

December 4 - 5, 2026

Faculty

Paula Alcaide Leon MD
Assistant Professor
Staff Neuroradiologist
TWH

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

Nick Daneman MD MSc FRCPC
Professor
Clinician Scientist
Division Head Infectious Diseases
Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre
Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences
Public Health Ontario
Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation

Antoine Duquette MD, MSc, FRCP(C)
Assistant Clinical Professor
Université de Montréal
Neurologist, CHUM

Alfonso Fasano MD PhD FAAN
Professor
Chair in Neuromodulation
Staff Neurologist & Co-director
Surgical Program for Movement Disorders
University Health Network

Sam Fereshtehnejad MD, MPH, MHI, PhD, FRCPC
Assistant Professor, Faculty of Medicine
University of British Columbia
Neurologist, Movement Disorders Specialist

Edward A. Fon MD, FRCP (C)
Professor and Wilder Penfield Chair
Dept of Neurology and Neurosurgery, McGill University
Director, The Neuro (Montreal Neurological Institute-Hospital)
Chief, Dept of Neurosciences, McGill University Health Centre (MUHC)

Harry Forestell
Host, CBC Television
CBC News, New Brunswick at 6
Fredericton, NB

Christos Ganos MD
Associate Professor of Neurology
Wolf Chair in Neurodevelopmental Psychiatry
Staff Physician, TWH Movement Disorders Centre

David Grimes MD FRCPC
Professor
Neurology, Department of Medicine
Ottawa Hospital
uOttawa Brain and Mind Research Institute

Orla Hares PT
Assistant Clinical Professor (Adjunct)
School of Rehabilitation Science
Registered Physiotherapist
McMaster University

Michael Hill MD MSc FRCPC
Professor, Dept. Clinical Neuroscience & Hotchkiss Brain Institute
Cumming School of Medicine
University of Calgary
Medical Director
Neurosciences Care Alberta
President
Canadian Neurological Sciences Federation

Sean Jeremy Udow MD, FRCP(C)
Associate Professor, Section of Neurology
Division of Internal Medicine
University of Manitoba

Nicolas Jodoin MD, FRCPc
Adjunct Professor, Department of Neurosciences, University of Montreal
Neurologist, Movement Disorder Clinic, Centre hospitalier de l'Université de Montréal (CHUM)

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

Galit Kleiner MD, FRCPC
Assistant Professor, Division of Neurology
Staff Neurologist, Baycrest Movement Disorders and Spasticity Management Clinic
Affiliated Investigator
Rotman Research Institute
Baycrest Academy for Research and Education

Anthony E. Lang MD FRCPC FAAN FCAHS FRSC
Professor, Department of Medicine (Neurology)
Director, Edmond J. Safra Program in Parkinson's Disease
Rossy PSP Centre
Toronto Western Hospital, UHN

Blair Leavitt

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

Alex Medina Escobar MD
Movement Disorders Program
Division of Neurology Department of Medicine
Dalhousie University QEII Health Sciences Centre

Inge Meijer MD, PhD, FRCPC
Assistant professor
Université de Montréal
Department of Neurosciences
CHU Sainte-Justine

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)

Amanda Persaud MD
Director of Movements Disorders
Mississauga Institute for Neurological Disease & Stroke

Tejas Sankar MDCM PhD FRCSC
Associate Professor
Research Director, Division of Neurosurgery
Deputy Director, Neurosciences and Mental Health Institute
University of Alberta
Functional, Stereotactic, and General Neurosurgeon

Justyna Sarna MD PhD FRCPC
Clinical Associate Professor
University of Calgary
Medical Director
Calgary Movement Disorders Program

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

Victoria Vertesi MSc
Chief Commercial Officer
DeepSense Biotechnologies
Lecturer and Biotechnology Advisor

Kelly Williams RNBN GNC (c)
Clinical Resource Nurse
Movement Disorder Clinic
Deer Lodge Centre, Winnipeg

Paul Winston MD FRCPC
Clinical Associate Professor
University of British Columbia
Site Chief, Rehabilitation Medicine
Victoria General Hospital

** Unless otherwise specified, all academic appointments are with the Temerty Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto.