Speaker Profile

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Dr. Laura Wu is an Associate Professor of Neurology at the University of Texas Medical Branch, where she serves as the Chief of the Movement Disorders Division and Associate Director of the Neurology Clerkship Program. In 2024, she was endowed with the esteemed Warmoth Professorship in Neurology, recognizing her contributions to the field.
Dr. Wu earned her medical degree from China Medical University in Taiwan and her PhD from Chang-Gung University. After moving to the United States, she completed her residency training at Stony Brook University Medical Center and fellowship in movement disorders at Baylor College of Medicine with Dr. Joseph Jankovic.
Her primary clinical interests lie in diagnosing and treating patients with movement disorders, such as Parkinson’s disease, essential tremor, and dystonia. Since joining UTMB in 2016, she has established a Deep Brain Stimulation team, recruiting a diverse team of expert neurologists, neurosurgeons, and neuropsychiatrists to provide cutting-edge surgical treatment to patients with Parkinson’s disease and essential tremors.
In addition to her clinical expertise, Dr. Wu is actively engaged in research and education. Her research interests lie in better understanding neurodegenerative disorders and DBS therapies for movement disorders. Furthermore, as the Associate Director of the Neurology Clerkship Program, Dr. Wu finds that teaching and training the future generation of neurologists is extremely rewarding. Outside of the hospital, she enjoys traveling, cooking, and testing out different cuisines.

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Dr Chang is an associate clinical professor of Neurology at University of Sydney, Neurology Staff Specialist at Department of Neurology at Westmead Hospital since 2010 . She has more than 10 years of experience in Parkinson disease therapies such as pump therapies, deep brain stimulation since 2010.She co-authored over 50 scientific papers in the natural history of dystonia, Huntington disease and the quality of life of Parkinson disease patients on pump therapy and improvement in freezing of gait and dyskinesia of patients on 24-hour pump therapy. She completed a doctorate research degree at University of Sydney on the pathophysiology of dystonia in 2020 and is a subinvestigator in international observational study in dystonia. She sees Huntington disease at Westmead Public Hospital and general neurology and movement disorder patients. She has over 10 years of experience with injection therapy for tremor, dystonia, hemifacial spasms and spasticity.

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Audience will learn about the benefit and limitation of video telehealth in the movement disorder clinic

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Hubert H. Fernandez, MD, is Professor of Neurology at the Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University; Chair and Director of the Center for Neurological Restoration at Cleveland Clinic in Cleveland, Ohio. He is the holder of the James and Constance Brown Family Endowed Chair in Movement Disorders. He received both his BS in Biology and MD degree from the Philippines. He completed his internship in Internal Medicine at University of Pennsylvania/Pennsylvania Hospital in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; his residency in Neurology at Boston University Medical Center in Boston, Massachusetts; and his fellowship in Movement Disorders at Brown University in Rhode Island.

Dr Fernandez is an internationally recognized expert in movement disorders who has been consistently voted as one of the Best Doctors in America by his peers. After completing his medical training, he joined the faculty of Brown University School of Medicine as Assistant Professor in the Department of Clinical Neurosciences. In 2003, Dr Fernandez relocated to the University of Florida, where he eventually became Director of the Clinical Research Unit for Neurological and Psychiatric Disorders, Vice Chair of Neurology for Academic Affairs, and Professor of Neurology prior to joining Cleveland Clinic. An active and productive researcher, he has written 15 books, led or participated in over 150 clinical trials and has published his findings in over 300 articles on Parkinson disease, DBS, behavioral and non-motor features of PD, cervical dystonia, blepharospasm, and other movement disorders. He is currently the Editor-In-Chief of Parkinsonism and Related Disorders, and has served on the editorial board of Movement Disorders and several other peer-reviewed journals.

Dr Fernandez is a fellow of the American Academy of Neurology, American Neurological Association and the International Association of Parkinsonism and Related Disorders (IAPRD), where he is currently its President-Elect. He recently completed a 12-year term as the Co-Chair of the Parkinson Study Group (PSG)--North America’s largest and oldest consortium of clinical researchers in Parkinson disease. He served as the Secretary of IAPRD, three terms as Co-Medical Editor of the Movement Disorders Society Website (and received the Standard of Excellence Award twice by the Web Marketing Association during his tenure). He has been a Councilor for the AAN Movement Disorders Section, Sectretary of the MDS Pan-American Section, Executive Committee Member of the PSG and Dystonia Study Group and served as the President of the Florida Society of Neurology and World Neurology Foundation. He was awarded the Most Outstanding Alumnus by his medical school in 2008; the Presidential Distinguished Service Award by the Movement Disorders Society at the 16th International Congress for Parkinson’s Disease and Movement Disorders in Dublin, Ireland in 2012; and, several Excellence in Care/Service/Teaching Awards from healthcare foundations, organizations and teaching hospitals.