Program

Executive Summary：
Dr. Lu graduated from China Medical University and received neurological resident training in China Medical University Hospital (CMUH), Taichung, Taiwan. In addition to the clinical practice experience, he also pursued his research training focusing on clinical neurophysiology. His research interests include pathophysiology of movement disorders and noninvasive neuromodulation. He applied EEG, TMS and MR-guided focused ultrasound to investigate and monitor neurodegenerative disorders, focusing on Parkinson’s disease and essential tremor. He has some publications regarding this field. He is currently a faculty of College of Medicine in CMU and an active member of Taiwan Society of Clinical Neurophysiology and Taiwan Movement Disorder Society.

Lecture Abstract：

Executive Summary：
Jonathan Cole is a consultant in clinical neurophysiology at University Hospitals, Dorset and a professor at the University of Bournemouth. His empirical research has been mainly in the field of motor control and sensory loss. He has also written books on the experience of proprioceptive loss and movement without feedback, and of spinal cord injury, the relations between face and self, and the consequences of speech difficulty, as well as on Chekhov's humanitarian and medical work.

He has been president of the British Society for Clinical Neurophysiology and the European, Middle East and Africa Chapter, IFCN. He is currently president IFCN.

Lecture Abstract：
Ian Waterman lost all sense of light touch and movement/position sense aged 19, over 50 years ago, with preserved motor nerve efferents and small sensory afferents. I have been studying him from both with neuroscientific and narrative methods since 1985. To understand the role of proprioception in movement control his own experiences living without it are essential. Studying his abilities with neuroscientific methods allows a different and deeper understanding of motor control and sensory mechanisms, including non-conscious motor programmes and affective sensation. I will also introduce work with Kim who appears to have a congenital and complete loss of somatic sensation but without involvement of motor nerves.

Executive Summary：
Dr. Rou-Shayn Chen devoted himself to the specialty of movement disorders for over 20 years and chaired the Division of Movement Disorders in the Department of Neurology at Chang Gung Memorial Hospital from 2004 to 2014. He served as the President of the Taiwan Movement Disorders Society (TMDS) from 2011 to 2013 and of the Taiwan Neurological Society from 2019 to 2021. He is now the principal executive director of the Taiwan Neurophysiological Society and Taiwan Movement Disorder Society. His major clinical works focus on the diagnosis and pharmacological intervention of Parkinson’s disease and dystonia. He was one of the pioneers to use botulinum toxin in treating dystonic patients, especially with focal hand dystonia, especially the focal hand dystonia of the writer’s cramp. During the past decade, he also established a registration system for the clinical follow-up of Parkinson’s disease in Taiwan. Dr. Chen's research focuses on the neurophysiology of cortical plasticity, repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation using the theta burst paradigm, and transcranial low-intensity ultrasound stimulation. He has also delved into the complex issues of non-motor symptoms and gait problems in patients with Parkinson's disease, contributing to our understanding of the condition. Apart from being a physician, he founded two major international biennale congresses in Taiwan. One was designed for movement disorders, TIC-PDMD, which started in 2013; the other was designed for the whole neurological society, ITCN, which started in 2015. TIC-PDMD: Taiwan International Congress of Parkinson's disease and movement disorder; ITCN: International Taiwanese Congress of Neurology