Committees

WFN Africa Committee

Chairman:

Professor Amadou Gallo Diop

Neurology Department
University Hospital of Fann
P O Box 5035
Dakar
Senegal

Tel.: +221 33 8691868/+221 820 6948
Fax: +221 33 864 0339
E-mail: agallodiop@gmail.com; agallodiop@netscape.net

 

Advisor:

Prof Johan Aarli

Department of Neurology
University of Bergen
Haukeland Hospital
N-5021 Bergen
Norway

Tel.: +47 5597 5069
Fax: +47 5597 5165
E-mail: Johan.Aarli@nevro.uib.no

 

Committee Guidelines and Mandate

The Africa initiative is a collective term used for describing various WFN activities related to the development of neurology in the African region. They comprise training of new neurologists, establishing educational programmes in neurology, supporting new national neurological associations, assistance in fund-raising for neurology in this part of the world, travelling fellowships, support of public health activities in sub-Saharan Africa and collaboration with WHO, EFNS and IBRO.

The WFN structural basis of the Africa initiative has two arms, the Task and Advisory Force for Africa (TAFNA) and the WFN Africa Committee (ACWFN).

TAFNA ("Friends of Africa") is chaired by the WFN President. The members are neuroscientists with a personal background in African medicine.

ACWFN consists of neurologists living and working in Africa. For French-speaking African countries, training of neurologists will mainly be in Senegal, Morocco and Tunisia, while training of neurologists from the English-speaking countries may be established in South Africa. The ACWFN shall therefore have members from French- and English-speaking sub-Saharan African countries. It is presently (2008) chaired by Amadou Gallo Diop (Senegal), Alfred Njamshi (Cameroon) and Beugre Kouassi (Ivory Coast).

The Task and Advisory Force for Africa Committee shall consist of the President, the First Vice-President, the Secretary-Treasurer General and the Chair, Education Officer and Treasurer of the WFN Africa Committee. This committee shall be empowered to act on behalf of the Council of Delegates between regular meetings of the Council and its decisions shall subsequently be reported to the Trustees.

Guidelines for TAFNA Committee:

1. To conduct an annual review of the neurology training status in sub-Saharan Africa.
2. To be responsible for securing any and all additional funds designed for development of neurology in Africa.
3. To have a close relationship with the EFNS Africa Committee.
4. To have a close relationship with the Pan African Association of Neurological Sciences.
5. To make recommendations to the Regional Director for the Africa region.
6. To make recommendations to the Trustees regarding future meetings and congresses.

Guidelines for the WFN Africa Committee:

1. The ACWFN will have a close contact with the WFN Regional Director for the Africa region.
2. The ACWFN is responsible for monitoring the status of neurology training in sub-Saharan Africa.
3. The ACWFN shall collaborate with the PAANS.
4. The ACWFN prepares a budget with the mandatory prioritization.

WFN Applied Research Committee

Chairman:

Dr Donna Bergen

Rush Presb St Lukes Med Center
1725 West Harrison
Suite 1106
Chicago
IL 60612
United States of America

Tel.: +1 312 942 4500
Fax: +1 312 942 2380
E-mail: Donna_C_Bergen@rush.edu; dbergen@rush.edu

 

Advisor:

Dr Philip Gorelick

1645 West Jackson
Suite 400
Chicago
IL 60612
United States of America

WFN Asia Initiative

Chairman:

Prof Ryuji Kaji

Department of Clinical
Tokushima University, Tokushima City
Tokushima
Japan

Tel.: +81 88 633 7206
Fax: +81 88 633 7208
E-mail: rkaji@clin.med.tokushima-u.ac.jp

 

Advisor:

Prof Jun Kimura

Neuroscience University of Iowa / Dept of Neurology
College of Medicine
200 Hawkins Drive # 2007 RCP
770-8503 Iowa City
Iowa 52242-1053
United States of America

Te.l: +1 319 356 2065
Fax: +1 319 384 5195
E-mail: kimurakyoto@aol.com; srm462@blue.weeg.uiowa.edu

WFN Congress Supervisory Committee

Chairman:

Prof Werner Hacke

Direktor der Neurologischen Klinik
Universitätsklinikum Heidelberg
Im Neuenheimer Feld 400
Heidelberg
Germany
D-69120

Tel.: 06221-568211
Fax: 06221-565348
E-mail: werner_hacke@med.uni-heidelberg.de

WFN Education Committee

Chairman:

Dr Stephen Sergay

Tampa Neurology Associates
2919 W Swann Avenue
Suite 401
Tampa
FL 33609
United States of America

Tel.: +1 813 872 1548
Fax: +1 813 872 7509
E-mail: sergay1@juno.com

WFN Evaluation & Accreditation Task Force

Co-chairs:

Prof Dr Aksel Siva

Noroloji Anabilim Dali
I.U. Cerrahpasa Tip Fakultesi
Cerrahpasa
Istanbul 34303
Turkey

Tel.: +90 212 414 3030/1834
Fax: +90 212 529 0886
E-mail: asiva@tnn.net; asiva@turk.net; akselsiva@gmail.com

 

Advisor

Prof Charles Warlow

Dept of Clinical Neurosciences
Western General Hospitals NHS Trust
Crewe Road
Edinburgh
EH4 2XU
United Kingdom

Tel: +44 131 537 2082
Fax: +44 131 332 7886
E-mail: cpw@skull.dcn.ed.ac.uk

WFN Finance Committee

Chairman:

Professor Jean-Marc Leger

Service de Neurologie - Clinique Paul Castaigne
Hôpital de la Salpêtrière
47 Boulevard de l'Hôpital
75013 Paris
France

Tel.: +33 1 42 16 18 01
Fax: +33 1 44 24 52 47
E-mail: jean-marc.leger@psl.ap-hop-paris.fr

WFN Fundraising Committee

Chairman:

Prof. Dr. med. Hans-Christoph Diener

Direktor der Klinik für Neurologie und Westdeutsches Kopfschmerzzentrum
Universitätsklinikum Essen
Hufelandstr. 55
Essen
Germany
D-45122

Te.l: +49 201 723 2460
Fax: +49 201 723 5901
E-mail: hans.diener@uni-duisburg-essen.de

WFN Latin America Initiative

Chairman:

Prof Gustavo C. Roman, M.D.

Director, Alzheimer Center
Methodist Neurological Institute
6560 Fannin Street, Suite 802
Houston, TX 77030
United States of America

Tel.: +1 713-441-1150
Fax: +1 713-790-4990
E-mail: GCRoman@tmhs.org

 

Advisor:

Prof Alberto Aguayo

 

WFN Membership Committee

Chairman:

Dr William M Carroll

Department of Neurology
Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital
Hospital Avenue
Nedlands
WA 6009
Australia

Tel.: +618 9346 1433
Fax: +618 9346 2455
E-mail: aansecwa@iinet.net.au; carrollw@bigpond.com

WFN Nominating Committee

Chairman:

Dr Arthur K. Asbury

Hospital of Pennsylvania University
Dept of Neurology - Dulles 3
3400 Spruce Street
Philadelphia
PA 19104
United States of America

Tel.: 215 662 2629
Fax: 215 662 3362
E-mail: asbury@mail.med.upenn.edu

 

 

Guidelines & Procedures

The Nominating Committee is appointed by, and functions directly under, the President of the WFN and is independent of the Secretariat. The life of the current Committee is from 2005 to 2009.

The guidelines for the Nominating Committee are :

1. To solicit, by mail and other forms of communication, nominations for the offices of Trustee and Officer as defined in the 'Memorandum and Articles of Association of the WFN', at least one-and-a-half years before the appropriate AGM.

   Invitations to submit nominations will be sent by email, fax and letter of former and current Officers, Trustees, Committee Members, and Delegates of the WFN as well as all interested members of the world neurological community.

2. To evaluate the initial list of nominations sent to the Nominating Committee and scrutinize each nominee's stature, contributions, and commitment to the growth and development of the WFN.

3. To give due consideration to geography and gender in evaluating nominations and, if these considerations are lacking, supplement them by identifying appropriate candidates from the WFN database.

4. To request support of each nominee from his or her national neurological organization in identifying and verifying potential candidates for short listing.

5. To send the agreed list of nominees for Trustee and Officer, which may or may not be ranked, to the Secretariat in London in time for publication, including in the winter issue of World Neurology and the Journal of Neurological Sciences at least six months before the AGM for voting by WFN Delegates.

6. To add to that list all further nominations supported by the signatures of five (5) or more authorized Delegates for the offices of Trustee and Officer that are received by the Secretariat at least 30 days prior to the AGM.

7. To ask each nominee for President and First Vice-President to submit a statement of his or her goals and objectives for publication in World Neurology, if requested by the Trustees.

 

WFN Elections 2010

In accordance with the Memorandum and Articles of Association of the World Federation of Neurology, the election of one new Trustee will take place at the Annual General Meeting (AGM) of the Council of Delegates later this year.

If you wish to propose a candidate, please be in touch with either your national society or WFN Delegate (whose name appears on the WFN website – www.wfneurology.org). Names of those who are willing to serve and who receive the official support of their national society must arrive at the WFN London headquarters office by Friday, 19th February, 2010.

The names of candidates will be published. It is open to anyone to make additional nominations by securing the supporting signatures of five or more authorized WFN Delegates and submitting the name(s) of the individual(s) in question to the Secretary-Treasurer General, c/o the WFN Headquarters office, at least thirty days prior to the date of the Council of Delegates’ Annual General Meeting

WFN Public Awareness & Action Committee

Chairman:

Dr Mohammad Wasay

Secretary - Pakistan Society of Neurology
Department of Neurology
The Aga Khan University, Stadium Road
Karachi 74800
Pakistan

Tel.: +92 21 493 0051
Fax: +92 21 493 4294
E-mail: mohammad.wasay@aku.edu

WFN Publications Committee

Chairman:

Prof Christopher Kennard

Department of Clinical Neurology
University of Oxford
Level 6, West Wing
John Radcliffe Hospital
Headley Way
Headington
Oxford
OX3 9DU
United Kingdom