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ICNA Executive Board

International Child Neurology Association · 2022–2026

Office Bearers

Pratibha Singhi President
Head, Department of Pediatric Neurology, Amrita Hospital, Faridabad, India
West Asia
Lakshmi Nagarajan Secretary
Neurologist/Epileptologist, Children’s Neuroscience Service, PCH; Clinical Professor, UWA Medical School, Australia
East Asia / Oceania
Hasan Tekgul Treasurer
Professor in Pediatric Neurology, Ege University Medical School, Turkey
West Asia

Regional Representatives

North America

Jonathan Mink
Chief Science Officer, Dystonia Medical Research Foundation, USA
Archana A. Patel
Assistant Professor of Neurology, Harvard Medical School
Phillip L. Pearl
Director of Epilepsy and Clinical Neurophysiology, Boston Children’s Hospital
Elaine Wirrell
Child Neurologist, Mayo Clinic

South / Central America

Maria Celeste Buompadre
Pediatric Neurologist, Argentina
Ana Carolina Coan
Associate Professor of Pediatric Neurology, Campinas, Brazil
Juliana Gurgel Giannetti
Child Neurologist & Full Professor, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (UFMG), Brazil
Silvia Tenembaum
Professor, National Pediatric Hospital Dr. J. Garrahan, Argentina

Africa

Edward Kija
Consultant Paediatric Neurologist, Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences
Moustapha Ndiaye
Pediatric Neurologist, Cheikh Anta Diop University, Dakar
Pauline Samia
Paediatric Neurologist, Aga Khan University, Nairobi
Chahnez Triki
Head of Child Neurology Department, University Hospital, University of Sfax, Tunisia
Jo Wilmshurst
Head of Paediatric Neurology, Red Cross War Memorial Children’s Hospital & Neuroscience Institute, University of Cape Town, South Africa

Europe

Biju Hameed
Consultant Pediatric Neurologist, MH Dubai & Danat Al Emarat Women & Children’s Hospital, Abu Dhabi & Dubai
Hans Hartmann
Consultant Pediatric Neurologist, Hannover Medical School — Dept. for Pediatric Kidney, Liver, Metabolic and Neurological Diseases, Germany
Nicola Specchio
Professor, Bambino Gesù Children’s Hospital, Italy

West Asia

Shaheen Akhter
Professor of Paediatric Neurology, IPNA, Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU)
Anaita Udwadia-Hegde
Consultant Pediatric Neurologist — Jaslok Hospital & Research Center, SRCC Narayana Health Children’s Hospital, Wadia Children’s Hospital, Mumbai, India
Vrajesh Udani
Consultant — Child Neurology & Epilepsy, P.D. Hinduja National Hospital & Medical Research Centre, Mumbai, India

East Asia / Oceania

Wang-Tso Lee
National Taiwan University Children’s Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
Yuwu Jiang
Director & Professor, Dept. of Pediatrics; Director, Pediatric Epilepsy Center, Peking University First Hospital
Mitsuhiro Kato
Dept. of Pediatrics, Showa University School of Medicine; Epilepsy Medical Center, Showa University Hospital, Tokyo, Japan