Device-Aided Therapies in Parkinson's disease

Cristian Falup-Pecurariu is Head of the Department of Neurology, County Clinic Hospital from Brasov, and is Full Professor of Neurology at the Transilvania University from Brasov, Romania. He received his medical degree from the University of Medicine and Pharmacy “Iuliu Hatieganu” from Cluj-Napoca. He hold a 1 year fellowship of the European Neurological Society in movement disorders at Hospital Clinic, University of Barcelona, Spain.During his career Cristian Falup-Pecurariu was President of the European Association of Young Neurologists and Trainees (EAYNT), EAYNT Liasion Officer with World Federation of Neurological Society, co-representative of Europe on the International Working Group for Young Neurologists and Trainees (World Federation of Neurology). He was also Secretary of the EFNS/MDS-ES Panel on Movement Disorders, member of the Educational Committee of MDS-ES, member of the MDS Leadership Task Force and European Academy of Neurology Scientific Panel Movement Disorders, member of the Teaching Course sub-Committee of the European Academy of Neurology (EAN), currently being member of the Program Committee of EAN. Falup-Pecurariu is former Chair of the Education Committee of the MDS-ES, former member of the Executive Committee of MDS-ES, former member of the International Executive Committee of MDS. He is the initiator and Course Director of the Movement Disorders Teaching Course held in Brasov (12th editions). His research focuses on motor and non-motor aspects of Parkinson’s diseases.

• 1. The concept of continuous dopaminergic stimulationPeter Jenner and Wolfgang H. Jost2. Apomorphine InfusionTeus van Laar3. LCIGPer Odin Sr.4. LECIGDag Nyholm5. Foslevodopa/FoscarbidopaK Ray Chaudhuri and Karolina Poplawska-Domaszewicz6. ND0612Fabrizio Stocchi7. STN-DBSElena Moro8. Pallidal DBSKeyoumars Ashkan9. MRgFUSGünther Deuschl10. Vestibular NeurostimulationAleksandra M. Podlewska11. Patient selection and choice of therapyCristian Falup-Pecurariu12. The future: Stem cells? Gene therapy?Gesine Paul-Visse13. The future: Trophic factorsJeffrey H. Kordower14. Devices and the dashboard for PDK Ray Chaudhuri and Karolina Poplawska-Domaszewicz