Professor Bhatia has been an active member of the International Parkinson and Movement Disorder Society (MDS) over the past 22 years and has served on various committees. He was privileged to receive honorary membership of the MDS in 2021 and was also honored to be invited to deliver the Stanley Fahn Oration in 2022 at the MDS congress in Madrid. He is the current co-chair of the EAN Coordinating Panel on Rare Diseases and served as the special EAN liaison for the EAN/IAN (Indian Academy of Neurology) collaboration in 2021-22. He has accepted and trained a number of fellows from various countries under the EAN’s fellowhip programmes, has taken part in numerous EAN schools and workshops, and contributed to the EAN online web forums.
“As President-Elect my vision would be to support the core values of the EAN in promoting education, science, advocacy and membership. I believe our future revolves around promoting diversity, spreading education and fostering collaborations with other international forums and societies”. Professor Kailash Bhatia