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Dr. Kang's Biography — Dr. Kang is a physician scientist who just returned to the Department of Neurology as H. Houston Merritt Professor of Neurology and chief of the Division of Movement Disorders in 2013. Dr. Kang completed his medical training at Johns Hopkins University and his neurology residency and fellowship in movement disorders here at Columbia, under the mentorship of his legendary predecessor, Dr. Stanley Fahn. Following his clinical education, Dr. Kang obtained his basic science training in catecholamine molecular biology and gene therapy for Parkinson's disease (PD), before joining the faculty of the University of Chicago School of Medicine, where he served as professor of neurology and director of the Parkinson's Disease and Movement Disorders Center until 2013. Funded by the National Institutes of Health and private foundations, Dr. Kang's research focuses on the elucidation of mechanisms of long term plasticity of basal ganglia in PD that manifest as either in detrimental ways or beneficial ways. His laboratory also studies mechanisms underlying degeneration in PD, including the role of genes involved in familial forms of PD. He is striving to translate some of his research findings to patient-based studies such as biomarker studies in PD to diagnose and stratify the patients better and aid in therapy development. He directs the Division of Movement Disorders in a team effort to understand the disorders better through both basic and translational research and also to provide the best possible clincal care of patients with movement disorders. The division founded by Dr. Fahn has contributed to the development of the field of movenent disorders in a major way and to education of leaders who continue to make contributions all over the world and Dr. Kang will carry on with the tradition. Dr. Kang is a specialist in movement disorders and provides clinical services for diagnosis, management and consultation for patients with Parkinson's disease, parkinsonian disorders (including multiple system atrophy, progressive supranuclear palsy, and corticobasal syndrome), tremors, chorea (including Huntington's disease), dystonia (including blepharospasm, cervical dystonia, writer's cramp), tics, tardive dyskinesias, and other abnormal involuntary movements.

Dr. Nassef's Biography — Dr. Mervat Nassef is Associate Professor of Pediatrics at Columbia University Medical Center (CUMC). She received her B.A., magna cum laude, and her MD at New York University. She went on to do her residency in Pediatrics at the New York University Medical Center, and her fellowship in Allergy & Immunology at Columbia University, College of Physicians & Surgeons. After fellowship, she spent 2 years in Hong Kong where she was involved in teaching medical residents about allergies and asthma. Upon her return to New York, she joined the faculty of the Allergy & Immunology Division at CUMC. Her goal is to provide the highest quality, individualized patient care. She has a special interest in food allergies, environmental allergies and asthma. Because of her love for teaching, Dr. Nassef took on the role of Director of Education in the Allergy/Immunology Division, in which she is responsible for coordinating the activities of students and residents who rotate through the Division. She has also been active in giving grand rounds and teaching conferences in area hospitals and writing publications on various topics in allergy, including co-authoring the textbook: Allergies and Adolescence: Transitioning Toward Independent Living. Stukus D, editor. Springer. She has presented some of her work at the annual international meetings of the American College of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology. Dr. Nassef served as Chair of the Women's Health Committee and the Population Health Committee at the American College of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology. She currently chairs the Clinical Programs/Patient Safety and Quality Committee at the ACAAI and has helped develop educational resources for physicians worldwide. She volunteers her time by conducting free asthma screenings in her local community. She was chosen as one of The New York Times Magazine Top Doctors every year since 2012.

Dr. Waters's Biography — Cheryl Waters MD FRCP(C), holds bachelors and masters degrees in Pharmacology from the University of Toronto, where she studied dopamine receptor function with Philip Seeman. She completed medical school at University of Toronto, an internship at University of Chicago, and returned to Toronto for Internal Medicine, Neurology and a fellowship in Clinical Pharmacology. She moved to California and developed the Movement Disorder Program at the University of Southern California. Dr. Waters then moved to New York to take on her current position as Chief of Clinical Practice and Services in the Division of Movement Disorders. She has been involved in research on the genetics of Parkinson's disease and the treatment of this disorder. She has authored numerous articles and book chapters and a book just printed in its sixth edition: Diagnosis and Management of Parkinson's Disease. She has been an investigator in numerous studies involving a variety of new medical and surgical treatments. She is the first to hold the Albert B. and Judith L. Glickman Chair in Neurology.