4^th International Conference on Neurological Disorders & Stroke July 09-10, 2018 Sydney, Australia

Prof. Sen (Qian) has 30 years continuous experience in computational fluid dynamics (CFD) research and application in bioengineering. He has worked in the field of circulatory assist and was instrumental in the development of the artificial heart program in Japan and in Australia. (Left Ventricular Assist Device, LVAD). He primarily developed the CFD technique which was employed for blood pump design. He used computational haemodynamic techniques to improve the problems related to haemolysis of the VentrAssit artificial heart which has been implanted in over 450 patients around world. He also has developed novel methodologies based on the CFD techniques for improvement cardiovascular and cerebrovascular surgical method, and estimation the risk of cerebral aneurysms. The system has been applied for over 300 patients, and validated by the results from in-vitro and in-vivo. He has more than 10 years work experience in global industry and has worked for eight universities in three different countries.

Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD), Cerebral vascular and cardiovascular haemodynamics research, Engineering-based surgical training, Medical imaging and molecular imaging, Heart assistant device (Artificial heart) and endovascular treatment devices R&D, Intracranial aneurysm molecular features and biomarkers

Ljudmila Stojanovich received her Ph.D. in Medicine, with the thesis “Neuropsychiatric manifestations in patients with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus” in 1999. She is the scientific director in the Bezhanijska Kosa, University Medical Center of Belgrade University, where she is currently a Full Research Professor. Dr. Stojanovich’s research focuses on Systemic Lupus Erythematosus, Antiphospholipid Syndrome, and Vaccination in patients with Autoimmune Rheumatic diseases. She is an author of three monographs and of about 250 articles on various aspects of Autoimmune Rheumatic disorders, published in international and domestic journals and in conference proceedings. She is in Editorial Boards (Editorial Boards LUPUS (LONDON). /Reviewer in the “CURRENT CONTENSTS” or “Science citation index”, like LUPUS REWIEWER DATABAS, Cellular and Molecular Neurobiology, The Journal of Vaccine

Systemic Lupus Erythematous, Antiphospholipid syndrome, Neuropsychiatric manifestations in patients with systemic Lupus Erythematous, Vaccination in patients with auto-immune inflammatory rheumatic diseases

Dr. Rajendra D. Badgaiyan, MD, completed his MD from Harvard Medical School and had postdoctoral training in neuroimaging and cognitive neuroscience. He is the Chairman of the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at Richmond University Medical Center, and Professor of Psychiatry at Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in New York. His research is funded by NIMH, NINDS, VA, and various foundations. Previously he served in the faculty of Harvard Medical School, SUNY Buffalo and University of Minnesota. He has published over 150 papers in peer-reviewed journals.

Dr Badgaiyan’s research is focused on the study of neural and neurochemical mechanisms that control human brain functions. He developed the single scan dynamic molecular imaging technique (SDMIT) to detect, map, and measure neurotransmitters released acutely in the human brain during task performance. This technique is now used in laboratories all over the world. Using this technique, he studies dopaminergic control of human cognition and behavior. He is also interested in learning the nature of dysregulated dopamine neurotransmission in psychiatric and neuropsychiatric conditions

Dr Schmidt is a member of the European Force on Age-related White Matter Changes. He is also a member of the Austrian Society of Neuroimaging, and the Austrian Society for Stroke Research, and the president of the Austrian Alzheimer Society, and of the Working Group Neuroepidemiology and Prevention of the Austrian Neurological Society. He is a member of the VITATOPS-Steering Committee: a worldwide project on homocysteine-lowering multivitamin therapy in patients with recent ischaemic attacks or stroke. Dr Schmidt is or has been a principle investigator in the CASCADE study on diabetes and cortical atrophy stratified by abscence and presence of hypertension, in the Honolulu-Asia Aging Study, and in the Austrian Stroke Prevention Study.

Dr Schmidt`s clinical and research interests focus on the managing and treatment of vascular dementia combined with cerebrovascular diseases, in the pathophysiology of vascular cognitive impairment and Alzheimer`s Disease, in white matter lesion progression in patients with small vessel diseases, and in the prevention of diabetes.

Dr. Pragatheswaran is currently working as a Medical Director at Madurai Medical Centre with comprehensive services of specialists in ENT, Ophthalmology, Neurology, Neuro surgery, Psychologist, Sociology counselling for the past 28 years (1988 to 2016). He is an honorary medical Director in Guru Cancer Institute and also a senior medical director at public health care foundation, he has taken his doctorate in Hospital Management at European Continental University. He has his special training in general medicine and completed his MBA in health care and Hospital Administration from South Californian University.

Senior administrative medical officer in a large super speciality hospital with more than 3200 beds in south India. With a blend of meticulous surveillance over quality of the services of the medical / Para medical/ non-medical/ technical personnel rendering unblemished services. Done more than 700 tonsillectomies/ hundreds of Smr, Septoplasties and assisted hundreds of head and neck and facio -maxillary surgeries.

Linu has completed her PhD from Manipal University. She has completed her MS in Counseling and Psychotherapy. Currently she is working as Professor in Manipal College of Nursing, Manipal University, India.

Bipolar Disorder, Psycho-education, Quality of life, Bio psychosocial aspects of breast cancer patients.

Professor WK Tang was appointed to professor in the Department of Psychiatry, the Chinese University of Hong Kong in 2011. His main research areas are Addictions and Neuropsychiatry in Stroke. Professor Tang has published over 100 papers in renowned journals, and has also contributed to the peer review of 40 journals. He has secured over 20 major competitive research grants. He has served the editorial boards of five scientific journals. He was also a recipient of the Young Researcher Award in 2007, awarded by the Chinese University of Hong Kong.

Psychiatry, Addictions and Neuropsychiatry , Stroke

Natural from Portugal, did her nursing training in Lisbon where worked for 8 years in a central hospital in an acute medical ward with a stroke unit. During this time she did her Post graduation in Elderly/Geriatric and a Specialization and Master in Rehabilitation with training in Alcoitao Rehabilitation center. In 2014 decide to challenge herself and moved to Kingdom of Saudi Arabia where worked in a Stroke Unit in King Fahad Hospital – National Guard Health Affairs Hospital for one year and half. Here experienced to be a charge nurse and clinical resource nurse and worked with 52 different nationalities in a specific cultural context. In February’16 joined Amana Healthcare Hospital in UAE as a rehabilitation nurse. Helped the team to achieve the CARF accreditation and became Stroke Coordinator.

Neuro Rehabilitation, Stroke

Aakriti Gupta is a medallist in Food and Nutrition with specialization in public health nutrition from Delhi University. She is a PhD Scholar from Delhi University, India. She has worked extensively as a research scientist at All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India. She has worked on various national level research projects in the area of Vitamin D deficiency, Pediatric Metabolic Syndrome and Geriatric Nutrition, Maternal and Child health and Iron deficiency anemia. She has attended several national and international conferences and has spoken as an international guest speaker on the topic of ‘Vitamin D deficiency in India’ at the 12th SEA Regional Scientific Meeting of the International Epidemiological Association 2015 in Bangkok, Thailand. She has an expertise in the area of micronutrient deficiencies amongst different age groups. She has several publications in indexed journals in diverse topics in the area of public health nutrition. She has written a chapter on Nutrition and Health in the 4th edition of Textbook of Community Medicine by Dr. Piyush Gupta for medical and postgraduate students.

Nutrition, Public Health, Macro and Micronutrient deficiencies, Non communicable diseases, Metabolic Diseases