- Global Chapters -

OBJECTIVES

The purpose of our global chapters is to advocate for those with Parkinson’s and provide supportive services to caregivers, people with Parkinson’s and also healthcare providers.

A diagnosis of Parkinson’s disease can be very overwhelming and stressful. Our chapters provide a safe space in which people with Parkinson’s, caregivers, members of the community and healthcare providers can have open discussions about shared experiences, coping mechanisms, and ways to educate their own community about Parkinson’s.

EDUCATION

SAFE SPACE

ADVOCACY

START YOUR OWN CHAPTER

The World Parkinson’s Program has active chapters in 22 countries, 39 locations, globally led by community volunteers, qualified neurologists/healthcare providers, caregivers or people with Parkinson’s. The World Parkinson’s Program supports global chapter leaders by providing guidelines on how to start a chapter, arranging lectures about Parkinson’s disease, providing educational brochures on various aspects of Parkinson’s disease in the local languages, and referring chapter leads to our Services team if there is a local need.

A WPP Global Chapter can be started by community volunteers, healthcare workers, healthcare institutions, passionate students, or those impacted by Parkinson’s disease. You can hold a Chapter meeting anywhere in your community, including but not limited to: restaurants, schools, churches, temples, mosques, community centers, libraries or local parks.
It’s very easy to start a chapter in your community, contact us today for more information!

OUR EXISTING CHAPTERS

If you are a person with Parkinson’s Disease looking for a neurologist to speak with or a place for educational material, the following directory lists a number of different locations you may be able to visit to get help.

Canada

USA

Mexico

Ireland

Morocco

Mali

Nigeria

Zimbabwe

Egypt

Tunisia

Macedonia

Greece

Uganda

Ethiopia

Lebanon

Saudi Arabia

Kuwait

Pakistan

Bangladesh

Nepal

China

Ausrtalia

  Victoria
Margarita Makoutonina
Director, World Parkinson’s Program Chapter
Parklife Australia Pty. Ltd.
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Email: rehablady@optusnet.com.au   Adelaide
Dr. Robert Wilcox
Director, World Parkinson’s Program Chapter
Associate Professor Neurology Dept., Flinders Medical School Level 2, Flinders Medical Centre, Bedford Park, SA, 5042 Adelaide, Australia   Dandenong
Dr. Sanjay Raghav
Director, World Parkinson’s Program Chapter
Director Dandenong Neurology 1 Bruce Street, Dandenong 3175, Australia
Ph: 03-9791 1599
Fax: 03-9701 3036   Townsville, QLD
Usama Shahid
11 Klewarra Boulevard, Douglas,Townsville, QLD, Australia 4814
Email: usama.shahid@my.jcu.edu.au
  Dhaka
Dr. Aminur Rahman
Director, World Parkinson’s Program Chapter
Department of Neurology, BIRDEM Hospital, Dhaka, Bangladesh
Ph: +880 2 9661551-60, Ext. 2486M: 01715327378
Email: aminurdr@gmail.com
  Calgary
Dr. Kevin Hafez Department of Family Medicine 2500, University Dr., NW Calgary, Alberta, T2N 1N4   Halifax
Parkinson’s Society Nova Scotia
290 Main Ave., Suite 801 Halifax, Nova Scotia B3M 3V3   Toronto
Dr. Abdul Qayyum Rana 2060 Ellesmere Rd. Suite 1, Scarborough, Ontario M1H 2V6
  Beijing
Dr. Chin Qin
Director, World Parkinson’s Program Chapter
No 1, Dahua Lu, Dongdan, Beijing Hospital, Beijing 100730. P.R.China
Mobile:15710056998, 010-85137661
  Shangai
Zhenguo Liu M.D.
Director, World Parkinson’s Program Chapter
Professor and Director Department of Neurology
Xinhua Hospital Shanghai Jiao Tong University , School of Medicine 1665 Kong Jiang Rd, Shanghai 200092, China
  Cairo
Dr. Yasmin Said
Director,World Parkinson’s Program Chapter
13 Kamal Raslan street, Heliopolis, Cairo, Egypt 11351

Dr. Ahmed Raouf MD
Director, Chapter World Parkinson’s Program
Cairo, Egypt.
Mobile: (+20128) 5775519, | Phone: (+202) 37428500
E-mail: sales@cme-group.net
E-mail: info@cme-group.net

Dr. Hatem Samir Mohammed, M.D Prof. of Neurology – Cairo University
Director, Chapter World Parkinson’s Program
Private clinic: 23 Amin Samy St., Kasr Elaini St. beside Rozalyousef building, Cairo, Egypt

Prof. Dr. Shereen Fathi, MD, Prof. of Neurology
Director, Chapter World Parkinson’s Program
Cairo University, 41 Sharifa Dina, Maadi Sarayat, Cairo, Egypt   Sohag
Prof. Gharib Fawi Mohamed
Director,World Parkinson’s Program Chapter
Head of Dept. of Neurology, Faculty of Medicine
Sohag univeristy, P.O.Box 82518, Sohag, Egypt
  Menoufiya
Dr. Wael Mohamed
Director, World Parkinson’s Program Chapter
Clinical pharmacology Department
Faculty of Medicine,Menoufiya University Shebin El Kom, Menoufiya, Egypt 002
  Addis Ababa
Dr. Biniyam Alemayehu Ayele
P.O. Box 6396
Liberia Street, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
  Thessaloniki
Theodora Gioltzoglou, MD, PhD Neurologist
73 Ermou Street 546 23 Thessaloniki, Greece
Email: theogiol@hotmail.com
Web: http://www.neuromove.gr
Ph: +302310242040, +6944524652
  Galway
Patrick Browne CNS
Director, World Parkinson’s Program Chapter
Movement Disorders Nurse Specialist
Neurology Department, University Hospital Galway
Newcastle Rd., Galway, Ireland
  Kuwait
Dr. Mishal Abualmelh
Neurologist Head Of Neurology Unit
Director and Head of Movement Disorder Clinic
Al-Adan Hospital, Kuwait
  Tripoli
Dr. A. Abyad
Director, World Parkinson’s Program Chapter
Abyad Medical Center, Azmi Street, Abdo Center, P.O. Box 618, Tripoli-Lebanon
  Skopje
Prof. Dr. Anita Arsovska
University Clinic of Neurology Vodnjanska 17, 1000 Skopje, Macedonia
  Bamako
Dr. Adana Seydov
Bamako, Mali
  Zapopan
Dr. Carlos Zuniga, Neurologist
Director, World Parkinson’s Program Chapter
Centro Médico Puerta de Hierro Torre Élite piso 16, Consultorio 1604 Av. Empresarios 150, Colonia Puerta de Hierro Código Postal 45116, Zapopan, Jalisco,México
  Marrakech
Dr. Mohamed Chraa Mohammed
VI University Hospital Marrakech, Morocco   Rabat
Dr. Wafa Regragui
Specialty Hospital, Abderrahim Bouabid Avenue Rabat, Morocco
  Kirtipur
Dr. Rajeev Ojha
Tribhuvan Univesity Teaching Hospital Kirtipur, Nepal
  Abuja
Dr. Saheed Alimi
Abuja, Nigeria
  Karachi
Dr. Muhammad Rizwan
118, Block-20, Gulistan-e-Jauhar, Karachi, Pakistan

Qurat ul Ain Khan, M.D.
Director Chapter World Parkinson’s Program
Dept. of Psychiatry
F.O.B Second Floor Aga Khan University, Stadium Road, Karachi, Pakistan

Dr Hazim Brohi
Associate Professor Department of Neurology
Jinnah Medical College Hospital Karachi, Pakistan   Lahore
Dr. Humaira Mohsin
Director,World Parkinson’s Program Chapter
43 E/1, Ghalib Road, Gulberg 3, Lahore, Pakistan

Dr. Ahsan Numan
Visitng Consultant Neurologist
Director, World Parkinson’s Program Chapter
1. Department of Neurology
Services Institute of Medical Sciences,Services Hospital, Lahore, Pakistan
2. Neuroclinic, 29-E, Shaukat Ali Road, Johar Town, Lahore, Pakistan   Muzaffar Garh
Dr. Sikander Hayat
Director, World Parkinson’s Program Chapter
District Head Quarter Hospital (D.H.Q. Hospital), Muzaffar Garh, Punjab, Pakistan   Sukkur
Shahnawaz Chachar
Director, World Parkinson’s Education Program Chapter
Chachar House, Sindh Street , Neem Ki Chahri Sukkur, Sindh, Pakistan
Ph: (+92) 0333-7552280
Email: snchachar@gmail.com   Rawalpindi
Dr. Abou Bakar Idrees Awan
Director, World Parkinson’s Program Chapter
House No.1291-95, Nazam ud Din Road, Tariq Abad, Rawalpindi Cantt
Email: abubakridris@live.com
  Al-Bahah City
Abdul Majeed Al Zahrani, BSN
Director, Chapter World Parkinson’s Program
Mandaq General Hospital, Al-bahah city, Albaha, Saudi Arabia
Ph: 0558870078   Dammam
Dr.Talal Alharbi
Consultant Neurologist, King Fahad Specialist Hospital-Dammam
Director, World Parkinson’s Program Chapter
P.O. Box 76945, Khobar, 31952, Saudi Arabia
Ph: 966-565836683
Email: talal563@yahoo.com

Dr. Shireen Qureshi
Director, World Parkinson’s Program Chapter
P.O. Box 12434, Dhahran, 31311, Saudi Arabia
Ph: 966-3-877-3524   Madinah
Dr. Khalid Wasel Al-Quliti, MD
Director, World Parkinson’s Program Chapter
Neurology Division, College of Medicine, Taibah University, Madinah

Dr. Abid Kareem, MD, Neurologist
Director, World Parkinson’s Program Chapter
Dept. of Neurology, King Fahad Hospital, Madinah   Riyadh
Dr. Bashir Alenazi
Prince Sultan Military Hospital
P.O. Box 226180, Riyadh 11324, Saudi Arabia
Email: talal563@yahoo.com
Ph: 966-563999901

Dr.Shapar Nahrir
Department of Neurology
King Fahad Medical City Riyadh 11324, Saudi Arabia

Dr.Awad Alshahrani
National Gaurds Hospital, King Abdulaziz Medical City, Riyadh 11324, Saudi Arabia
Email: awadshahrani@gmail.com
  Mukono
Dr. Kkonde Anthony Kigayi
Mukono, Uganda
  Baltimore
Lawrence A. Zumo
300 North Hilton St. Baltimore, MD, 21216
Ph: 301-562-8400   Chicago
Neda Ansaari
320 W Illinois St., Apt #1603 Chicago, IL 60654   Cincinnati
Muhammad Aslam, MD
Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, University of Cincinnati / VA Medical Center
3200 Vine Street, ML 116-A 5, Cincinnati, OH 45220
Ph: (513) 861-3100 X 4186
Fax: (513) 475-6411   Florida
Dr. Afzal Choudhry, Neurologist
26218 US highway 27 suite 105, Leesburg, Florida 34748

Dr. Ajaz Afzal
1032 Mann Street Kissimmee, Florida 34741

Mary Spremulli, SLP
Director, World Parkinson’s Program Chapter
24430 Sandhill Boulevard, Punta Gorda, FL 33983, United States
Ph: +1 941-204-1515
  Harare
Dr. Nasir Ali Shah Syed
Family Medicine Clinic, P.O. Box 584, Harare, Zimbabwe