University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR , United States

Aravindhan Veerapandiyan, MD is a Child Neurologist and Assistant Professor with specialized interest and training in neuromuscular disorders in children. He is the Director of the Comprehensive Neuromuscular Program and Co-Director of the Muscular Dystrophy Association Care Center at Arkansas Children’s Hospital / University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences. Dr. Veerapandiyan earned his medical degree from the K.A.P. Vishwanatham Government Medical College in India. He completed a residency in Child Neurology at Rutgers University – New Jersey Medical School in Newark, New Jersey and a fellowship in Neuromuscular Medicine at University of Rochester – Strong Memorial Hospital in Rochester, New York.

Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden , Netherlands

Annemieke Aartsma-Rus is a professor of translational genetics at the Leiden University Medical Center. She has been involved in setting up guidelines for the use of Duchenne muscular dystrophy mouse models in association with TREAT-NMD.

Association Institut de Myologie, Paris , France

Dr Teresinha Evangelista is a Board-certified neurologist and neuropathologist with long standing clinical and research expertise in neuromuscular disorders. Dr Teresinha Evangelista was the president of the Portuguese Society for the Study of Neuromuscular Diseases from 2009 to 2013. In 2018, she became the coordinator of the European Reference Network for rare neuromuscular diseases EURO-NMD. In 2018, she joined the « Unité de Morphologie Neuromusculaire; Institut de Myologie - Sorbonne Université, GHU Pitié-Salpêtrière ».

University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester , United States

Phillip Mongiovi, MD is an assistant professor of Neurology and director of resident education in neuromuscular disorders at the University of Rochester Medical Center in Rochester, NY.

McGill University, Montreal , Canada

Dr. Maryam Oskoui is an epidemiologist and pediatric neurologist. She is Director of the Pediatric Neurology Division at the Montreal Children’s Hospital and a Senior Clinical Research Scholar of the FRQ-S with a focus in pediatric neuromuscular disorders. She is the Principal investigator and SMA lead for INFORM RARE, a CIHR Strategy for Patient Oriented Research innovative clinical trial network. Dr. Oskoui serves as an evidence-based methodologist for the American Academy of Neurology, contributing to clinical care guidelines.

Children's Hospital of The King's Daughters, Norfolk , United States

Crystal M. Proud, MD is director of Neurology and Neuromuscular Medicine at Children’s Hospital of The King’s Daughters in Norfolk, Virginia. She received her subspecialty training at Stanford University and is board certified in Pediatrics, Neurology with Special Qualifications in Child Neurology, and Neuromuscular Medicine.

Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin , Germany