About the speakers

BART VAN WIJMEERSCH
Professor at the University of Hasselt
Bart Van Wijmeersch is a neurologist specialized in Multiple Sclerosis. He is medical director of the Rehabilitation and MS Center in Pelt where he leads the multidisciplinary MS-team. Furthermore, he is an associate professor of Neurology at the University of Hasselt, affiliated with the Biomedical Institute.

PATRICK VERMERSCH
University Hospital, France
Patrick Vermersch studied medicine at Lille University Hospital (France), where he graduated in Neurology. He is head of one of the University of Lille’s departments of Neurology which deals with MS and other neuroinflammatory diseases. He is currently vice-president of research in the fields of Life and Health Sciences at the University of Lille.

MONA AIKHAWAJAH
Medical Degree from King Saud University, Riyadh
Dr. Mona Alkhawajah is currently a Consultant Neurologist at the Neurosciences Department of King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Center, Riyadh (KFSHRC-R), and is an Assistant Professor at Al Faisal University. . She has been the Program Director of the Neurology Residency Training Program at KFSHRC-R for almost 5 years.