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Dr. Karoline Ostertag specializes in the diagnosis and treatment of central movement disorders such as Parkinson's disease, atypical Parkinsonian syndromes, and other neurodegenerative diseases. She focuses particularly on therapy planning in the advanced stages of these conditions, incorporating advanced methods such as deep brain stimulation and medication pumps. Additionally, she is specialized in the treatment of cerebral circulatory disorders. As a clinical trial investigator, she researches innovative therapeutic approaches for Parkinsonian syndromes and other neurological diseases.

Dr. Ilona Csotis ist Neurologin und ärztliche Direktorin des neurologischen Fachkrankenhauses Gertrudis Klinik Biskirchen, spezialisiert auf die Diagnostik und Therapie der Parkinson-Krankheit und verwandter Krankheitsbilder.

Dr. Dieter Volc, Neurologist, Parkinson Study Center Prosenex at the Confraternität Private Clinic, Vienna.

Prof. Dr. François Alesch is a university professor for stereotactic and functional neurosurgery at the Medical University of Vienna. His primary focus is on neurosurgical treatments for movement disorders and pain.

Head Department Neuromodulation, Neurosurgical Clinic, Paracelsus Klinik Zwickau.

Michael Grim is chairman of the Parkinson selfsupporting group Vienna, Austria.

Prof. Peter Young is an associate professor at the University Hospital in Münster-Westphalia. He has been dealing with hereditary polyneuropathies for over 20 years. After working for many years in a managerial position at the university clinic in Münster, he is now chief physician and medical director of the Medical Park Bad Feilnbach Clinic, where he has established a focus on the rehabilitation of patients with neuromuscular diseases, including Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease.

Barbara Chaloupek is a board member of CMT Austria, the interest group for patients with inherited polyneuropathy.

Dr. Reinald Brezovsky is a neurosurgeon and pain doctor. He heads the Döbling Health Center in Vienna.

Dr. Ronald Saurugg is a specialist in neurology with an additional specialty in geriatrics. His specialties are Parkinson's disease, movement disorders and dementia. He works as a senior physician at the AöKH Oberwart and as a private physician in his practice in Hartberg (Austria).