Ruey-Meei Wu, MD, PhD

Dr. Ruey-Meei Wu is a Professor of National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan, and Director of The Centre of Parkinson’s Disease and Movement Disorders at the department of Neurology, National Taiwan University Hospital. She is founding president of Taiwan Movement Disorders Society and currently serves as member of educational committee and Chair-elect of Asian and Oceanian Section of The Movement Disorder Society. She is organizing the 3rd Asian and Oceanian Parkinson’s Disease and Movement Disorders Congress (AOPMC) in Taipei in 2011. Dr Wu is a corresponding member of American Neurological Association.

Dr Wu’s research interests are genetics and non-motor features of Parkinson’s disease (PD). She is also interested in the animal studies of the mechanisms underlying dopaminergic neuronal death and neuroprotection. She and her collaborative researchers in the world recently identified LRR2 G2385R and R1628P as risk factors for PD in Asian population. Dr Wu serves as editorial board of Journal of Formosan Medical Association and Parkinsonism and Related Disorders.