Dystonia Bulletin Board

Name: Dr. June Tan
Current Position: Consultant, Division of Neurology, National University Hospital
Specialty training/ qualifications:
MBBS (Malaysia)
MRCP (UK)
FAMS (Neurology)

Specialist accreditation in Neurology, Singapore 2002
Fellowship in Movement Disorders, University College of London, Queen Square 2003

Subspeciality interests: Movement Disorders (Parkinson's disease and related parkinsonism, dystonia, tremors, chorea, myoclonus, tics, etc) Special interest in Atypical Parkinsonian Disorders Therapeutic indications for Botulinum toxin in the management of movement disorders

Name: Dr. Louis Tan Chew Seng
MBBS, MRCP (UK), FAMS (Neurology),FRCP (Edin),Consultant
Department of Neurology Parkinson's Disease & Movement Disorder
11 Jalan Tan Tock Seng
National Neuroscience Institute

RESEARCH AREAS: Parkinson's disease and Movement Disorders in areas of epidemiology, genetics, Paroxysmal Dyskineasias, clinical studies, clinical trials

BIOGRAPHY: Dr Louis Tan is a Consultant Neurologist at the National Neuroscience Institute in Singapore and a specialist in Parkinson's Disease and Movement Disorders. He trained with Dr Adrian Tan in Singapore and spent 2 years with the Parkinson's Institute in Sunnyvale , California , USA working with Drs William Langston, Daniel Togasaki and Caroline Tanner on a Movement Disorders Fellowship from 1999 to 2001. Dr Tan runs the Movement Disorders programme at the National Neuroscience Institute, Tan Tock Seng Campus. His research interests are in epidemiology, genetics and clinical studies in Parkinson's disease and movement disorders.

Name: Dr. Erle Chuen-Hian Lim
Current Positions: Associate Professor
Specialty training/ qualifications: MBBS, M Med (Int Med)

Assoc Professor Erle CH Lim graduated from the National University of Singapore in 1990, and obtained his Masters in Medicine (Internal Medicine) from the same university in 1997. He trained in Neurology at the Singapore General Hospital, after which he trained in Movement Disorders at the Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, under Professors C Warren Olanow and Mitchell F Brin. He is currently Consultant Neurologist at the National University Hospital and Assistant Dean of Education at the Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, NUS.

A/P Erle Lim's subspecialty interest is in Movement disorders, focusing on clinical applications of Botulinum toxin, Parkinson's disease, Spasticity and Dystonia. He has been invited to lecture in Southeast Asia and at Mount Sinai School of Medicine, and teaches techniques of Botulinum toxin injection using electromyographic guidance to regional neurologists. He has published over 70 papers in international journals, covering topics in general neurology, movement disorders, botulinum toxin, general medicine and medical education, and is reviewer for international journals in Medicine, Neurology, Movement disorders and Medical Education. He sits on the editorial board of the Annals, Academy of Medicine, Singapore, and on the specialist training committee in Neurology. An avid educationist, he conducts weekly postgraduate clinical tutorials at the National University Hospital, and is director of the yearly Neurologic Localisation Course.

if somebody knows any doctor personally in Singapore who is specilized in this kind of treatment, please share his/her name. we will be very grateful.

Thanks in advace.