Abdul Qayyum Rana
Director of Parkinson’s Clinic Founder
Eastern Toronto and Movement Disorders Centre
Canada
Biography
Dr. Abdul Qayyum Rana is a world renowned Canadian neurologist who specializes in Parkinson’s disease and Movement Disorders. After his neurology residency training, he completed a fellowship in Parkinson’s disease and Movement disorders from the University of Ottawa, Canada. Dr. Rana is currently the Director of Parkinson’s Clinic of Eastern Toronto and Movement Disorders Centre in Toronto, Canada. Dr. Rana is the founder and former editor-inchief of the Journal of Parkinsonism and Restless Legs Syndrome, published by Dove Press. Dr. Rana is also the founder of the World Parkinson’s Program, a global organization dedicated to improving lives of those with Parkinson’s disease. He has published extensively in the field of Neurology, Parkinson’s disease and Movement disorders. Dr. Rana has been an invited speaker on Parkinson’s disease and has conducted seminars on Parkinson’s disease at international levels. Dr. Rana has been honoured with the Wayne Hening Award for his research on association on Parkinson’s disease and RLS. Beside his BSc, MD, and FRCPC from the Royal College of Physicians of Canada, Dr. Rana has also been awarded an honorary FRCP of the Royal College of Physicians. He is listed in WHO IS WHO in the world and in the Leading Physicians of the World. He is the author of a series of educational brochures about Parkinson’s disease
Research Interest
Neuro-ophthalmology, Neurophysiology, Parkinson’s disease and Movement Disorders, Neuroradiology