THE NEUROTOXIN INSTITUTE ADVISORY COUNCIL

The NTI’s educational goals and activities are directed by the NTI Advisory Council (NAC). NAC members are drawn from the world’s foremost experts in their respective disciplines. Moreover, most NAC members are heads of academic departments and leading members of medical/educational societies, programs, and major scientific meetings. The NAC’s tasks include:

• Consideration of the scientific and medical scope of the NTI and evaluation of the quality of its activities
• Definition of educational needs
• Definition of research needs
• Provision of advice on appropriate educational products and activities. All products and activities of the NTI are reviewed by the NAC prior to their initiation and dissemination. Specifically, all products and activities of the NTI are reviewed by the NAC for educational and scientific content and to assure balanced presentation that is free of commercial bias and consistent with Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) guidelines. The final decisions regarding products and activities to undertake each year are made by the NAC in consultation and agreement with the NTI.
• Provision of advice on program faculty for different educational activities

Chair
Mark Hallett, MD, Chair Chief, Human Motor Control Section National Institute of Neurological   Disorders and Stroke National Institutes of Health Bethesda, Maryland
Founding Co-Chairs
Joseph Jankovic, MD Professor of Neurology Director, Parkinson’s Disease Center and   Movement Disorders Clinic Department of Neurology Baylor College of Medicine Houston, Texas	Nathaniel H. Mayer, MD Director, Drucker Brain Injury Center Director, Motor Control Analysis   Laboratory Albert Einstein Medical Center Emeritus Professor of Physical Medicine   and Rehabilitation Temple University School of Medicine Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Core Committee Members
Alberto Albanese, MD Professor Istituto Nazionale Neurologico Carlo Besta Universita Cattolica del Sacro Cuore Milano, Italy	M. Zouhair Atassi, PhD, DSc Robert A. Welch Chair of Chemistry Professor, Department of Biochemistry   and Department of Microbiology and   Immunology Baylor College of Medicine Houston,Texas	Michael B. Chancellor, MD Director of Neurourology and   Female Urology University of Pittsburgh Medical Center Professor of Urology and Obstetrics-   Gynecology, McGowan Institute for   Regenerative Medicine University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
J. Oliver Dolly, MSc, PhD, DSc Professor of Neurotherapeutics Center for Neurotherapeutics Research Dublin City University Dublin, Ireland	Alberto Esquenazi, MD Director, Gait and Motion Analysis    Laboratory Co-Director, Institute for Mobility    Evaluation and Treatment Moss Rehab Hospital Albert Einstein Medical Center Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	F. Michael Ferrante, MD Medical Director, UCLA Pain Program Department of Anesthesiology University of California, Los Angeles Los Angeles, California
Dee Anna Glaser, MD Professor and Vice Chairman Department of Dermatology St. Louis University St. Louis, Missouri	H. Kerr Graham, MD, FRCS, FRACS Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery   University of Melbourne Director, Orthopaedic Department Director, The Hugh Williamson Gait   Laboratory Royal Children's Hospital Melbourne, Australia	Markus Naumann, MD Professor of Neurology Department of Neurology University of Wurzburg Germany
P. Jay Pasricha, MD Chief, Division of Gastroenterology   and Hepatology Professor of Medicine, Anatomy &   Neurosciences and Biomedical   Engineering University of Texas Medical Branch Galveston, Texas	Giampietro Schiavo, PhD Group Leader Molecular NeuroPathoBiology   Laboratory Cancer Research UK London Research Institute Lincoln’s Inn Fields Laboratories London, United Kingdom	Stephen D. Silberstein, MD, FACP Professor of Neurology Jefferson Medical College Thomas Jefferson University Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Leonard A. Smith, PhD Chief, Department of Immunology and   Molecular Biology United States Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases Fort Detrick, Maryland