Wassilios Meissner, MD, PhD

Prof. Meissner is Head of the Department of Neurology for Neurodegenerative Diseases at Bordeaux University Hospital, Chair of the French Reference Center for Multiple System Atrophy (MSA), and Deputy Director of the Institute for Neurodegenerative Diseases (CNRS UMR 5293) at the University of Bordeaux. He received his medical degree in 1997 from Humboldt University Berlin in Germany and his Board Certification in Neurology in 2005 after completing his residency at Charité Hospital in Berlin and Bordeaux University Hospital. He was appointed Professor of Neurology at the University of Bordeaux in 2012. Prof. Meissner has served as Chair of the International Education Committee and is the current Treasurer of the International Parkinson & Movement Disorders Society. He has authored over 220 peer-reviewed publications. His recent research focuses on biological and clinical markers of disease progression in PD and MSA, and the development of new treatments for these disorders.