Biography

Dr. Abdul Qayyum Rana is a Canadian neurologist who specializes in Parkinson’s disease and Movement Disorders. Dr. Rana is currently the Director of Parkinson’s Clinic of Eastern Toronto and Movement Disorders Centre in Toronto, Canada. Dr. Rana is the founding editor-in-chief of the Journal of Parkinsonism and Restless Legs Syndrome. Dr. Rana is the founder of the World Parkinson’s Program. He has written several books and 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 honored with the Wayne Hening Award for his research on the association between Parkinson’s disease and RLS. He has also served as an examiner for the medical council of Canada. Besides 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 of the UK.

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Research Interest

Parkinson’s disease and Movement Disorders