Speakers

Ottawa NMD 2025

Ottawa NMD 2025 will highlight cutting-edge fundamental research and advances in clinical care in neuromuscular disease. Our speaker list features over 40 top internationally-recognized speakers from Canada, the United States and Europe.

Keynote Speaker

  • Charlotte Sumner, MD – John Hopkins School of Medicine, US

Session Speakers

  • Michael Benatar, MD/PhD – University of Miami, US
  • Carsten Bönnemann, MD – National Institutes of Health, US
  • Kym Boycott, MD/PhD – CHEO Research Institute, CA
  • Steve Burden, PhD – Harvard University, US
  • Jeffrey Chamberlain, PhD – University of Washington School of Medicine, US
  • Nicolas Dumont, PhD – Sainte-Justine Hospital Research Center, CA
  • Heidi Fuller, PhD – Keele University, UK
  • Aaron Gitler, PhD – Stanford University Hospital, US
  • Neelam Goyal, MD – Stanford University Hospital, US
  • Ewout JN Groen, PhD – UMC Utrecht, NL
  • Emanuela Gussoni, PhD – Boston Children’s Hospital, US
  • Denis Guttridge, PhD – Medical University of South Carolina, US
  • Matthew B. Harms, MD – Columbia University, US
  • Dwi Kemaladewi, PhD – US Food and Drug Administration, US
  • Mireille Khacho, PhD – University of Ottawa, CA
  • Christopher Klein, MD – Mayo Clinic, US
  • Clotilde Lagier-Tourenne, MD/PhD – Massachusetts General Hospital, US
  • Hanns Lochmüller, MD/PhD – Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario, CA
  • Christian Lorson, PhD – University of Missouri, US
  • Jordi Diaz-Manera, MD/PhD – Newcastle University, UK
  • Elizabeth McNally, MD/PhD – Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, US
  • Gerd Melkus, PhD – University of Ottawa, CA
  • Umrao Monani, PhD – Columbia University Medical Center, US
  • Jasper Morrow, MD/PhD – University College London Hospitals, UK
  • Lyndsay Murray, PhD – University of Edinburgh, UK
  • Elie Naddaf, MD – Mayo Clinic, US
  • Pushpa Narayanaswami, MD – Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, US
  • Cam-Tu Nguyen, MD – CHU Sainte-Justine, CA
  • Erin O'Ferrall, MD – McGill University, CA
  • Maryam Oskoui, MD – McGill University Health Centre Research Institute, CA
  • Fabio Rossi, MD/PhD – University of British Columbia, CA
  • Maxime Rousseaux, PhD – University of Ottawa, CA
  • Michael Rudnicki, PhD – Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, CA
  • Marcos Sampaio, MD – University of Ottawa, CA
  • Marco Sandri, MD/PhD – University of Padova, IT
  • Mario Saporta, MD/PhD – University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, US
  • Duygu Selcen, MD – Mayo Clinic, US
  • Maurice S. Swanson, PhD – University of Florida, US
  • Giorgio Tasca, MD/PhD – Newcastle University, UK
  • John Vissing, MD/PhD – University of Copenhagen, DK
  • Conrad (Chris) Weihl, MD/PhD – Washington School of Medicine, US