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

  • Agessandro Abrahao, MD Sunnybrook Research Institute, CA
  • Michael Benatar, MD/PhD University of Miami, US
  • Carsten Bönnemann, MD National Institutes of Health, US
  • Kym Boycott, MD/PhD CHEO Research Institute, CA
  • Jordi Diaz-Manera, MD/PhD Newcastle University, UK
  • 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
  • Gordon Jewett, MD Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, CA
  • 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
  • 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
  • Richard Robitaille, PhD University of Montreal, 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
  • Laurent Schaeffer, PhD University of Lyon, FR
  • 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
  • Jodi Warman-Chardon, MD/PhD The Ottawa Hospital, CA
  • Conrad (Chris) Weihl, MD/PhD Washington School of Medicine, US