Presidium
Volker Hömberg, Germany: President
Nam-Jong Paik, South Korea: President-Elect
David Good, USA: Past President
Nirmal Surya, India: Secretary General
Dafin Muresanu, Romania: Treasurer
7 Members at Large
Adjunct Members
Tracey Mole, UK: Executive Director (non-voting)
Michael Barnes, UK: Chair of the Council of Past Presidents (non-voting)
Michael Thaut, Canada: Chairperson of SIG Committee (non-voting)
Members at Large
Abhishek Srivastava, India
Haiqing Zheng, China
Maria Alejandra Spir Brunal, Colombia
Tissa Wijeratne, Australia
Yoko Inamoto, Japan
Teresita Joy Evangelista, Philippines
Adjunct Members
Wayne Feng, USA
Jorge Hernandez Franco, Mexico
Marta Imamura, Brazil
Matilde Leonardi, Italy
Mayowa Owolabi, Nigeria
Caterina Pistarini, Italy
Sabahat Asim Wasti, UAE
Regional Vice-Presidents
The WFNR has Regional Vice-Presidents across the globe who are responsible for promoting the WFNR in their own region and providing member support:
Sub-Saharan Africa
Mayowa Owolabi: mayowaowolabi@yahoo.com
Report May 2024
Annual Report 2022
North America
Wayne Feng: wayne.feng@duke.edu
Report October 2020
South America
Lucia Braga: luciabraga@sarah.br
Report May 2024
Annual Report 2023
Central America and Caribbean
Jorge Hernandez Franco: jhfranco@medicapolanco.com
Report May 2024
Annual Report 2022
Mediterranean
Paolo Tonin: patonin18@gmail.com
Annual Report 2022
Eastern Europe
Dafin Muresanu: dafinm@ssnn.ro
Central and Western Europe
Thomas Platz: T.Platz@bdh-klinik-greifswald.de
Report May 2024
Gulf
Sabahat Asim Wasti: WastiS@ClevelandClinicAbuDhabi.ae
Annual Report 2022
South Asia
Nirmal Surya: suryaneuro@hathway.com
Report October 2020
South East Asia
Witsanu Kumthornthip: wkumthornthip@yahoo.com
Report May 2024
Annual Report 2023
Australia, New Zealand and Oceania
Tissa Wijeratne: twi@unimelb.edu.au
Annual Report 2022
WFNR Federation Council
The WFNR Federation Council consists of the Presidium and members not elected by the General Assembly:
Presidents (or nominated representatives) of National Societies that are formally affiliated with the WFNR
Editor of Neurorehabilitation and Neural Repair
Chair of Organising Committee for next World Congress.
Chair of Organising Committee of previous World Congress.
Chairs of WFNR standing committees
Regional Vice-Presidents