Doctors of chiropractic are invited to join their colleagues in medicine, surgery and neuroscience at the International Association for Functional Neurology and Rehabilitation's (IAFNR) annual conference, May 11-15 in Orlando, Fla. Scheduled speakers include Calixto Machado of the Institue for Neurology and Neurosurgery in Havana, Cuba; Aristo Vojdani of the David Geffen School of Medicine of UCLA; Gerry Leisman of the University of Haifa; Amir Amedi of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem; Newton Howard of MIT, Robert Melillo and Ted Carrick of the F. R. Carrick Institute for Clinical Ergonomics, Rehabilitation, and Applied Neuroscience; and others.
The conference will be central to the presentation of current research advancements in the field of functional neurology. Conference proeedings will be published in the Journal of Functional Neurology, Rehabilitation, and Ergonomics, published by Nova Scientific Publishers.
Further information about the conference and/or membership in IAFNR, which includes a subscription to the journal, may be obtained by sending an e-mail to functionalneuroscience@gmail.com or by calling 516-280-7857.
The IAFNR is a no profit organization of physicians, neuroscientists and rehabilitation specialists that sponsors research and collaboration between major universities and institutions throughout the world.
Source: F.R. Carrick Institute
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