The Medtronic Holiday event was held Friday in Tolochenaz, Switzerland. It was also the celebration of the 20th Anniversary of the company’s Swiss site. Over 600 staff joined in the company cafeteria where a stage was set up especially for the occassion. Vice President of Medtronic Europe, Rob ten Hoedt, welcomed everybody to this happy…

Last Saturday the Belgian Dystonia Association had invited its members to a meeting at the university hospital in Bruges, Belgium. After a welcome address from Frans Vanderstraeten the first speaker was introduced. Professor Santos from Bruges gave an interesting overview of dystonia in various areas such as genetics, non-motor symptoms and treatment. Following the coffee…

This week over 300 movement disorder experts from all over the world came to the Würzburg Rezidens Castle in Würzburg Germany to the Expert Summit on the future of deep brain stimulation. Main organizer of the event was Prof Volkmann from Würzburg University Hospital. Organizing committee included also Prof Andrea Kühn from Charité University Medicine…

This week, BioPontis Allicance held its first Patient Integration workshop in Europe, at the Bio Incubator in Leuven, Belgium. Dystonia Europe Executive Director Monika Benson participated together with representatives of about 10 other patient organizations. BioPontis Alliance is launching a series of Patient Integration Workshops in the US and in Europe. This workshop series has…

The first week of May Dystonia Europe President Merete Avery and Executive Director Monika Benson travelled to Hannover in Germany. The Congress started on Wednesday afternoon with the 2nd International Conference on Rehabilitation of Dystonia, followed by the 1st International Conference on Dystonia in Sports. This 3rd International Congress on Treatment of Dystonia brought together…