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Abdul Qayyum Rana
Abdul Qayyum Rana is a Canadian neurologist specialized in Parkinson’s disease and movement disorders. He is certified by the Medical Council of Canada and is a fellow of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario. The neurologist completed his Neurology residency training at New Jersey Neurosciences Institute in New Jersey, U.S.A. He subsequently undertook a clinical fellowship in Parkinson’s disease and Movement Disorders at the University of Ottawa, Canada.

Dr. Abdul Qayyum Rana (“Dr. Rana”) is the founder of the World Parkinson’s Program, an international foundation dedicated to enhancing the quality of life of patients and caregivers of Parkinson’s disease. This program has chapters in different countries and its monthly bulletin is subscribed by thousands of individuals world-wide. He is currently the Director of the Parkinson’s Clinic of Eastern Toronto and Movement Disorders Centre in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

He is the founding Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Parkinsonism and Restless Legs syndrome, a reviewer of several peer-review neurology journals, and a lead faculty member in many neuroscience-publishing institutions. Dr. Rana is a frequently invited speaker on Parkinson’s disease in several esteemed neurology conferences worldwide. He has conducted seminars on Parkinson’s disease, both at the national and international levels. The neurologist is also an active member of many professional organizations, including the Movement Disorders Society, the Canadian Neurological Sciences Federation and the Ontario Medical Association.

Dr. Rana has written a series of educational brochures pertaining to Parkinson’s disease and Restless Legs Syndrome, which have been translated in more than 12 languages and are used in more than 100 countries. He has also written protocols concerning the management of non-motor symptoms and the assessment of Parkinson’s disease. These procedures not only are used in most Parkinson’s disease centers across the globe, but have also served as the basis for the treatment of Parkinson’s disease. .

Research
Dr. Rana is an author in over 300 abstracts, peer-reviewed and non-peer-reviewed papers, combined. His research interests include non-motor symptoms of Parkinson’s disease.

Awards and Honors
Dr. Rana was honored with the Wayne Hening Young Investigator Award in 2012 for his research on Restless Legs Syndrome. He has also been awarded an honorary fellowship from the Royal College of Physicians from United Kingdom.

Books

 * Rana AQ, Morren AA. Neurological Emergencies in Clinical Practice. New York: Springer; 2013.


 * Rana AQ. An Aid to Neuro-ophthalmology. Bloomington: AuthorHouse; 2009.


 * Rana AQ, Hedera P. Differential Diagnosis of Movement Disorders in Clinical Practice. New York: Springer; 2014.


 * Rana AQ. An Introduction to Essential Tremor. Bloomington: iUniverse; 2010.


 * Rana AQ, Zumo LA, Sim V. Neuroradiology in Clinical Practice. New York: Springer; 2013.


 * Rana AQ. 50 Ways Parkinson’s Could Affect You. Bloomington: iUniverse; 2010.


 * Rana AQ. Khan TS. 99 faces of Parkinson’s Disease: A comprehensive review of symptoms. Saarbrücken: Lambert Academic Publishing; 2013.


 * Rana AQ. Natural Therapies for Parkinson’s Disease. Toronto: FreisenPress; 2013.

Recent publications

 * Rana AQ, Siddiqui I, Mosabbir AA, Qureshi AR, Fattah A, Awan N. Is action tremor in Parkinson? s disease related to resting tremor? Neurological Research 2013; (In press).


 * Rana AQ, Kabir A, Jesudasan M, Siddiqui I, Khondker S. Pain in Parkinson’s disease: Analysis and literature review. Clinical Neurology and Neurosurgery 2013; 115(11):2313-2317.


 * Rana AQ, Vaid H, Akther MR, Awan NY, Fattah A, Cader MH, Hafez K, Rana MA, Yousuf MS. Prevalence of nocturia in Parkinson’s disease patients from various ethnicities. Neurological Research 2013.


 * Rana AQ, Siddiqui I, Zangeneh M, Fattah A, Awan N, Yousuf M. Predicting treatment-seeking for visual hallucinations among Parkinson’s disease patients. Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences 2013; 67(7):509-516.


 * Rana AQ, Al-Harbi T, Khan O, Patel A. New Mutations Causing Familial Parkinsonism. Annals of Academy of Medicine Singapore 2013; 42(6):307-308.


 * Rana AQ, Avan A, Aftab I, Monsoor T, Hoogenraad U. A viewpoint about the treatment of Wilson’s disease. Canadian Journal of Neurological Sciences. 2013; 40(4):612-614.


 * Rana AQ, Athar A. Focal dystonia of right hand with mirror movements upon use of left arm. Journal of College of Physicians and Surgeons Pakistan. 2013; 23(5):362-363.


 * Rana AQ, Saeed U, Rana AN. Role of environmental factors in Cryptococcal meningitis in immunocompetent individuals. Acta Neurologica Belgica. 2013; (In press).


 * Rana AQ, Siddiqui I, Mosabbir A, Athar A, Syed O, Jesudasan M, Hafez K. Association of pain, Parkinson’s disease and restless legs syndrome. Journal of the Neurological Sciences. 2013; 327(1-2):32-34.


 * Rana AQ, Saeed U. Diversity of responses to writer’s dystonia: a condition resistant to treatment. West Indian Medical Journal. 2013; 61(6):650-651.


 * Rana AQ, Mansoor W, Hussaini S, Al Mosabbir A, Rahman M, Rahman L. Factors associated with the development of impulsive compulsive disorders in Parkinson patients. International Journal of Neuroscience. 2013; 123(7):503-506.