Prof Dr Murat Emre studied medicine in Istanbul University and specialized in neurology in Zurich University Hospital in Zurich, Switzerland. After his training he did fellowships in movement disorders in Queen Square Hospital London and in behavioral neurology in Beth Israel Hospital, Harvard Medical School in Boston, he also worked in clinical research to develop new drugs for Parkinson’s disease and Azlheimer disease. Upon his return to Turkey he founded the Movement Disorders and behavioral Neurology Unit in the Department of Neurology, İstanbul Faculty of Medicine. His main areas of interest are Parkinson!’s disease, in particular cognitive aspects/dementia and Alzheimer disease.