Executive Committee
ASCoN’s Executive Committee provides strategic oversight and represents the diversity of spinal cord injury care across Asia and internationally.

Dr Valerie Ann Taylor
Bangladesh
Founder & Coordinator, Centre for the Rehabilitation of the Paralysed (CRP)
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- Founding Member & Executive Committee Member, ASCoN
- Member, ISCoS

Professor Dr Mohammad Sohrab Hossain
Bangladesh
Executive Director, Centre for the Rehabilitation of the Paralysed (CRP)
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- Executive Committee Member, ASCoN
- Member, ISCoS

Baljinnyam Avirmed
Mongolia
Professor, Mongolian National University of Medical Sciences

Esha Thapa
Nepal
Executive Director, Spinal Injury Rehabilitation Center
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- Executive Board Member, ASCoN
- Member, EMT Technical Working Group for SCI

Dr Harvinder Singh Chhabra
India
Director, Department of Spine & Rehabilitation
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- Past President, ISCoS
- President, Spinal Cord Society
- Executive Member, ASCoN

Bum-Suk Lee MD
Korea
Professor, Department of Rehabilitation Medicine
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- Catholic Kwandong University
- Korea Spinal Cord Society (KoSCoS)

Eric Weerts
Belgium
Physiotherapist, Humanity & Inclusion (HI)
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- Founding Member, ASCoN
- Member, ISCoS

Onyoo Kim
Korea
Director, Department of SCI Rehabilitation, National Rehabilitation Center

Dr Narendra Pinto
Sri Lanka
Senior Consultant Orthopaedic & Trauma Surgeon
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- President, Sri Lanka Spinal Cord Network
- Executive Committee Member, ASCoN

Dr Md Fazlul Hoque
Bangladesh
Senior Consultant, Orthopaedics & Spinal Surgery
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- Founder Chairman, ASCoN
- Former Vice President (SE), ISCoS

Professor Dr Nazira Binte Hasnan
Malaysia
Professor & Senior Consultant, Rehabilitation Medicine
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- Joint ASCoN Secretary
- Chair, SCI SIG (Malaysia)

Professor Dr Apichana Kovindha
Thailand
Associate Professor, Chiang Mai University Hospital

Stephen Muldoon
Ireland
Rehabilitation Systems Strengthening Consultant
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- Founding Member, ASCoN
- Member, ISCoS

Maggie Muldoon
Ireland
Joint ASCoN Secretary, Muldoon Rehabilitation Consultancy

Dr Steven Setiono
Indonesia
Consultant in Neurorehabilitation / PM&R Specialist

Dr Eulalia Baredo
Philippines
Physician, Rehabilitation Medicine

Md Abdullah Al Mamun
Bangladesh
Coordinator, Asian Spinal Cord Network (ASCoN)
Working Groups
ASCoN functions through collaborative working groups focusing on:
– Training and Human Resource Development
– Research and Innovation
– Policy and Service Delivery
– Education and Outreach
Governance
The organisational framework ensures transparent decision-making and representation across member institutions.