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)
ASCoN Executive Committee 2025
Dr. Mohammad Sohrab Hossain
Executive Director, Executive Director, CRP & Chair
Dr. Fazlul Hoque
Founder Convener
Prof. Apichana Kovindha
Co-founder
Mr. Stephen Muldoon
Executive Committee Member
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.