Prof. Kazuo Fujihara MD
President, Pan-Asian Committee for Treatment and Research in Multiple Sclerosis (PACTRIMS)
Professor, Department of Multiple Sclerosis Therapeutics
Fukushima Medical University School of Medicine Director
Multiple Sclerosis & Neuromyelitis Optica Center
Southern TOHOKU Research Institute for Neuroscience
Yatsuyamada, Koriyama, Fukushima, Japan

Kazuo Fujihara, M.D. is Professor, Department of Multiple Sclerosis Therapeutics, Fukushima Medical University School of Medicine, and Director, Multiple Sclerosis & Neuromyelitis Optica Center, Southern TOHOKU Research Institute for Neuroscience (STRINS), Koriyama, Japan. Dr. Fujihara is a neurologist and has mainly worked in the field of multiple sclerosis (MS), neuromyelitis optica (NMO) and related neuroimmunological disorders. He is a member of the International Panel on Diagnosis of MS (the 2010 and 2017 revisions to the McDonald Criteria), the International Panel on NMO Diagnosis (the 2015 International Consensus Diagnostic Criteria of NMOSD), the International Panel on Diagnosis of MOGAD (2020~2023) and the International Advisory Committee on Clinical Trials in MS (2022~2023). Since 2013, he has served on the Executive Committee, International Medical and Scientific Board of The Multiple Sclerosis International Federation (MSIF), and the Board of European Charcot Foundation (ECF). He is an inaugural member and President (2018~) of Pan-Asian Committee for Treatment and Research in Multiple Sclerosis (PACTRIMS), Immediate Past President (2019~2022) of Japanese Society for Neuroimmunology (JSNI), Honorary Member of The Association of Sri Lankan Neurologists (Honorary Member, 2012~), Indian Academy of Neurology (Honorary Corresponding Member, 2015~) and Hong Kong Society of Multiple Sclerosis (Honorary Fellow, 2015~), Associate Editor of Frontiers in Neurology (section Multiple Sclerosis and Neuroimmunology, 2017~) and Multiple Sclerosis (2019~), and Editorial Board member of Neurology: Neuroimmunology and Neuroinflammation (2018~), Multiple Sclerosis and Related Disorders (2020~) and European Journal of Neurology (2023~).