In recently-published online interview, touchNEUROLOGY welcomes Prof. Dr Murat Emre, who studied medicine at Istanbul University and specialised 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 behavioural 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 Alzheimer’s disease. Upon his return to Turkey he founded the Movement Disorders and Behavioural 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’s disease. touchNEUROLOGY asked Prof. Emre about his career motivations, advice for up-and-coming neurologists and his predictions for the future of neurodegenerative disorders. Read his interview, here: