ABOUT US

Historical Background

Vas-Cog Asia was founded in 2012 in Tokyo at APSC 2012. Whilst independent from the Asia Pacific Stroke Organization (APSO), it maintains close links organizing joint workshops at the Asia Pacific Stroke Conference (APSC) with the 1st in Tokyo 2012, the 2nd in Hong Kong 2013, and the 3rd in Taipei 2014.

Mission Statement

The objective of Vas-Cog Asia is to focus on brain health in Asia where rapidly aging societies with are faced with an increasing prevalence of dementia which may be more related to cerebrovascular risk factors than in the West. This society will promote scientific and social understanding of vascular risk factors for dementia in Asia, and therefore will contribute Asian perspectives on the prevention and treatment of this important disease for all Asian clinicians and scientists interested in stroke.

The articles of Vas-Cog Asia

Vas-Cog Asia is an independent society which is dedicated to elucidate the mechanism of vascular factors on dementia primarily in Asian people who has more vascular factors than those in other world area, to develop diagnostic tool/criteria, and to contribute towards developing potential therapy for Asian dementia people.
Vas-Cog Asia society may jointly organize Vas-Cog Asia meeting in conjunction with APSC (Asia Pacific Stroke Conference) to be completely established and also to contribute more for APSC meeting.
Vas-Cog Asia society is composed of regular members, directors, and executive committee (EXCO) members. Vas-Cog Asia society shall regularly publish a newsletter or a journal either independently or jointly with related societies.
One can apply for a member with a recommendation letter from a director, which needs an approval of the director committee. A member is interested in basic and/or clinical sciences of Vas-Cog field, can present a scientific data in the annual meeting, and is entitled to receive occasional notices and an annual newsletter/journal from the society. There is no membership fee for a following few years from 2015.
Directors are the active core members of the society, and thus have to support the society by, for example, attending the annual meeting and actively participating in the scientific presentations and discussions. Directors are also requested to encourage young fellows from their own and other institutions for attending the annual meeting, delivering presentations, and becoming members.
There is no time frame or age limitation of a directorship as long as the person is active in the society. However, a director loses the directorship when becoming inactive, for example absent in 3 consecutive annual meetings.
A new director can be nominated and elected in the annual directors meeting from Asia, based on the dedication and publications on Vas-Cog field. A few directors from Australia and New Zealand are also welcome.
Vas-Cog Asia EXCO will consist of the President, Secretary General, Publication Chair, Education Chair, and Membership Chair. EXCO member is nominated and elected from the directors, and the EXCO membership lasts for 2 years, with 1 renewal for a total of 4 years.

Organizing Comittee Members

Honorary Presidents

Shinichiro Uchiyama (Japan)
Ken Nagata (Japan)
Byung-Woo Yoon (Korea)
Man Mohan Mehndiratta (India)
Christopher Chen (Singapore)

Former Presidents

Koji Abe

Professor Emeritus Okayama University Medical School (Neurology)

Former Top of National Center Hospital for Neurology and Psychiatry (NCNP), Tokyo

Tokyo Reborn Clinic Ginza

E-mail: abekgabekg@gmail.com

Tsong-Hai Lee

Professor of Neurology

Linkou Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Taoyuan, Taiwan

E-mail: thlee@cgmh.org.tw

Executive Committee (EXCO) members (2024-2026)

	President: Chaur-Jong Hu Professor, Department of Neurology, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan Dean, Medical College, Taipei Medical University, Taiwan Consultant, Taipei Medical University-Shuang Ho Hospital, New Taipei City, Taiwan E-mail: chaurjongh@tmu.edu.tw
	Secretary General: Toru Yamashita Associate Professor, Department of Neurology, Okayama University Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Japan. E-mail: toruyamashita@okayama-u.ac.jp
	Publication (Scientific) Chair: Jie Yang Prof. MD., PhD, & Director. Institute of Neurology, Sichuan Provincial People's Hospital, China Department of Neurology, Sichuan Provincial People's Hospital, China University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, China E-mail: yangjie1126@163.com
	Education Chair: Man Mohan Mehndiratta (Present-elect 2028) Dr. (Professor) Man Mohan Mehndiratta M.D, DNB, D.M (Neurology) FAAN, FANA, FAMS, FRCP, FICP, FIAN, FIACM Emeritus Professor of National Academy of Medical Sciences (India) Principal-Director and Senior Consultant-Department of Neurology, B.L.Kapur Hospital (Max Health Care Group), Centre for Neurosciences, India. E-mail: mmehndi@hotmail.com
	Membership Chair: Amelia Nur Vidyanti MD PhD, Lecturer Department of Neurology, Faculty of Medicine, Public Health, and Nursing, Universitas Gadjah Mada, Yogyakarta, Indonesia Department of Neurology, Dr. Sardjito General Hospital, Yogyakarta, Indonesia E-mail: amelia.nur.v@ugm.ac.id

Vas-Cog Asia directors

as of April 1st, 2025

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Name		City	Affiliation	E-mail address
Koji Abe	阿部康二	Okayama, Japan	Tokyo Reborn Clinic Ginza	abekgabekg@gmail.com
Yoshio Ikeda	池田佳生	Maebashi, Japan	Gunma University	ikeday006@gunma-u.ac.jp
Toru Yamashita (Secretary General)	山下　徹	Okayama, Japan	Okayama University	toruyamashita@okayama-u.ac.jp
Yan-Jiang Wang	王　延江	Chongqing, China	Third Military Medical U.	wayaja@163.com
Jie Yang (publication / Scientific Chair)	杨杰	Chengdu, China	Sichuan Academy of Medical Sciences & Sichuan Provincial People's Hospital.	yangjie1126@163.com
Jae-Sung Lim		Seoul, Korea	Seoul Asan medical Center	jaesunglim@amc.seoul.kr
Vincent Mok	莫　仲棠	Hong Kong	Chinese U. of Hong Kong	vctmok@cuhk.edu.hk
Tsong-Hai Lee	李　宗海	Taipei, Taiwan	Chang Gung Memorial H.	thlee@cgmh.org.tw
Chaur-Jong Hu (President)	胡　朝榮	Taipei, Taiwan	Taipei Medical U.	chaurjongh@tmu.edu.tw
		Philippines
Vorapun Senanarong		Bangkok, Thailand	Mahidol University	vorapun.sen@mahidol.ac.th
Man Mohan Mehndiratta (Education Chair)		New Delhi, India	Delhi University	mmehndi@hotmail.com
Le Van Tuan		Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam	Neuroscience Center, Tam Anh hospital at Ho Chi Minh city	tuanneuro@gmail.com
Tan Kay Sin		Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	University of Malaya	tanks_neuro@um.edu.my
Nagaendran Kandiah		Singapore	Singapore National U.	nagaendran_kandiah@ntu.edu.sg
Paulus Anam Ong		Bandung, Indonesia	Padjadjaran University	anam_ong@yahoo.com
Amelia Nur Vidyanti (Membership Chair)		Yogyakarta, Indonesia	Universitas Gadjah Mada	amelia.nur.v@ugm.ac.id
Thanh G Phan		Melbourne, Australia	Monash University	thanh.phan@monash.edu

as of April 1st, 2019