Parkinson's Disease Patient and Family Symposium 2025
Parkinson's Foundation and Northwestern Medicine Parkinson's Disease and Movement Disorders Center present: Parkinson's Disease Patient and Family Symposium.
This program will feature experts discussing: How to Build an Exercise Routine for PD, Research/Clinical Treatment Updates, and Autonomic Dysfunction and PD (blood pressure/bladder/bowel/sexual dysfunction). Q&A with the experts, will follow each presentation.
Speakers
Tanya Simuni, MD, FAAN
Northwestern Medicine Parkinson's Disease & Movement Disorders Center
A Parkinson's Foundation Center of Excellence
Danny Bega, MD, MSCI
Northwestern Medicine Parkinson's Disease & Movement Disorders Center
A Parkinson's Foundation Center of Excellence
Miriam Rafferty, PT, DPT, PhD
Shirley Ryan AblityLab
Daniel Corcos, PhD
Northwestern Medicine
Neil Shetty, MD
Northwestern Medicine Parkinson's Disease & Movement Disorders Center
A Parkinson's Foundation Center of Excellence
Juan Deliz, MD
Northwestern Medicine Neurology Orland Park
This program is open to people with Parkinson's, their family, friends, and the community. There is no charge to attend, but registration is required.
Contact Us
Jessica Bartsch
A Parkinson's Foundation Center of Excellence
Northwestern Medicine Parkinson's Disease and Movement Disorders Center provides innovative, multidisciplinary care for patients and families affected by Parkinson's disease and other movement disorders. The Center's care team works to promote health, education and support for patients. It also supports caregivers, family members, healthcare providers and the community. We continually strive to meet the needs of the Parkinson's community in a variety of ways. In doing this, we have adapted our annual symposium to a virtual setting for the safety and accessibility of the larger Parkinson's community.
This is a virtual program, taking place live, using the online Zoom platform. Instructions on joining the webinar are provided after registering.
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