Movement Disorder Specialist and BUMC PD and Movement Disorders Center Medical Director Marie Saint-Hilaire, MD, FRCPC, and BUMC PD and Movement Disorders Center Program Director Cathi A. Thomas, MS, RN, CNRN, will present the most up-to-date information on Parkinson’s treatment to a national audience on Tuesday, September 22, 2020 at 1PM. The presentation, “What’s New […]
The Good Start Program is a two-part series presented virtually by a team of Parkinson’s disease specialists from the Center for Neurorehabilitation, Sargent College at Boston University and the APDA Center for Advanced Research and APDA Information & Referral Center at Boston University Medical Center. Ludy Shih, MD, Sarah O’Shea, MD, MS, Katelyn Bird, MD, […]
Faculty and staff members of the BUMC Parkinson’s Disease & Movement Disorders Center participated in two local charitable walkathons to support research and support services for people with Parkinson’s and Huntington’s disease. On May 31st, Center members participated in the American Parkinson Disease Association MA Chapter Virtual Optimism Walk. This annual walk, which raises funds […]
The Boston University Medical Center (BUMC) Parkinson’s Disease and Movement Disorder Center will participate in the 34th Annual American Parkinson Disease Association Massachusetts Chapter Optimism Walk for Parkinson’s on Sunday, May 31, 2020. The walk was founded by staff of the BUMC APDA Information & Referral Center 34 years ago, and the event has since […]
Boston Magazine has named Dr. Marie Saint-Hilaire, MD, FRCPC, FAAN, from Boston University Medical Campus, a Boston Top Doctor for the second year in a row. Dr. Saint-Hilaire is the Medical Director of the Parkinson’s Disease and Movement Disorders Center, as well as the American Parkinson Disease Association (APDA) Information and Referral Center and the APDA […]
Jonathan Fu, Sarah Singh, and Madhav Sambhu are second-year medical students at the Boston University School of Medicine leading a student group called “Parkinson’s Partners,” through which medical students are paired with Parkinson’s patients or these “partners.” In this group, both the medical students and Parkinson’s partners conduct fun, social activities together, such as potting, […]
Boston University Parkinson’s Disease and Movement Disorders Center will once again host the Edmond J. Safra Visiting Nurse faculty Program at Parkinson’s Foundation. This program established in 2010 provides faculty from undergraduate nursing programs an intensive program designed to prepare nursing students to care for people living with Parkinson’s, caregivers and families. The program will […]
Hubert H. Fernandez, MD to Present at Boston University Medical Campus Hubert H. Fernandez, MD, will present this year’s J. Stephen Fink, MD, PhD Memorial lecture. Dr Fernandez is Professor of Medicine (Neurology) at the Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University and Chair/Director of the Center for Neurological Restoration at Cleveland […]
On Saturday, November 2, 2019, the American Parkinson Disease Association MA hosted a Support Group Facilitator Conference for support group facilitators from across the region. Cathi Thomas, MS, RN, and Rosemary Owen, staff from the APDA Information and Referral Center, housed at Boston University Medical Campus, organized this event. Representatives from forty groups attended from […]
Raymond James, RN, BS, Nurse Specialist from the Parkinson’s Disease and Movement Disorders Center at Boston University Medical Campus, recently spoke with Dr. Rebecca Gilbert from the American Parkinson Disease Association (APDA) and several other support group facilitators about the importance of support groups in the lives of people with PD. Mr. James is the […]