Dr. Marie Saint-Hilaire will provide an “Update on Parkinson’s Research” to individuals with Parkinson’s disease living on the Cape this July. Dr. Saint-Hilaire is a Movement Disorder Specialist and Medical Director of the BUMC Parkinson’s Disease and Movement Disorders Center. The Parkinson Support Network/APDA Branch is a Cape-wide coordinated and comprehensive network that facilitates educational […]
Doctors Stephanie Bissonnette, DO, MPH; Okeanis Vaou, MD; and Nurse Coordinator of the APDA I & R Center Cathi Thomas, MS, RN; all from the Parkinson’s Disease and Movement Disorders Center at Boston University Medical Campus; will participate in the 2019 Parkinson’s Good Start Program on Cape Cod in conjunction with specialists from Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital […]
BU Parkinson’s Disease and Movement Disorders Program Medical Director Marie Saint-Hilaire, MD, FRCPC; and Alice Cronin-Golomb, PhD, Director of the Vision and Cognition Laboratory at Boston University; provided knowledge, insight, and advice about mental health in a fantastic webinar for the American Parkinson Disease Association (APDA). The webinar, entitled “Healthy Minds, Addressing Your Mental Health,” […]
Caroline M. Tanner, MD, PhD Presents at Boston University Medical Campus Caroline M. Tanner, MD, PhD, Director of the Parkinson’s Disease Research Education and Clinical Center at San Francisco Veteran’s Affairs Medical Center, presented this year’s J. Stephen Fink Memorial lecture entitled “Parkinson’s Disease Etiology: Genes, Environment & Their Interactions.” Dr. Tanner, a Professor of […]
16th Annual J. Stephen Fink, MD, PhD Memorial Lecture Caroline M. Tanner, MD, PhD, Director of the Parkinson’s Disease Research Education and Clinical Center at San Francisco Veteran’s Affairs Medical Center, will present this year’s lecture entitled “Parkinson’s Disease Etiology: Genes, Environment & Their Interactions.” Date & Time: Tuesday, December 11, 2018 at 8:00 am. […]
BUMC Parkinson’s Disease and Movement Disorders Center Hosts Video Rounds The Boston University Medical Campus Parkinson’s Disease and Movement Disorders Center hosted video rounds for Movement Disorder Specialists across New England on Friday, November 16th. Thank you to everyone who participated in this year’s program!
Members of the BUMC Parkinson’s Disease and Movement Disorders Group presented two posters at this year’s International Congress of Parkinson’s Disease and Movement Disorders in Hong Kong. Team members contributing to the posters included Stephanie Bissonnette, DO, MPH; Raymond James, BS, RN; Marie-Helene Saint Hilaire, MD, FRCPC; Cathi A. Thomas, MS, RN; and Okeanis Vaou, […]
The 13th Biannual American Parkinson Disease Association New England Regional Conference was held this past Sunday and Monday (October 14 & 15) in Mansfield, MA. Over 400 individuals with Parkinson’s, their family members, and interested community members participated in this educational symposium. Doctors Samuel Ellias, MD, PhD; and Okeanis Vaou, MD participated in a panel […]
Members of the Boston University Community hosted a national panel on exercise. This program supported by the American Parkinson Disease Association (APDA) included an inter-professional group of PD experts from across the US and was led by Terry Ellis, PT, PhD, NCS, Director of the Center of Neurorehabilitation at Sargent College. Boston University, and Lee […]
The Parkinson’s Partners program is designed by medical students and faculty of the Department of Neurology Movement Disorder Section. Activities include a combination of group and one-on-one meetings to create relationships between future physicians and people living with Parkinson’s. This unique program provides opportunities to improve student empathy and understanding of the issues specifically affecting […]