Young Onset Parkinson Conference

Date : Friday, March 12, 2010
Time : 9:00am
Location: 
Sacramento, CA

Meet experts who will talk about care and quality of life issues specifically for people with young onset Parkinson's including:

Complementary Therapies: Expanding your Symptom Management Options
The Electric Brain: Tailoring DBS Therapy for Parkinson's Disease Patients
Transition Planning – What if I Have to Go on Disability?
Update on Gene Therapies for PD
Parkinson's Disease Treatment: Is Exercise Really Medicine?

Special Features:

Open Mic — Ask the Doctors
Michael S. Okun, MD, Co-Director, University of Florida, Movement Disorders Center
Suketu M. Khandhar, MD, Kaiser Permanente Sacramento, Movement Disorders Program

Dance for PD — A Dance Class for People with Parkinson's
led by
David Leventhal, Mark Morris Dance Group & Susan Weber, Berkeley Ballet Theater

Can't make it to Sacramento — Attend Live Webcast at no cost! You can even submit questions online, all from your own home. Click here to view Webcast schedule and pre-register.

The program is not strictly for younger people with PD, much of the information will pertain to people with PD of all ages.
 

NOTE: Registration for the full conference in Sacramento is closing SOON.
Go to www.parkinson.org/yopc for details