Cruz’n Thru Parkinson’s Disease

Living Well with Parkinson’s Disease

Saturday, March 25 • 8:30 AM – 3 PM •
Twin Lakes Church

This is a daylong symposium for Patients, Care Partners, Family, and Health Professionals. It will offer some of the most current information about Parkinson’s Disease (PD) care and treatments and is designed to inspire people with PD to live better right here in Santa Cruz County. The symposium will also provide valuable information and insights to physicians and other health care workers.

While there is no charge for the program, donations will be gratefully accepted. Lunch will be provided. The educational symposium is presented by the Santa Cruz County Parkinson’s Support Group and EASE PD, Inc., with major funding by the Bowen Family Foundation.

The Symposium will open with singing by the Tremolos Singing Group, which uses techniques designed to help the person with Parkinson’s maintain healthy vocal production.

Dr. Rita Gandhy, Dr. George Triadafilopoulos and Dave Iverson, the three main Speakers, will provide attendees with the most current information and discuss new developments in the General Sessions.

The associated Breakout Sessions will permit further exploration and more informal contact with these professionals and other specialists on a wide variety of topics, from treatment advances and demonstrations of specialized exercise programs, to emotional aspects of the disease.

“Living Well with Parkinson’s Disease,” is the keynote address by Rita Gandhy, MD, MPH, Neurologist and Movement Disorder Specialist, formerly with the Parkinson’s Institute and Clinical Center.

Dr. Gandhy brings over 10 years of experience partnering with and caring for people living with Parkinson’s disease and related disorders.

“Parkinson’s and the Gut,” by George Triadafilopoulos, MD, Clinical Professor of Medicine at the Stanford University School of Medicine, will explain the pathology of gastrointestinal dysfunction and the treatments available.

“Addition in the Face of Subtraction: Pushing Back Against Parkinson’s Disease” will feature Dave Iverson, a career Broadcast Journalist and independent filmmaker who also has Parkinson’s Disease and is a founding member of the Michael J. Fox Foundation’s Patient Council.

Breakout sessions will include:

• New to PD? (Dr. Rita Gandhy)
• DBS: Still a Good choice? (Panel discussion)
• Advances: Recent Treatment Developments (Dr. Rita 
Gandhy)
• Exercise (Leah Santos, PT, Dominican Hospital)
• Voice (Dorie Melville, Speech and Language Pathologist, 
Dominican Hospital)
• Rock Steady Boxing demonstration (Cassandra Huff)
• Dance for PD® (Molly Katzman & Katie Griffin, Motion 
Pacific Dance Studio)
• Poor Sleep (William T. Hart, MD, FCCP, D, ABSM – board 
certified in Sleep Medicine)
• PD and the Gut Q&A (Dr. Triadafilopoulos)
• Depression/Anxiety (Dr. Jerry Solomon, Clinical Psychologist)

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Useful Websites

California Parkinson’s Support Network: http://www.calpd.info/ Directory of key Parkinson’s organizations from around the world and resources within California that offer information, care, and support for the Parkinson’s community.

The Michael J Fox Foundation: https://www.michaeljfox.org Dedicated to ensuring the development of a cure for Parkinson’s disease within this decade.

The Parkinson’s Disease Foundation: http://www.pdf.org PDF is a national nonprofit dedicated to Parkinson’s disease research, education and advocacy for the nearly one million people in the US who live with Parkinson’s disease.

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Saturday, March 25 • 8:30 AM – 3 PM
Monschke Hall, Twin Lakes Church, 2701 Cabrillo College Drive, Aptos.
Register online, through March 10
Registration required at http://www.easepd.org/symposium/ or (831) 475-1175