Seascape Golf Resort in Aptos, CA
Saturday, March 16, 2024
8:00 AM – 3:00 PM
Facing Parkinson’s with Gratitude, Optimism and Resilience
Presented by the
Santa Cruz County Parkinson's Group
a program of EASE PD, inc
Featuring
Peter Lin, MD, Parkinson's and Movement Disorders Specialist, Valley Parkinson Clinic, Los Gatos, CA
Molly Katzman, Dance for PD Instructor, Motion Pacific, Santa Cruz, CA
Dave Iverson, PwP, author, documentary producer/director, San Francisco, CA
Doris Wang, MD, PhD, Associate Professor of Neurological Surgery, UCSF, San Francisco, CA
William Newby, VP of Product, Rune Labs, San Francisco, CA
Lisa Oei, DPT, and SteF Farini, Co-founders, PD-Connect
Brian Dunniway, Owner, Santa Cruz Boxing
MAIN SPEAKERS
Peter Lin, MD
The Progression of Parkinson’s Disease
Peter Lin, MD, Movement disorder specialist, Valley PArkinson’s clinic, los gatos, ca
Peter Lin is a movement disorders specialist in private practice in Los Gatos. He did his medical school training at the University of Michigan and neurology residency at Stanford Hospitals and Clinics. Subsequently he completed fellowship training in movement disorders at the National Institutes of Health. He was previously an assistant professor at Stanford Neurology based at the Santa Clara Valley Medical Center prior to moving to private practice.
Dr. Lin’s research interests include movement analysis as well as emerging technologies for the treatment of movement disorders. His approach to clinical care is to provide a personalized yet comprehensive plan utilizing traditional, alternative and technology-based therapies.
Molly Katzman
Dave Iverson
Dance for Parkinson’s
Molly Katzman, Instructor, Dance for PD, Motion Pacific, Santa Cruz, CA
Molly Katzman (they/she) has been dancing for most of their life and has been a teaching artist in the Bay Area for nearly 15 years. Molly took the introductory training workshop to be a Dance for PD instructor in March 2016, and later took the Dance for PD advanced training and professional development workshop in 2021 to enhance their teaching.
Molly deeply believes in the power of dance to heal, transform and create change and it has been a joy and an honor for them to be a part of the DFPD program.
Searching for Winter Stars: A Caregiving Story
Dave IVerson, PwP, author, documentary producer/director
Dave Iverson is an author, documentary film producer/director and retired broadcast journalist. When he was 59, he moved back into his childhood home to care for his 95-year old mother, a caregiving saga that would last until her passing at the age of 105. His new book is titled Winter Stars, An Elderly Mother, An Aging Son and Life’s Final Journey.
During his broadcast journalism career, Dave produced and reported more than 20 documentary specials for PBS, including two films about Parkinson’s disease, the Frontline film “My Father, My Brother and Me” and Capturing Grace, which tells the story of what happens when a group of people with Parkinson’s join forces with a legendary New York City dance company. Dave is a founding member of the Michael J. Fox Foundation’s Patient Council and is a hospice volunteer.
Doris Wang, MD, PhD
Advances in Deep Brain Stimulation for Parkinson’s Disease
doris wang, Md, PhD, associate professor of neurological surgery, UCSF, ca
Dr. Doris Wang is an Associate Professor in the Department of Neurological Surgery at UCSF with a clinical and research focus in Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery.
Dr. Wang completed her undergraduate studies at Yale University, and obtained her PhD in Neuroscience and MD degree at UCSF. She stayed at UCSF where she completed her neurosurgery residency training and a fellowship in Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery.
Dr Wang joined the UCSF Neurosurgery faculty in 2018 where her clinical expertise includes treating movement disorders using neuromodulation and ablative procedures. Dr. Wang is also the principal investigator of a human neurophysiology laboratory. Her main research goal is to understand the neural mechanisms that underlie human gait, study the pathophysiology gait and balance disorders in Parkinson’s disease, and restore these diseased circuits to their functional states using neuromodulation.
Her work is funded by the NIH, the Burroughs-Wellcome Foundation, and the Michael J Fox Foundation.
Program Schedule
7:00 – 8:00 Exhibitor Check-In
8:00 – 9:00 General Check-In
9:00 – 9:15 Welcome
9:15 – 10:00 Dr Peter Lin, MD
The Progression of Parkinson's Disease
Dr. Lin will discuss strategies for maintaining and improving the quality of life at every stage of Parkinson’s Disease.
10:00 – 10:15 Molly Katzman Presentation from Dance for PD
10:15 – 10:30 Break
10:30 – 11:15 Dave Iverson
Searching for Winter Stars: A Caregiving Story
Dave will describe his own journey as a caregiver for his mother and his own family's Parkinson's experience
11:15 – 12:15 Lunch
12:15 – 12:45 Artistic Performance by Tremolos, Dance for PD, and Taiko Drummers
12:45 – 1:30 Doris Wang, MD Advances in Deep Brain Stimulation for Parkinson's Disease Dr. Wang will discuss newly developed adaptive deep brain stimulation for enhancing treatment of Parkinson’s disease symptoms.
1:30 – 2:30 Speaker-led breakout groups
Monitoring Parkinson’s Disease symptoms with wearable technology with Peter Lin, MD, and William Newby, Rune Labs
Continuing discussion of recent advancements in DBS surgery and Focused Ultrasound with Doris Wang, MD, PhD
Caregiving Challenges with Dave Iverson and care partners from the SC County Parkinson’s Group
Exercise options for PwP with Maria Walsh (Dance for PD), Brian Dunniway (Rock Steady Boxing) and Lisa Oei and SteF Farina (PD-Connect)
2:30 – 2:45 BREAK and return to main room
2:45 – 3:00 Wrap–up
SOLD OUT!
Please complete the wait list form. We will contact you if space becomes available.
Donation Request
If you are able, please make a donation to help us cover our expenses. A suggested donation of $15 will cover the cost of a lunch.
8:00 AM to 3:00 PM
on Saturday, March 16, 2024
Lunch Provided
Seascape Golf Club
610 Clubhouse Dr. Aptos, Ca 95003
Questions?
Email us at info@easepd.org