Spring Symposium Program Agenda

“Living Well with Parkinson’s 2012″
A Symposium for Patients, Families and Healthcare Providers

Program Agenda and Presenters

8:30 to 9:00 a.m.: Registration & Visit Information Tables

9:00 to- 9:15 a.m.: Welcome & Announcements

Kathy Bruyere
President PASD Board of Directors

9:15 to 9:55 a.m.: Latest Advances in Parkinson’s Medication

Dee E. Silver, M.D.
Coastal Neurologic, PASD Medical Director

9:55 to 10:10 a.m.: Break & Visit Information Tables

10:10 to 10:50 a.m.: Potential of Adult Pluripotent Stem Cell Therapies

Dr. Andres Bratt-Leal
Scripps Research Institute

10:50 to 11:30 a.m.: The Holistic Approach to Parkinson’s

Stephanie Lessig, M.D.
University of California, San Diego

11:30 to 11:45 a.m.: Panel Questions & Answers

11:45 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.: Lunch & Visit Information Tables

12:30 to 1:15 p.m.: Afternoon Breakout Sessions

A.  Strategies for Dealing with Parkinson’s Dementia

J. Vincent Filoteo, Ph.D
Professor of Psychiatry, University of California San Diego

B.  Benefits of Dance for Parkinson’s

Laura Ann Wolfe
Medical Exercise Specialist Director, Dance Practice for Parkinson’s

C. Tai Chi

Master Henry Cheng
Tai Chi Wellness Center

1:15 to 1:30 p.m.: Break/Rotation

1:30 to 2:15 p.m.: Afternoon Breakout Sessions

A.  Caregiving: Handling Difficult Behaviors

Joanne Hamilton, Ph.D
Clinical Neuropsychologist & Assistant Research Neuroscientist, University of California San Diego

B.  Chair Yoga

Danica Edelbrock, M.S.
Exercise Physiologist, Scripps Center for Integrative Medicine

C. Minds in Motion: Practical Lifestyle for Living Well with Parkinson’s

James Paterniti, Ph.D
Facilitator MIMO