PFNCA SYMPOSIUM

Saturday March 17th, 2012
Bethesda Marriott
Conference Center
5701 Marinelli Road  Bethesda, MD 20852
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AGENDA
8:00 - 8:50 Vendor Visits and Social time
9:00: Welcome (Lou Nistler)
9:10: Introduction of Board and Medical Advisory Board Chair (Dan Lewis)
9:15: Introduction of Medical Advisory Board and the work of the MAB (Dr. Stephen Grill)
9:25: Recent Changes in Treatment and Medication (Dr. Stephen Grill)
9:55: Complications and Associated Illness with PD (Dr. Linda Sigmund)
10:25: Break and Visit the Vendors  ("Break Master Bert")
10:45: Early Diagnosis (Dr. Randy Stephenson)
11:15: Exercise and the Movement is the Option (Dr. Lisa Shulman)
11:45: Lunch
12:30: Surgery as an Option (Dr. Zach Levine)
    
1:00:  
Breakout A    Importance of Support Groups as an Ongoing Therapy (Carter Rardon- Bowie Support Group, Gary Heinberg- Loudoun County Support Group,Angela and
Karl Robb, Fairfax Support Group)
Breakout B    Importance of Physical Therapy in Quality of Life (Anne-Marie Barry)
Breakout C    Behavioral Aspects of Parkinson's Disease (Dr. Howard Weiss- Dr. Zoltan Mari)
           

1:30:
Breakout A   DBS- From the Viewpoint of the Surgeons (Dr. Zach Levine and Dr. Chris Kalhorn)
Breakout B    Speech Therapy as a Key to your Wellness (Matt McKeon)
Breakout C    Exercise Options across the Metro (Lucy McCauley, Lisa Girdy and Jon Berns)
                
2:00: Break and Visit the Vendor ("Break Master Bert")
2:15: Doctors in the House    Ask the Doctors Forum
(Grill, Kalhorn, Levine, Shulman, Weiss, Mari, Sigmund, Pagan, Stephenson)
3:30: Close and Door Prizes

Click Here for the Registration Form. Please print, fill-out and mail the registration form to the PFNCA address below, or complete registration by phone at 703-734-1017. When printing, make sure to select the option "Fit to Printable Area" under Page Scaling.

You can fax it to 703-734-1241.

Mailing address:

PFNCA
7700 Leesburg Pike Suite#208 Falls Church VA 22043

Below are links to pages featuring zip files of speakers' presentation slides from the previous symposiums.

CLICK HERE FOR SYMPOSIUM 2011 SLIDES

CLICK HERE FOR SYMPOSIUM 2009 SLIDES