Education Symposium Living Well with PD

Registration Closed

Tickets:
General Admission: $75 (includes program and lunch)
VIP Admission: $125
(Includes preferred seating, program, and lunch)

Living Well with PD
Education Symposium
Tuesday, April 12, 2022; 9:00AM-2:00PM
Registration Closes April 1

The Parkinson’s Association of Southwest Florida presents their 22nd Annual Living Well with PD Education Symposium on Tuesday, April 12, 2022, (rescheduled from January 18) from 9:00am-2:00pm, at the Naples Hilton, 5111 Tamiami Trail North, Naples, FL 34103. The symposium brings together leading specialists in the field of Parkinson’s Disease research and treatment to help persons with PD to live well. The program is open to persons with PD, their family members, care partners, and the medical community.

This year’s keynote speaker: Ihtsham Haq, MD, Chief of Movement Disorders Division of the University of Miami Health System. Dr. Haq will present PD: Causes, Clinical Trials & the Way Forward. Dr. Haq is a fellow of the American Academy of Neurology and was selected to its Emerging Leaders Program in 2015. He currently serves on the AAN’s Quality committee, and is also a member of the International Movement Disorders Society, Parkinson’s Study Group, and also serves on the Neurosciences Steering Board of the Epic electronic health record, working to define best EMR practices in the Neurosciences.

Featured speaker: Dr. Adolfo Ramirez-Zamora is Associate Professor of Neurology, Program Director, and Division Chief of Movement Disorders at the Norman Fixel Institute for Neurological Diseases at the University of Florida. The Institute is part of the Center for Translational Research in Neurodegenerative Diseases and the McKnight Brain Institute at UF. Prior to joining the University of Florida, Dr. Ramirez practiced neurology at the Parkinson’s Disease and Movement Disorders Center at Albany Medical Center where he served as an Associate Professor of Neurology and the Philly E. Dake Endowed Chair in Movement Disorders. Dr. Ramirez completed his neurology residency at Loyola University Chicago followed by fellowship training in movement disorders at the University of California San Francisco.