Faculty Sound bite…
“DBS used to be seen as a last resort, but we now know it provides the most sustained benefit when offered in the moderate stages of Parkinson’s disease, when motor complications are the main source of disability. We know this therapy is effective and safe. The challenge now is making sure it reaches more people at the right stage of disease, when it can have the greatest and most lasting impact.”
— Adolfo Ramirez-Zamora, M.D., a professor of neurology and the program director and division chief of movement disorders at the Norman Fixel Institute for Neurological Diseases at UF Health, discussing the long-term benefits of deep brain stimulation for people with Parkinson’s disease, with U.S. News & World Report, Oct. 7