Congratulations to Drs. Filipe Sarmento, Venkat Srikar Lavu, Tiberio de Araújo, Sina Aghili Mehrizi, Justin D. Hilliard, Michael S. Okun and Joshua K. Wong, on the publication of “Motor outcomes in unilateral, bilateral rapid, and bilateral delayed staging deep brain stimulation for Parkinson’s disease,” which appears in the Journal of…
Congratulations to Drs. Julian R Mark, Ann M. Titus, Hannah R Staley, Stephan Alvarez, Nikolaus R. McFarland, Malu Gamez Tansey, and Rebecca Wallace on the publication of “Peripheral immune cell response to stimulation stratifies Parkinson’s disease progression from prodromal to clinical stages.” Abstract The motor stage of idiopathic…
Congratulations to Dr. Steven DeKosky on the publication of “Effect of transcranial direct current stimulation with cognitive training on executive functions in healthy older adults: a secondary analysis from the ACT trial,” which appears in the November issue of GeroScience. Abstract Cognitive aging has become a public health concern as…
Congratulations to Dr. Michael Okun on the publication of “Protecting Parkinson’s Patients: Hospital Care Standards to Avoid Preventable Harm,” which appears in the December issue of the Joint Commision Journal on Quality and Patient Safety. Imagine a patient is admitted to the hospital for an elective procedure, expecting to be…
Congratulations to Drs. Venkat Srikar Lavu, Alfonso Enrique Martinez-Nunes, Kara A Johnson, Coralie de Hemptinne, and Joshua Wong on the publication of “Exploring the layers of fatigue in Parkinson’s Disease: A comprehensive analysis of its prevalence and contributing factors,” which appears in the November issue of Clinical Parkinsonism and Related…
Congratulations to Drs. Alfonso Martinez-Nunez, Venkat Srikar Lavu, and Joshua Wong, on their poster “Prodromal RBD and the risk of cognitive impairment in Parkinson’s disease,” which was displayed in September at the Conference: International Parkinson and Movement Disorders Society Congress 2024 Objective: To identify the impact of prodromal RBD…
On Saturday, October 26th, 2024, the UF Health Gator Brainwaves team participated in the Walk to End Alzheimer’s at Trinity United Methodist Church, supporting the Alzheimer’s Association’s mission to end Alzheimer’s disease. This year, the team raised an impressive $1,937.53, showing the power of collaboration across UF Health in advancing…
Congratulations to Drs. David Vaillancourt and Michael Jaffee on the publication of “Functional and free-water imaging in rapid eye movement behaviour disorder and Parkinson’s disease,” which was published in the October issue of Brain Communications. Abstract It is established that one of the best predictors of a future diagnosis of…
Join the BRAIN Center on Monday, October 28 at 3pm for a Brain Building Seminar Guest Speakers: Carolina Maciel, MD, MSCR, and Katharina Busl, MD, MS Talk Title: BLOCK-SAH: A Novel Approach to Address Headaches in Patients with Acute Subarachnoid Hemorrhage Date and Time: Monday, October 28th, 3:00 pm—4:00 pm Location: DeWeese Auditorium, McKnight Brain…
Congratulations to Drs. Ashley Rawls, Joshua Wong and Michael Okun on the publication of “Patient Selection for Deep Brain Stimulation for Pantothenate Kinase-Associated Neurodegeneration,” which appears in Tremor and Other Hyperkinetic Movements. Deep Brain Stimulation Case Files. Abstract Clinical Vignette: A 23-year-old woman with pantothenate kinase-associated neurodegeneration (PKAN) presented with medication-refractory…
