Targeting Both Dyskinesia and OFF in Parkinson’s Disease

Date: July 16, 3 p.m. ET

Both dyskinesia and OFF time impact patients with Parkinson’s disease. In this program, movement disorder specialists Dr. Isaacson and Dr. Ondo will discuss the emerging views on evaluating and treating both dyskinesia and OFF. These experts will review a treatment option that can provide more GOOD ON time.

This webinar is NOT eligible for CME.

Speakers

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Stuart H. Isaacson, MD

William Ondo, MD

William Ondo, MD

Director, Movement Disorders
Methodist Neurological Institute
Professor of Neurology
Weill Cornell Medical School
Texas A&M Medical School
Director
RLS Quality Care Center
Houston, Texas

William Ondo, MD is a professor of neurology at Weill Cornell Medical School in New York, and at Texas A&M Medical School in Houston. He is also the director of the Movement Disorders Clinic at the Methodist Neurological Institute and director of the Restless Leg Syndrome Quality Care Center in Houston, Texas.

A specialist in movement disorders, Dr. Ondo is a member of the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, the American Neurological Association, the American Academy of Neurology, the International Association of Parkinsonism and Related Disorders, and the Movement Disorder Society. He is also on the editorial board of Essential Tremor and Other Hyperkinetic Disorders and Journal of Clinical Movement Disorders.

Dr. Ondo received his medical degree from the Medical College of Virginia in Richmond. He completed his neurology residency at Duke University Medical Center in Durham, North Carolina, and his movement disorders fellowship at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston.

Stuart H. Isaacson, MD

Director
Parkinson’s Disease and Movement Disorders Center of Boca Raton
Boca Raton, Florida

Stuart Isaacson, MD is a clinical associate professor of neurology at the Florida International University Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine in Miami and director of the Parkinson’s Disease and Movement Disorders Center of Boca Raton in Florida. He is also the medical director of the not-for-profit organization, Parkinson’s Research and Education Foundation in Boca Raton.

Dr. Isaacson’s research focus is the development of new treatments for Parkinson’s disease and other movement disorders, including tardive dyskinesia, essential tremor, dystonia, and atypical forms of parkinsonism. He has been involved in numerous clinical trials and served on national and international committees for many drug development programs and trials, as well as for the Parkinson Study Group and the movement disorders section of the American Academy of Neurology. A prolific author and coauthor of abstracts, journal articles, and book chapters, Dr. Isaacson lectures frequently and has presented abstracts at national and international scientific meetings and symposia for patients.

Dr. Isaacson earned his medical degree from Northwestern University/Feinberg School of Medicine in Chicago, Illinois. He completed an internship at St Luke’s-Roosevelt Hospital in New York, a residency in neurology, and a fellowship in movement disorders from the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, also in New York, and a fellowship at the National Institutes of Health.

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Targeting Both Dyskinesia and OFF in Parkinson’s Disease

Speakers

William Ondo, MD

Director, Movement Disorders Methodist Neurological Institute Professor of Neurology Weill Cornell Medical School Texas A&M Medical School Director RLS Quality Care Center Houston, Texas

Stuart H. Isaacson, MD

Director Parkinson’s Disease and Movement Disorders Center of Boca Raton Boca Raton, Florida

Director, Movement Disorders
Methodist Neurological Institute
Professor of Neurology
Weill Cornell Medical School
Texas A&M Medical School
Director
RLS Quality Care Center
Houston, Texas

Director
Parkinson’s Disease and Movement Disorders Center of Boca Raton
Boca Raton, Florida