Events

PPSG Special Events

PPSG Board Meeting
You are welcome to drop by our board meetings and share ideas with us! We meet on the 3rd Monday of the month between 1:30 and 3:30 PM at the Parkinson's Institute 675 Almanor Avenue, Sunnyvale CA 94085-2934. To confirm meeting dates and time, please call us at 408.542.5610. If you are planning to attend, please call Charmaine Eng at 408.723.8116 (dial *82 before the number).

Tuesday November 4, 2008 to December 9, 2008
Mosaic Art Class
12:30 pm - 2:30 pm

The Parkinson's Institute
675 Almanor Avenue
Sunnyvale CA 94085

Learn the ancient art of mosaic! All instruction and supplies are free.
No experience necessary.
Call 408.542.5626

Tuesday November 18, 2008
1:00 pm - 3 :00 pm
Newly Diagnosed Patient Seminar
The Parkinson's Institute
675 Almanor Ave., Sunnyvale, CA

The Parkinson's Institute 408.734.2800 or 1.800.655.2273

Wednesday November 19, 2008
10:30 am to 1:30 pm
The Venetian Inn
111 East March Lane, Stockton
Parkinson's Disease Treatment Developments

Dr. Brandabur, Dr. David Dozier and Dr. Benjamin Remington will be speaking.
Lunch will be served and it is sponsored by Medtronic.
Reservations required. Call 916.489.0226

See flier Click here for flyer

CONFERENCE ON PARKINSON DISEASE - UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO
Saturday, November 22, 2008
12 noon - 4 pm
Mission Bay Campus - (Robertson Auditorium)
1675 Owens Street, San Francisco, California, 94158

PARKINSON DISEASE CLINIC & RESEARCH CENTER
(A National Parkinson Foundation Center of Excellence)

11:30 - 12:00 Registration
12:00 - 12:10 Welcome and Introductions Mariann Di Minno, RN, MA
Parkinson Center Coordinator and Clinical Professor of Nursing
12:10 - 12:45 "Parkinson Disease: Exercise Can Be Fun and Neuroprotective" - Nancy Byl, PhD
Professor & Chair, Department of Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation Science
12:45 - 1:20 "The Recognition and Treatment of Non-Motor Symptoms in Parkinson Disease" - Chad Christine, MD
1:20 - 1:50 Break, light refreshments
1:50 - 2:25 Michael J. Aminoff, MD, DSc - Professor of Neurology and Director, Parkinson Center
"Gene Therapy in Parkinson Disease"
2:25 - 3:00 Robert Edwards, MD - Professor of Neurology and Physiology
"What Causes Parkinson Disease?"
3:00 - 3:40 Questions
3:40 - 4:00 - Extra Session: Mariann Di Minno, RN, MA, "Dance Therapy in Parkinson Disease"

Cosponsored by National Parkinson Foundation and Teva Educational Grants
Tim Underwood 415.502.1672 timothy.underwood@ucsf.edu

Wednesday afternoons - February 11, 2009, April 8, 2009
1:30 pm - 4:00 pm
Free Educational discussion on Deep Brain Stimulatoin Surgery (DBS)
San Francisco Veterans' Affairs Medical Center

Learn about DBS in a small group discussion in comfortable setting. Family members are encouraged to attend.
Please RSVP by calling 415.379.5530I
Click here for poster VA 2008-2009 DBS classes

Parkinson's Disease Foundation - Educational Symposia and Live Webcasts
Saturday, April 4, 2009 Houston, TX Jointly with the Houston Area Parkinson Society

Responding to continuing demand from people with Parkinson's and their families for up-to-date research information, the Parkinson's Disease Foundation (PDF), announces a series of four educational symposia and webcasts entitled Parkinson's Science: Innovations and New Perspectives. The series will allow people with Parkinson's, their families, support groups and healthcare professionals nationwide to receive scientific updates directly from leading national and local Parkinson's authorities - both in person and via the web.
For further information visit Webcast

Matthew DePace - Parkinson's Disease Foundation - Toll Free: 1.800.457.6676 - mdepace@pdf.org

Saturday April 25, 2009
Parkinson's Walk Central Valley - Third Annual Parkinson's Unity Walk
8:00 am - 2:00 pm
Blain Park, Visalia
Mary Dickerson 559.622.9044 marydickerson99@comcast.net
www.cvpsg.org

Science Seminars open to the public 12:00 noon

The Parkinson Institute and Clinical Center
675 Almanor Avenue
Sunnyvale, CA

Nearly every Tuesday from September into July, the Parkinson's Institute presents scientific seminars during the lunch hour. Topics are technical in nature and benefit of physicians, scientists, and researchers .
The Parkinson Institute
e-mail Dr Maryka Quik

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This page last updated November 16, 2008.