Did you miss the MDS Congress in Nice, or do you just want an overview of highlights from the International Congress as well as a look forward at new ventures? Dr. Schaefer introduces the MDS Congress 2019 special issue, which features interviews with experts in various fields of movement disorders at the MDS Congress 2019. In this first issue, Dr. Sara Schaefer interviews Dr. Kathrin LaFaver about notable research in functional movement disorders, activities of the MDS Functional Movement Disorders Study Group, and more.

In this interview with Dr. Edwin Jabbari, we highlight the results of his study on the definition and genetic and neuropathological characteristics of early onset progressive supranuclear palsy. The full study is available on the September 2019 issue of the Movement Disorders journal. Read the article

Dr. Farwa Ali discusses with Dr. Sara Schaefer the results of her study on the use of the MDS criteria for PSP with the MAX rules and their clinical implications, as well as the challenges of the phenotype variability of this disease in clinical practice and research. Read the article

Dr. Niels Bergsland discusses with Dr. Michele Matarazzo the results of the article he recently published in the Movement Disorders journal on longitudinal iron imaging in the substantia nigra in PD and in its different regions. Read the article

Benjamin Deck discusses with Dr. Schaefer the article he recently published in the Movement Disorders Clinical Practice on the patient vs. care partner assessment of cognition in Parkinson's disease. Read the article

Dr. Jin Woo Chang shares the results of 4-year follow-up of MR-guided focused ultrasound thalamotomy in essential tremor. In his article, recently published in the Movement Disorders journal, he analyzes whether the efficacy of this procedure is sustained over time. Read the article

Dr. Ruth Schneider discusses with Dr. Sara Schaefer about the article she recently published in the Movement Disorders Clinical Practice that investigates the outcomes of early vs delayed start of dopaminergic medication in Parkinson's disease. Read the article

Dr. K. Ray Chaudhuri discusses with Dr. Michele Matarazzo his article on the differences between subthalamic nucleus DBS, intrajejunal levodopa and apomorphine infusion in Parkinson's, published in the March 2019 issue of the Movement Disorders journal. Read the article

Dr. Mered Parnes discusses with Dr. Sara Schaefer his article on benign hereditary chorea recently published in the January 2019 issue of the Movement Disorders Clinical Practice. Read the article

In this introductory podcast, the hosts, Dr. Michele Matarazzo and Dr. Sara Schaefer, introduce themselves and interview the editor-in-chief of the Movement Disorders Journal, Prof. Jose Obeso.