Portland Countdown: A Series of Conversations on Parkinson’s Disease with Dave Iverson & Jon Palfreman

SiriusXM Doctor Radio Interview with May May Ali by World Parkinson Coalition with support from the Parkinson’s Resources of Oregon

Special Guests: Dr. Serge Przedborski and Elizabeth Pollard

In our final podcast we preview the upcoming 4th World Parkinson Congress by talking with Elizabeth "Eli" Pollard, Executive Director of the WPC and Dr. Serge Przedborski, WPC President and co-chair of the Portland Congress.

Special Guests: Pam Quinn and Sara Riggare

In this podcast two leading Parkinson's advocates and educators offer a patient perspective on both research and clinical care. Pam Quinn is a former professional dancer who uses movement training to work with fellow Parkinson's patients around the world. Sara Riggare is an engineer and doctoral student at Karolinska Institute in Stockholm who focuses on using patient perspectives to improve overall care.

Special Guest: Dr. Jeff Bronstein

It's been nearly 200 years since James Parkinson first published his landmark essay about the disease that now bears his name. Yet we still don't fully understand its cause. This podcast reviews our changing understanding of what causes Parkinson's and how that may help us find a way to stop disease progression.

Special Guest: Dr. Sam Frank

That line from a poem by Theodore Roethke describes a common nemesis for Parkinson's patients: sleep. Yet disrupted sleep may also be an early warning sign of the disease. What can sleep tells us about the disease and what can we do to make sleeplessness less a burden for those living with PD?

Special Guest: Dr. Roger Barker

This podcast reviews the history of fetal tissue and stem cell transplants in Parkinson's disease and what the prospects are for those therapies going forward.

Special Guest: Dr. K. Ray Chaudhuri

This podcast focuses on the non-motor symptoms of Parkinson's and also explores why it has taken so long for researchers to focus on these challenges.

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Special Guest: Dr. Angela Cenci Nilsson

Why has it taken so long to improve L-dopa delivery so that Parkinson's patients can experience the drug's benefit in a more continuous fashion? A conversation about the latest prospects and the challenges of getting big Pharma to buy in.

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Special Guest: Dr. Christine Klein

Will genetics helps us crack the Parkinson's code? A discussion of how inherited forms of Parkinson's are helping us better understand the underlying structure of the disease.

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Special Guest: Lawrence I. Golbe, MD

In their early stages, conditions like Progressive Supranuclear Palsy, Multiple System Atrophy and Corticobasal Degeneration closely resemble Parkinson's, but they are actually distinct disease. A discussion about what research into these rare conditions is telling us about what the prospects are for those who suffer from them.

To listen to more episodes of this podcast, visit our website: www.worldpdcoalition.org/?page=PortlandCountdown