Although there
is no cure for Parkinson's disease (PD),
many effective therapeutic interventions
are available to improve patients' quality
of life. A major issue facing clinicians
is the selection of appropriate therapeutic
agents for initial treatment of Parkinson's
disease, as well as management of advanced
disease and complications of levodopa
therapy.
This one-day
course will provide an overview of clinical
manifestations and pathogenesis of motor
complications associated with the chronic
use of levodopa. The phenomenology,
pathophysiology, and treatment approaches
to motor fluctuations and dyskinesias
will be addressed in morning interactive
presentations and afternoon video case
management discussions. Pharmacological
as well as surgical therapeutic strategies
will be reviewed and specific case-management
issues will be explored.
This educational
activity is jointly sponsored by The
Movement Disorder Society (MDS) and
the National Institutes of Health/Foundation
for the Advanced Education in the Sciences,
Inc. (NIH/FAES).
UPDATE ON THE
MANAGEMENT OF MOTOR COMPLICATIONS IN
PARKINSON'S DISEASE will hold its first
regional offering on March 20, 2004,
at the Marriott Houston Medical Center
in Houston, Texas.
Course Agenda and Faculty are as follows:
(1) "Motor Complications in PD:
Clinical Manifestations" - Joseph
Jankovic, MD, Baylor College of Medicine,
Houston, Texas, USA
(2) "Pathophysiology of Motor Complications
& Concept of Continual Dopaminergic
Stimulation" - Katherine Widnell,
MD, PhD, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore,
MD
(3) "Non-Motor Complications in
PD" - Ron Tintner, MD, Baylor College
of Medicine, Houston, Texas, USA
(4) "Role of COMT Inhibitors &
Dopamine Agonists in the Treatment of
PD Motor Complications" - Cynthia
Comella, MD, Rush University Medical
Center, Chicago, Illinois, USA
(5) "Other Pharmacological Treatments
for Motor Complications: MAO Inhibitors,
Amantadine & Experimental Drugs"
- William Ondo, MD, Baylor College of
Medicine
(6) Question/Answer - All Faculty
(7) "Role of Surgery in the Treatment
of Motor Complications" - Leo Verhagen,
MD, PhD, Rush University Medical Center,
Chicago, Illinois, USA
(8) Video Case Management Presentations
- All Faculty
(9) Panel Discussion, Question/Answer
- All Faculty
To register or obtain additional information,
please visit the MDS Web site at www.movementdisorders.org
or contact MDS Program Manager, Jennifer
Oliva at joliva@movementdisorders.org
The Movement Disorder Society
611 East Wells Street
Milwaukee, WI 53202, USA
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