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In this Live Well Today webinar, Dr. Soania Mathur interviews Dr. Joohi Jimenez-Shahed about recent advances in deep brain stimulation (DBS) for Parkinson's. In addition to discussing programming updates, battery technology, and adaptive DBS, Dr. Mathur and Dr. Jimenez-Shahed discuss address questions from the live audience.
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Speaker Bios:
Dr. Joohi Jimenez-Shahed, MD is the Medical Director of Movement Disorders Neuromodulation & Brain Circuit Therapeutics at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. After completing her undergraduate degree at Washington University in St. Louis, Dr. Jimenez-Shahed received her medical degree from Baylor College of Medicine (BCM) and Neurology residency training at Duke University Medical Center. She then completed a fellowship in Movement Disorders at the Parkinson’s Disease Center and Movement Disorders Center at BCM. Her research interests lie in investigating the intraoperative neurophysiology of patients undergoing deep brain stimulation (DBS) for movement disorders and the application of wearables and digital health technologies to the care of patients with Parkinson’s disease.
Dr. Soania Mathur is a family physician living outside of Toronto, Ontario, Canada who resigned her clinical practice twelve years following her diagnosis of young onset Parkinson's at age 28. Now a dedicated speaker, writer, educator and Parkinson's advocate, Dr. Mathur is an active speaker in Canada and internationally at patient-directed conferences and has authored a number of published papers and online pieces that focus on patient education and empowerment. Dr. Mathur co-founded PD Avengers, a global alliance of Parkinson’s advocates. She is also a member of the Board of Directors for the Davis Phinney Foundation and the founder of UnshakeableMD (www.unshakeablemd.com), which serves as a platform to educate and inspire those living with Parkinson’s.
#parkinsons #dbs
0:00 - Intro
4:47 - New therapies
15:45 - Advances in DBS
30:40 - Advancements in batteries
37:15 - Programming DBS
44:45 - Gait and DBS
53:27 - Conclusion