Join PCLA for our annual “Life Beyond the Basics” conference! This is an in-person event with an option to join via Zoom® . Enjoy insights from members of PCLA’s renowned Medical Advisory Board, who will present leading-edge strategies to help make living with Parkinson’s better.
🏨 Location: Hotel Indigo Downtown LA or join via Zoom
✅ Parking: Hosted Valet Parking (no charge)
ATTEND IN-PERSON OR ONLINE!
👉 To register online, click here!
👉 To register in person, click here!
Schedule of Events
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9 am – 9:45 am: Breakfast
- 9:45 am: Welcome
- Patrick LoSasso, President, Parkinson’s Community Los Angeles
- 9:50 am – 10:20 am: Gut-Brain Connection: Insights into the Microbiome’s Role in Parkinson’s Disease
- Wael El-Nachef, MD, PhD, Physician-Scientist (Gastroenterology), Cal Tech
- 10:20 am – 10:50 am: The Future of Levodopa: Innovations in Delivery and Treatment Potential
- Nicholas R. Szumski, MD, Movement Disorders Specialist and General Neurologist, Cedars-Sinai
- 10:50 am – 11:20 am: The Role of Genetic Testing in Parkinson’s Disease Care
- Xenos Mason, MD, Director, Deep Brain Stimulation Program, Keck Hospital of USC
- 11:20 am – 11:30 am: Movement session with Emily Ramon, PT, DPT from [re+active] physical therapy and wellness
- 11:30 -11:40 am: Break
- 11:40 am -12:10 pm: Parkinson’s Dementia and Delusions: The impact on the relationship and communication between the PWP and care partner
- Melita Petrossian, MD, Medical Director, Pacific Movement Disorders Center, Pacific Neuroscience Institute, Providence Saint John’s Health Center
- 12:20 pm – 12:40 pm: Parkinson’s Research: The Most Promising Avenues for 2025 and Beyond
- Michele Tagliati, MD, Director, Movement Disorders Program, Neurology, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
- 12:40 pm – 1:10 pm: The Impact of Sleep on Parkinson’s Disease: Challenges and Solutions
- Adrienne Keener, MD, Program Director, Neurology Residency, UCLA
- 1:10 pm: Short Film – Stories from Living With Parkinson’s
- Mediflix
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1:20 pm: Closing
Exhibitors:
- Dancing Through Parkinson’s
- FitSport Kinetics
- Ping Pong For Good
- PingPongParkinson LA
- [re+active] physical therapy and wellness