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 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  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 […]