Medical Education
For Physicians, Residents, Students, Nurses, Home Health Workers, Pharmacists, & Allied Health Therapists
FRIDAY, November 14, 2014 | Pre-Registration required. 
The Chapman Cultural Center and USC Upstate George Dean Johnson, Jr. College of Business and Economics, Marriott Campus
8:30 a.m., Registration, Exhibits, and Poster Session
9:00 a.m., Welcome and Introductions
- Bruce Holstien, President Spartanburg Health System
- Katharine Gibb, Dean, Mary Black School of Nursing, USC Upstate
PLENARY SESSION 1
9:15 a.m., Why the Study of Neurological Disease is Important:
The Devastating Effect of Movement Disorders
- Mark Stacy, MD, Professor of Neurology, Director of Movement Disorder Clinic; Vice Dean of Clinical Trials and Research, Duke University Medical Center
10:00 a.m., Break, Networking, Exhibits
PLENARY SESSION 2
10:15 a.m., Promising Research
- Film Introduction: David Standaert, MD, PhD, John A. Whitaker Professor and Chair, Neurology, UAB
- Presenter: Joohi Jimenez Shahed, MD, Assistant Professor of Neurology, Baylor College of Medicine at Houston
PLENARY SESSION 3
11:00 a.m., Issues of Hospitalization, Medicine, and the
Secrets to Success for the Parkinson’s Patient
- Michael Okun, MD, Director of Center for Movement Disorders and Neurorestoration, University of Florida
11:45 a.m., Transition next door to “George” building, USCUpstate School of Business
12:00 p.m., LUNCH & LEARN
Medications: Doses, Side Effects, Interactions (via technology)
- Introduction: Rowena DeSailly-Chanson, MD, Neuro Hospitalist, SRHS
- Presenter: Mark Stacy, MD, Professor of Neurology, Director of Movement Disorder Clinic, Vice Dean of Clinical Trials and Research, Duke University Medical Center
1:00 p.m., BREAKOUT SESSION #1
- Moderators: Vanessa Hinson, MD, PhD, Department of Neurosciences, MUSC; Christina Vaughan, MD, MHS, Department of Neurosciences, MUSC; Kathleen Woschkolup, MD, Neurologist, GHS
1. Q and A (MDs with PD): A Doctor’s View
- Panel: Karen Jaffe, MD, OBGYN, Cleveland, Ohio; Mike Dennis, MD, Pediatrician, Mills River, NC; Roy Berry, MD, Pediatrician, Spartanburg, SC
2. Clinical Neuropsychology: Understanding How Parkinson’s Affects Mood and Memory
- Shawn McClintock, PhD, Associate Professor of Neuropsychology, Duke University School of Medicine; Clinical Neuropsychologist
3. Exercise is Regenerative Medicine: Impact on Parkinson’s Disease
- Marcas M. Bamman, PhD, Professor, UAB Dept of Cell, Developmental, & Integrative Biology; Director, UAB Center for Exercise Medicine; University of Alabama at Birmingham; Investigator, Birmingham/Atlanta GRECC; Birmingham VA Medical Center
4. Parkinson’s, A Complex Disease: The Autonomic and Behavioral Aspects of PD
- Jorge Juncos, MD, Emory Healthcare Center
5. Educating Health Professionals In Delivering Bad News
- Victoria Poillucci, RN, MSN, ACNP-BC, Nurse Practitioner, Duke Neurology/Movement Disorders Center
1:45 p.m., BREAKOUT SESSION #2
Moderators: Vanessa Hinson, MD, PhD, Department of Neurosciences, MUSC; Christina Vaughan, MD, MHS, Department of Neurosciences, MUSC
1. Q & A: Ask an Expert
* Making a PD Diagnosis; Physical Evaluation; Mock Patient Exam; Interpretation of DaT Scan
* Medicines: Levodopa vs. Dopamine Agonists, Interesting Case Studies
* What Every Community MD Needs to Know about PD
- Discussion Facilitator: Dr. Kathleen Woschkolup, MD, Neurologist, GHS
- Patrick Hickey, MD, Assistant Professor of Neurology, Duke University Medical Center
- Julie Kurek, MD, Georgia Regents University
2. DBS – A Brief Description: When is surgery the best option?
- Harrison Walker, MD, Assistant Professor of Neurology, UAB, School of Medicine
3. What Families Dealing with Chronic Illness Need from Healthcare Providers
- Lynn Ross, LMSW, Emory University School of Medicine
4. PD Is Much More Than A Movement Disorder: Cognitive and Non Motor Symptoms
- Benzi Kluger, MD, MS, University of Colorado
2:30 p.m., Break and Exhibits
2:45 p.m., BREAKOUT SESSION #3
1. Q & A with ALL clinicians, researchers facilitating
2. Introduction To PWR! Exercise for Brain Change
- Amy Marriott, PT, Cone Health, Greensboro
3. The Value of One’s Voice: Speech and Music Therapy
- Patti Meese, member Tremble Clefs
- Steve Quam, MM, MT-BC, Anderson, SC
- Lucy Butler, CCC/SLP, Hendersonville, NC
3:15-3:45 p.m., Tremble Clefs, A Parkinson’s Choir: Join Steve Skinner, Minister of Music, First Baptist Church, Spartanburg, and PwPs in the Grand Lobby of the “George.”
3:45 p.m., COMPLETION OF COURSE EVALUATIONS & ATTESTATION FORMS
