It started when Cindy Bittker called our hotline. Every Monday, PMD Alliance holds virtual “office hours”—one-on-one guidance and support for prospective and practicing support group…
Ashley AstiOctober 1, 2022
Ramon Gil, MD, has a fascinating origin story. It was 1948. His mother graduated school as the first female dentist in her home country, the…
Anissa Mitchell, Chief Program OfficerAugust 30, 2022
“I was born in Egypt, in Cairo,” Mohamed Elkasaby, MD, told me, describing his international journey in pursuit of a broad perspective on medical training.…
Kelly Papesh, MSN, DNPAugust 30, 2022
The last time Jennifer Thomas, who goes by Niffie, remembers drawing anything, she was in elementary school: “I think I drew a tree,” she laughed.…
Ashley AstiAugust 1, 2022
Margaret Preston’s relationship to her dad used to be “pretty standard.” She was the youngest of three, making her, as the baby, the prime recipient…
Rachel StaenbergAugust 1, 2022
Telemedicine. Social prescribing. Health equity & access. These were the hot topics buzzing around the most recent Pan American Congress in Parkinson’s Disease & Movement…
Jean Hubble, MDJuly 22, 2022
When you ask Priya Chaudhari, a nurse practitioner at Washington University in Missouri, why she chose movement disorders as her specialty, she’ll tell you it’s…
Debbie RichJuly 21, 2022
“I asked my mother once, ‘Why did you name me Zarela? Why couldn’t you give me a normal name like Gabriela or Maritza?’ And she…
Anissa Mitchell, Chief Program OfficerJune 29, 2022
Ellen Schneider carries the spirit of her mother and grandmother in her blood. “I come from a big Italian family. We came over from Italy,…
Debbie RichJune 1, 2022
