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Living Well With Parkinson’s Disease Symposium (FREE)
RVNAhealth, 27 Governor Street, Ridgefield
Friday, January 26th
11:00am – 2:00pm

Join RVNAhealth’s Parkinson’s Center for their first “Parkinson’s Disease Symposium.” Come for an afternoon of presentations by RVNAhealth and external Parkinson’s healthcare experts, and peruse at your leisure our RVNAhealth and Parkinson’s-related vendor information tables. Check out agenda below! We will have numerous internal and external experts offering information on Parkinson’s diagnosis, treatments, and general health and wellness for those living with PD. Lunch will be available for registered participants.

Agenda/Topics

• Featured Presentation: Andrea De Lange, PT, RVNAhealth – “Exercise & Parkinson’s Disease”
• Featured Presentation: Dr. Zion Zibly (Neurology, Yale School of Medicine) – “Awake vs. Asleep Deep Brain Stimulation”
• Featured Presentation: Dr. Sarah Buckingham (Neurology, Stamford Health) – “Why you should see a Movement Disorder Specialist for Parkinson’s Disease”
• Breakout Sessions:
  • Cooking Demos with RVNAhealth Registered Dietitian, Monica Marcello
  • Live Zoom with Pass to Pass – Backpacking tours for Parkinson’s
  • HIIT Demo with heart rate monitors
  • Boxing Demo
  • Dr. Leon Meytin, Hartford Healthcare, “The Importance of Sleep in Parkinson’s disease”
  • Yale Clinical Trials
  • Yale “Tips for Mental Wellness”
• And visit our Sponsors and other Vendor and RVNAhealth exhibit resource tables for information and to answer your questions!
• At end of Symposium, 2:00-3:00, we are offering a free HIIT/Boxing exercise demo class. A voucher for a free exercise class will be offered for those who cannot stay.

Thank you to our Sponsors!