Options & Opportunities is our yearly event for all patients and their care partners to learn about options and opportunities when it comes to Parkinson’s Disease. The 2025 event will have a special focus on technology and artificial intelligence. Hosted by the OHSU Parkinson Center, our team will also be joined by local partner organizations, vendors, and the OHSU provider team. Join us for a day of informational sessions, collaboration, and an opportunity to gather the fellow PD community. Lunch will be served as well. We hope to see you there!
Event fee: Event fee is $10 per person. If you need financial assistance or are a veteran enrolled at the VA who can attend for free, please email pcoeducation@ohsu.edu.
Agenda
8:30: Doors Open
Continental Breakfast
9:30-9:45: Welcome & Opening Remarks
Options
9:45-10:45: Session 1: Keynote Presentation: Technological Advances in DBS Treatments: Adapting Therapy Using Brain Signals
Nicole C. Swann, PhD, University of Oregon, Associate Professor
10:45-11:15: Break 1: Featuring Rebel Fit
11:15-11:45: Session 2:
What Does ChatGPT Even Know Anyway?
Shannon Anderson, MPAS, PA-C, Associate Professor of Neurology
Michael Shih, PharmD, Clinical Pharmacist
Truth or Fiction? Double-Checking Answers Online
David Carson, M.M., M.L.I.S, Health Sciences Education & Research Librarian
11:45-1: Lunch
Opportunities
1-2: Session 3: Emerging Tech Research
Tactile Feedback to Improve Gait
Patty Carlson-Kuhta, PhD, Senior Research Project Manager
Technology in the SPARX-3 Exercise Study: Aerobic Fitness, Mobility Sensors, and DAT Scans
Marian Dale, MD, MCR, FAAN, Associate Professor of Neurology
Peripheral Vibratory Stimulation Research for Treatment of PD Symptoms
Jeff Kraakevik, MD, FAAN, Professor of Neurology
2-2:30: Break 2: Featuring Natalia Uribe, MT-BC, NMT, Music Therapist Board Certified, Neurologic Music Therapist
2:30-3:30: Session 4: Panel with OHSU Faculty on General PD Prognosis and Treatment
Joseph Quinn, MD, Parkinson's Center Director
Matthew Brodsky, MD, Associate Professor of Neurology
Delaram Safarpour, MD, MSCE, FAAN, Associate Professor of Neurology
Daniel Cleary, MD, PhD, Assistant Professor of Neurological Surgery
3:30: Closing Remarks
