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The Vanderbilt Parkinson’s Disease Center

The mission of the VPDC  is to provide excellence in research, patient care, and education in Parkinson’s Disease and related disorders.

The Eleventh Annual NPF Blazing for a Cure Parkinson's Disease Symposium was held on Saturday, October 10, 2009, from 8:30am until noon. Video will be available online soon.

Click here for more information about Parkinson's Disease Outreach.

VPDC Members

Director: Thomas L. Davis, M.D., Associate Professor of Neurology

  • Kelly Arney, M.S.S.W., NPF Outreach Coordinator (pictured above)
  • P. David Charles, M.D. Associate Professor of Neurology
  • Michael Cooper, M.D., Assistant Professor of Neurology
  • Rachel Dolhun, M.D., Clinical Instructor
  • John Y. Fang, M.D., Assistant Professor of Neurology
  • Peter Hedera, M.D., Assistant Professor of Neurology
  • Changqing Chris Kao, M.D., Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery
  • Peter E. Konrad, M.D., Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Neurological Surgery &Biomedical Engineering
  • Joseph S. Neimat, M.D., Assistant Professor of Neurosurgical Surgery
  • Fenna T. Phibbs, M.D., Assistant Professor of Neurology
  • David Robertson, M.D., Professor of Medicine, Pharmacology and Neurology
  • Dorothy Shearon, R.N., Clinical Research Nurse
  • Michael Tramontana, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Neurology

Current Research Studies Sponsored by the VPDC

Net-PD:  Neuroprotection Exploratory Trials in Parkinson's disease

For more information: Call Dot Shearon, RN, at 615-936-0219.

Patient Care

Neurology physicians in the VPDC hold clinics on Tuesdays and Thursdays in The Vanderbilt Clinic Building (TVC). To schedule a neurology appointment, call 615-936-0060.

Education

The VPDC cooperates with the National Parkinson Foundation to provide monthly support group meetings. In addition, an annual "Blazing for the Cure" symposium is held for patients and families to discuss the latest advances in Parkinson's disease. For more information, call 615-936-5517.

Documents (PDF files)

Tyramines in PD

 

Patient and Caregiver Conference on Parkinson’s disease:  

Here are the streaming video links from the 2008 Program:

Windows Media:
http://media-srv1.its.vanderbilt.edu/asxgen/neurology/npf_081011a.wmv
http://media-srv1.its.vanderbilt.edu/asxgen/neurology/npf_081011b.wmv

Real:
http://media-srv1.its.vanderbilt.edu/ramgen/neurology/npf_081011a.rm
http://media-srv1.its.vanderbilt.edu/ramgen/neurology/npf_081011b.rm

To Contact the VPDC

phone (615) 936-0060
fax (615) 936-1229

Additional Links of Interest:

1) NINDS - Parkinson's disease

2) WeMove.org

3) National Parkinson Foundation

 

      
 

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