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Charles Jacobson

Chuck Jacobson maintains the UFMDC Research and Clinical database called INFORM.

UF’s 8th Annual Parkinson Disease Symposium – April 24, 2010

The date and location have been finalized. Our 8th Annual PD Symposium will be April 24, 2010 at Abiding Savior Lutheran Church’s Fellowship Hall, located at 9700 West Newberry Road here in Gainesville, FL. This is just west of SW 91st Street on Newberry Road. Google map: View Larger…

“Art for Life” program featured in the Alligator newspaper

Our campus newspaper, The Alligator, visited our “Art for Life” program last week and wrote a brief article about how our Parkinson patients meet and make art that is both meaningful and motivational. Katherine Castle, an Art for Life volunteer who also has Parkinson’s disease, said she doesn’t want…

Paper: Quetiapine improves visual hallucinations in PD but not through normalization of sleep architecture

Abstract (paper published in International Journal of Neuroscience): Int J Neurosci. 2009;119(12):2196-205. Quetiapine improves visual hallucinations in Parkinson disease but not through normalization of sleep architecture: results from a double-blind clinical-polysomnography study. Fernandez HH, Okun MS, Rodriguez RL, Malaty IA, Romrell J, Sun A, Wu SS, Pillarisetty S, Nyathappa A,…

Neuro Film Festival supported by AAN

The American Academy of Neurology is asking you to create short films about a brain disorder that you or a loved one have. From the Neuro Film Festival site: Make a film telling us your story, or the story of a loved one, affected by a brain disorder. Help us…

Movement Disorders Society provides new PD patient education talks

The Movement Disorders Society typically focuses on educating clinicians on these disorders. This year, however, they are branching out with their first patient education symposium and it was captured on video. The symposium was held at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center on October 2009 but is now available as a…

Tourette Syndrome Specialty Clinic Available in Gainesville

The UFMDC has started a Tourette Syndrome clinic dedicated to those patients. If you would like to be seen in this clinic or refer someone, please call (352) 294-5400 or use our web form. EDIT: We now have a page about our interdisciplinary…

Welcoming Drs. Ashizawa and Subramony to the UFMDC team

The UF Movement Disorders Center is excited to welcome, belated though it may be, Tetsuo Ashizawa, MD and S.H. Subramony, MD to the Movement Disorders team. They bring an expertise in ataxia and in Huntington’s disease to the table and are holding special clinics for these disorders. In…

Two UFs publish case report on L-2-hydroxyglutaric aciduria in a family

A team from the University of Florida and the University of Freiburg in Germany collaborated for this case report: Int J Neurosci. 2009;119(11):2118-23. Tracing the origin of L-2-hydroxyglutaric aciduria in a family. Sass JO, Romrell JS, Vinson SY, Fernandez HH, Fischer J, Rodriguez RL, Okun MS. Labor für…

Gainesville’s Fraternal Order of Eagles Raise Money for UF MDC

On Friday Night Oct 30, 2009 Charlie and Michael Sperrazza presented the UF Movement Disorders Center with a $5000 dollar check to support research. The Eagles have been amazingly loyal supporters of the MDC and their contributions over the years have helped keep the creative research spirit alive and prospering.

Introducing the first Dystonia Educational Day Center at the UFMDC

The Tyler’s Hope Center for Comprehensive Dystonia Care is pleased to introduce the first Dystonia Educational Day Center which will be held on Friday, November 13th.  The program will run from 8:30am – 3:00pm and will include invited guest speakers from our interdisciplinary team including psychiatry, physical therapy, communication…