Speaker Series:Imagine Your Days With More Consistent GOOD ON Time

April 8, 2025 7:00 - 8:00 pm EDT

Join us to learn more about ONAPGO™, a continuous apomorphine infusion, which is a prescription medicine used to treat motor fluctuations (OFF episodes) in adults with advanced Parkinson’s disease.

Featured Speaker - Stuart Isaacson, MD

The emPowered!® livestream series features livestream branded talks with movement disorder clinicians on medication and treatment options for symptoms and issues related to Parkinson’s disease. These programs are designed to increase your understanding of the options available, equipping you to have informed conversations with your healthcare provider and are an important part of disease management. emPowered!® livestreams are provided in partnership with our industry partners and due to FDA regulations will not be recorded, and slide presentations will not be made available.

Special thanks to our partner Supernus Pharmaceuticals.

PMD Alliance Presents

Proactive Brain Health: How Exercise Increases Brain Adaptability

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Neuroplasticity is the brain's ability to change and adapt with experience. Join us and Giselle Petzinger, MD to learn how exercise drives neuroplasticity in the brain. We will discuss:

• The evidence of exercise effects on motor and cognitive outcomes in Parkinson’s disease
• The role of aerobic versus skill-based exercise
• Studies that show evidence of exercise-induced neuroplasticity in the motor and cognitive circuitry

About the Speaker: 

Giselle Petzinger, MD, is an Associate Professor of Neurology (Clinical Scholar) at the Keck School of Medicine of University of Southern California in Los Angeles, CA.

Monthly Member Community Gathering - April

April 22, 2025 - 7:00 - 8:00 PM EDT

On the fourth Tuesday of each month, YOPN members come together to learn, engage, and support one another.  It's a great opportunity to connect with fellow members, share experiences and insights about living with YOPD,  discuss personal challenges as well as potential opportunities, and learn how others thrive beyond diagnosis.  This is your safe space - a place you can be real with others who understand what you're experiencing.

Don't miss this opportunity to connect with YOPN members and explore what's possible as you create your own path forward. 

Alliance Presents

Deep Brain Stimulations:Real People. Real Experiences.

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During Parkinson’s Awareness Month (April), hear from two DBS ambassadors who made the decision to have Medtronic DBS and will share their unique stories and answer questions that only people living with DBS therapy can answer, such as:

• Why did you decide to have DBS?
• What is the DBS surgery like?
• How did it feel when your DBS system was turned on for the first time?
• How has your life changed after DBS?

Join us for this live, informative and personal conversation to learn more about Medtronic Deep Brain Stimulation.