Education

Unrelenting fatigue for people living with Parkinson's zaps energy and concentration and impacts how you get through your day. Join local experts as they discuss fatigue and sleep disorders with Parkinson's and what you can do to combat this typical non-motor symptom of Parkinson's. Local experts Dr. Ian Walker and Julia Wood will also share how pain in Parkinson's can interrupt […]

DiVERSity PD (Delaware Valley Endeavor for Racial Solidarity in PD) is excited... to host our first educational event in collaboration with Salem Baptist Church in Abington and the Davis Phinney Foundation, September 29th at 12pm. The hour-long event will focus on Parkinson's and Alzheimer's and will be live-streamed on Salem Baptist Church's YouTube Channel and […]

Join us on November 17, 2021 at 4pm to learn how to use everyday technology and tools to help make life better for you and your loved one. Click here to register! Thank you to our partner

Join us on April 20, 2022, to celebrate National Parkinson's disease Awareness Month AND National Poetry Month. What better way to celebrate both than with a night to highlight the creativity and remarkable resiliency of our regional Parkinson’s community through poetry? We will gather with nationally recognized poet Hal Sirowitz, his wife Minter Krotzer, and other […]

DIVERSITY PD, a collaborative effort with partners from Penn Medicine, the University of Pennsylvania Health System, Jefferson Health, Cooper University Health Care, Temple University, the Dept. of Veteran Affairs’ PADRECC, Enon Tabernacle Baptist Church, Salem Baptist Church Abington, and The Parkinson Council, is excited to announce that registration is open for our FREE community-focused, family-friendly, and hope-driven event designed for […]

Dr. Chenyuan Wu is currently an Associate Professor of Neurosurgery and Radiology within the Division of Epilepsy and Neuromodulation Neurosurgery at the Vickie and Jack Farber Institute for Neuroscience at Thomas Jefferson University. He also serves as the Clinical Director of the Jefferson Integrated Magnetic Resonance Imaging Center (JIMRIC). He completed a combined degree program […]

This event is SOLD OUT!  Join local Parkinson's providers and experts for an in-person educational gathering (with lunch) as they share tips, tools, resources, and best practices designed to answer the "What next?" questions about living with Parkinson's disease. Conversation topics include: Navigating intimacy and family roles, including changing parent/child/spouse relationship dynamics. How do you […]

Daniel Kremens, MD, JD, FAAN is a Professor of Neurology, Vice Chair for Education, the Co-Director of the Parkinson’s Disease and Movement Disorders Center at the Vickie and Jack Farber Institute for Neuroscience at Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Jefferson University and the Director of the Optimal Brain Health Program at the Marcus Institute of […]