Symposium April 25, 2025

8:00 am -   8:45 am 

Registration & Visit Vendor Tables

8:45 am -   9:00 am

Welcome - Kristin Rossi, CEO, Michigan Parkinson Foundation

9:00 am -   9:20 am

Interactive Exercise - Ali Woerner, Parkinson’s Dance

9:20 am - 10:50 am

Michael S. Okun, MD – The Parkinson’s Plan
Adelaide Lackner Distinguished Professor of Neurology
Executive Director, Norman Fixel Institute for Neurological Diseases
University of Florida Health

10:50 am - 11:00 am

Break – Please visit our sponsors

11:00 am - 11:20 am

Interactive Exercise – Angee Ludwa, PT, Scarves

11:20 am - 12:20 pm

Caregiver Panel – Moderated by Julia Wall
Featuring Newly Diagnosed, Mid Stage, and Late Stage Caregivers

12:20 pm -   1:05 pm

Seated Lunch – Please visit our sponsors

1:05 pm -   1:25 pm

Interactive Exercise – Deb Colling, Fitness Director, RSB Instructor

1:25 pm -   2:25 pm

Christos Sidiropoulos, MD, PhD, FAAN– Emerging Treatments For Parkinson's Disease
Associate Professor of Neurology, Michigan State University
Neurology Consultant, St. Luke's Hospital, Thessaloniki, Greece

2:25 pm -   2:35 pm

Break – Please visit our sponsors

2:35 pm -   3:05 pm

Assisted Walking Devices – Michael Colling, PT

3:05 pm  

Raffle for a New Ustep

3:15 pm

Evaluations & Dismissal