2021 Harvey Chyette Spring Educational Forum

Chris Gaffney

welcome

DR. ROSEANNE DOBKIN

COGNITIVE CHALLENGES & WHAT TO DO ABOUT THEM

Dr. Roseanne Dobkin is a licensed psychologist with 15 years of clinical work and research in Parkinson’s mental health. In her studies she has examined the interactions between physical and mental health in Parkinson’s. She also looks at the impact of their intricate associations on quality of life and functional disability. Dr. Dobkin presents "Cognitive Challenges & What to Do About Them."

THE NEUROFIT GYM: PD EXERCISE

Amy Bertram and Colleen Schuster of The NeuroFit Gym lead PD Exercises during a break from presentations.

DR. ALBERTO ESPAY & BENJAMIN STECHER

BRAIN FABLES & THE CINCINNATI COHORT BIOMARKER PROTOCOL

Alberto Espay, MD and Ben Stecher discuss their book, Brain Fables: The Hidden History of Neurodegenerative Diseases and a Blueprint to Conquer Them. Dr. Espay is the Gardner Family Research Center Chair for PD and Movement Disorders at the University of Cincinnati. Benjamin Stecher is a Parkinson’s patient turned Parkinson’s activist and advocate who works alongside Dr. Espay. Together, they worked on Brain Fables, which will make you rethink what you know about degenerative brain disorders. “Brain Fables is a call to refocus on understanding living and aging to create the personalized treatments each affected individual desperately needs.” Dr. Espay provides an update on the Cincinnati Cohort Biomarker Protocol, a 10 year research project to guide an approach of precision medicine for neurodegenerative diseases.

PANEL DISCUSSION

Dr. Roseanne Dobkin, Dr. Alberto Espay, Benjamin Stecher, and Maureen Gartner NP-C take questions from the group inspired by the day's earlier presentations.

Remembering Harvey Chyette

Parkinson’s Support and Wellness is proud to announce the naming of the Annual Spring Forum after Harvey Chyette, who passed away in January 2019. According to his family, when Harvey was diagnosed with Parkinson disease in 2000 he was shocked, and at that time did not fully understand the disease. Although Harvey struggled at times, he did not surrender to the disease and was an example of courage and persistence. After his diagnosis, he developed his own accounting business, was fully involved in leadership positions with a charitable organization, attended as many Parkinson seminars as he could, regularly attended Parkinson support groups, as well as Parkinson yoga and exercise classes. He also traveled frequently with his family. Harvey remained positive and hopeful that there would be a cure. We are honored to be able to remember Harvey in this way. We are deeply appreciative for a grant from the Chyette family through the Morris Braun Foundation in Harvey’s memory that will help to fund the Spring Educational Forum for five years.