Mount Sinai Health System Movement Disorders

03/28/2025

Ahead of National Doctor’s Day on March 30th, we are collecting stories of patient gratitude to share.

Share your story of appreciation today on our kudos board wall:
https://donorstories.mountsinai.org/doctors-day/

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03/26/2025

We are taking part in Parkinson's Unity Walk powered by The Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research Parkinson's research.

More than 6 million people worldwide are living with Parkinson’s disease (PD) — the second most common neurological disorder. Currently, there is no known cure for Parkinson’s. As the world’s largest nonprofit funder of PD research, MJFF is working to change this. MJFF is dedicated to finding a cure for Parkinson's disease through an aggressively funded research agenda and to ensuring the development of improved therapies for those living with Parkinson's today.

Your gift will make a real difference: 100 percent of the Unity Walk proceeds go directly to The Michael J. Fox Foundation’s high-impact research and policy programs.

Help us move a cure for Parkinson's disease over the finish line by making a donation today. -

Support our team as we walk together to end Parkinson's disease!

03/21/2025

Ahead of National Doctor’s Day on March 30th, we are collecting stories of patient gratitude to share. We are beyond grateful for our exceptional doctors who bring unparalleled skill, dedication, and compassion to every patient they care for. Their expertise truly changes lives, and we appreciate the impact they make.

Share your story of appreciation today on our kudos board wall:
https://donorstories.mountsinai.org/doctors-day/
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02/26/2025

Join Dr. Joohi Shahed and the Parkinson's Wellness Project February 27th from 5-6pm
This presentation will cover recent and ongoing clinical trials happening in PD that are important to our understanding of causes and may lead to new treatments.
https://parkinsonswellnessproject.org/events/dinner-with-yournbsp-doc

01/14/2025

Our colleague Dr. Joohi Jimenez-Shahed shares valuable insights on "Strategies to Deal with Gait Freezing in Parkinson's," watch it here: https://vimeo.com/1046531525

January Educational Event Presentation by Dr. Joohi Jimenez-Shahed on strategies to overcome gait-freezing in Parkinson's Disease. Presentation followed…

12/05/2024

Learn more about how wearable devices can be used to treat Parkinson's Disease.

Wearable devices once seemed futuristic for Parkinson’s disease. Today, tools like activity trackers, tremor gloves, and laser canes are transforming the management of the disease.

10/09/2024

Take a look at this conversational interview about “Advances in Deep Brain Stimulation: 2024 Edition" with our colleague Dr. Joohi Shahed Davis Phinney Foundation and Soania Verma Mathur

Don’t forget to subscribe to our YouTube channel here: https://www.youtube.com/user/davisphinneyfdn In this Live Well Today webinar, Dr. Soania Mathur interv...

09/30/2024

It is so hard to pick just one! Our team presenting posters at 🧠International Parkinson and Movement Disorder Society

09/27/2024

Dr. Joohi Jimenez-Shahed is off to a great start to the 2024 with a meeting of the Task Force on Tic Disorders!
International Parkinson and Movement Disorder Society

09/16/2024

Join us for a morning of coffee and discussion at the 92nd Street Ywith Mount Sinai medical experts – Dr. Brian Kopell, Parkinson’s Disease Neurosurgeon and Dr. Joohi Jimenez-Shahed, Parkinson’s Disease Neurologist.

This is an event designed to empower Parkinson’s patients and caregivers by providing knowledge about treatments options that can improve quality of life.

09/13/2024

Helen Mayberg is the Director of the Nash Family Center at Mount Sinai for Advanced Circuit Therapeutic, Professor of Neurology, Psychiatry, Neuroscience and...

09/05/2024

EXCITING NEWS!

Abbott Initiates Clinical Study to Evaluate the Use of Its Deep Brain Stimulation System to Manage Severe Depression!

Abbott announced today it has initiated a pivotal clinical trial, called the TRANSCEND study, to evaluate the use of the company's ( ) system to manage ( ), a form of .

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) granted Abbott Breakthrough Device designation to explore use of DBS for TRD under its Breakthrough Devices Program, which expedites the review of innovative technologies that can improve the lives of people with life-threatening or irreversibly debilitating diseases or conditions.

"As we have learned more about the intricacies of the brain, it is now clear that 'psychiatric diseases' like major depressive disorder are similar to other neurological conditions – we can see identifiable structural and functional changes in the brain... So, it is not surprising that deep brain stimulation research has demonstrated promise for people suffering with treatment-resistant depression, as it has for patients with medically complicated over the past two decades. We are eager for Abbott's TRANSCEND trial to gather further evidence about the impact neurostimulation could have for people who need different treatment options than are currently available." - said Brian Kopell, M.D., lead neurosurgery investigator, and director of the Mount Sinai Center for Neuromodulation and co-director of the Bonnie and Tom Strauss Center for Movement Disorders at Mount Sinai Health System.

Learn More
https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/abbott-initiates-clinical-study-to-evaluate-the-use-of-its-deep-brain-stimulation-system-to-manage-severe-depression-302237771.html



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