OHSU Parkinson Center

10/23/2025

Our Options & Opportunities event is this Saturday! One of the sessions is a panel with OHSU Faculty on general PD prognosis and treatment. Comment below for questions you will like the panel to address!

If you can't make it in person, all of the sessions will be recorded and posted on our website!

An event for all patients and their care partners to learn about options and opportunities when it comes to Parkinson’s Disease.

10/16/2025

A powerful New York Times story about Dr. Sue Goldie, a Harvard physician and public health expert, who shares her deeply personal journey with Parkinson’s disease. As someone used to solving complex health problems for others, she now faces the challenge of navigating her own diagnosis. The piece is an honest and moving reflection on vulnerability, resilience, and what it means to live with a progressive illness.

An acclaimed researcher is an expert at explaining complicated problems. Now she has to confront the most vexing question: What is happening to her?

10/16/2025

Join us for this year’s Huntington’s Disease (HD) Education Day. This is an opportunity to connect with other individuals and care partners affected by HD and to learn from guest speakers on how to manage symptoms related to HD. This year's education day will address challenges related to speech, swallowing and nutrition. This event is hosted by the OHSU Movement Disorders Program, but you do not have to be an OHSU patient to attend. Lunch and refreshments will be served. We hope to see you there!

Join us for this year’s Huntington’s Disease (HD) Education Day!

10/14/2025

Our Paper of the Month for October is, "Clinic vs. daily life gait characteristics in patients with spinocerebellar ataxia" by Delaram Safarpour, Patty Carlson-Kuhta & Fay Horak.

" Gait impairment is a hallmark of spinocerebellar ataxia (SCA), often emerging early and worsening with disease progression. These impairments, particularly in gait and balance, significantly impact daily functioning, fall risk, and overall quality of life. Clinical trials typically rely on the Scale for the Assessment and Rating of Ataxia (SARA) to quantify disease severity; however, this scale is limited by its subjectivity, low sensitivity, and the need for clinical administration, underscoring the need for more objective, quantitative assessment tools."

BackgroundRecent findings suggest that a single gait assessment in a clinic may not reflect everyday mobility.ObjectiveWe compared gait measures that best di...

10/14/2025

Post-doctoral fellows Abby Bossart and Spencer Blake join professor Jeff Kaye in presenting OHSU's research at the 2025 MDS Congress.

10/06/2025

Sole Support was featured on KOIN news. See the video here! Parkinson's Resources of Oregon (PRO)

Sole Support for Parkinson's fundraiser

10/03/2025

Nuevo Video en Español Sobre Parkison y Genética del Centro de Parkinson de OHSU. Les invitamos a ver nuestro más reciente video en español del investigador visitante, Dr. Ignacio Mata, de la Clínica Cleveland. En este video, Dr. Mata habla (en español) sobre Parkinson y genética en nuestra comunidad.

10/03/2025

New Parkinson’s & Genetics Video in Spanish from the OHSU Parkinson Center! We invite you to watch our latest Spanish video from a visiting researcher, Ignacio Mata, PhD from the Clevland Clinic. In this video, Dr. Mata, (in Spanish) about Parkinson’s and genetics in our community. See the comments for more information about how you can get involved in PDGENE Research!

09/30/2025

Options & Opportunities is our yearly event for all patients and their care partners to learn about options and opportunities when it comes to Parkinson’s Disease. The 2025 event will have a special focus on technology and artificial intelligence. Hosted by the OHSU Parkinson Center, our team will also be joined by local partner organizations, vendors, and the OHSU provider team. Join us for a day of informational sessions, collaboration, and an opportunity to gather the fellow PD community. Lunch will be served as well. We hope to see you there!

An event for all patients and their care partners to learn about options and opportunities when it comes to Parkinson’s Disease.

09/30/2025

Join us for an evening with Poet Floyd Skloot! Much of Skloot’s writing reflects the experience of becoming disabled in 1988 from viral-born brain damage, as he shows how full engagement in life and the world is not only possible but essential when life takes unexpected turns and when illness seems to derail all progress. Skloot will be reading from his nine previous poetry collections as well as a group of new poems written in the last decade, including an exploration of his life since the onset of Parkinson’s disease.

09/18/2025

OHSU was well represented at last weekend's HD Hope Walk! Shout out to Jessica Decker, Abby Bossart, Angelina Ciavarella, Lauren Talman, Joe Quinn & Michelle Benjamin for helping to raise awareness about Huntington's Disease!

06/25/2025

Checkout the Brian Grant Foundation for more information on support groups care partners!

Opportunity just for care partners to meet, chat, and hang out with others who support people living with Parkinson's in Portland, Oregon.