The What's Shakin' Parkinson's Podcast

Pilot Episode - Introduction to your hosts

Hal and Frank discuss our lifelong friendship, Hal's diagnosis of Parkinson's and the purpose for our podcast.

Episode 2 - Dr. James Cook

Neurologist Dr. James Cook discusses his extensive background in movement disorder studies, diagnosis & treatment.

Episode 3 - Dr. Jeffrey Ratliff

Neurologist Dr. Jeffrey Ratliff offers his experience of diagnosing and treating patients with Parkinson's disease, as well as distinguishing the differences between Parkinson's and other neurological issues.

Episode 4 Deep Brain Stimulation with Dr. Ashwini Sharan

Hal has undergone DBS surgery and shares his experience! In this episode, we interview Dr. Sharan, the surgeon who is at the forefront of this technology and who performed this procedure on Hal's brain.

Episode 5: Interview with Diane Breslow, MSW, LCSW

Diane Breslow, MSW, LCSW visits with us to share her knowledge and wisdom attained in her 50 year career.  Diane discusses the many elements that make up a team for the patient's care.

Episode 6 - Ray Griffiths on the Mind-Body diet & lifestyle connection

Special thanks to Ray Griffiths for his valuable time and information. Ray discusses the positive and negative impact caused by diet.

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Episode 7 - Carl Wittig from Abbott Labs discusses DBS

In this week's episode, Carl Wittig discusses the benefits of DBS, how the  procedure is implemented and how he interacts with the patient as a representative for the manufacturer.

 

Episode 8-Dan McCalley presents information on substance abuse disorders and the process of obtaining study grants

Please check out our newest podcast episode as we extend our focus to include studies into substance abuse.

Episode 9 - Stephen McCalley, phd on genetics

We talk with Stephen McCalley about genetic probabilities and how factors within our genetic makeup can be manifested into our being. A great episode for anyone interested in genetics and biology!

Interviews with Hal‘s wife and son

Brenda and Bryan give their candid responses to the question of how family members are affected by Parkinson's.