The Bachmann-Strauss Foundation's Annual Free Symposium on Dystonia and Parkinson's Disease will be held Saturday, Nov. 1, at the Lighthouse International, 111 E. 59th St., from 1–4 p.m. Topics and speakers include:
"Genetics in Dystonia"
Laurie Ozelius, Ph.D.
The Bachmann-Strauss Professor
Department of Genetics and Genomic Sciences
Mount Sinai School of Medicine
"The Latest in Parkinson's Disease"
Ted Dawson, M.D., Ph.D.
Chair, Scientific Advisory Board
The Bachmann-Strauss Foundation
Director of Parkinson's Disease and Movement Disease Center
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
"Early Strategies in Neuroprotection in Movement Disorders"
Claire Hencliffe, M.D., D.Phil.
Movement Disorders Director
Weill Cornell Parkinson's Disease and Movement Disorder Institute
Daisy and Paul Soros Clinical Scholar in Neurology
Assistant Professor of Neurology
Weill Cornell Medical College
"Gene Therapy"
Ron Alterman, M.D.
Director of Functional and Stereotactic Neurosurgery
Mount Sinai Medical Center
"Cognitive Issues in Parkinson's Disease"
Mark Gluck, Ph.D.
Co-Director
Memory Disorders Project
Rutgers University-Newark
For reservations or more information, call (212) 682-9900 or e-mail bpfeil@bsdpf.org.