Parkinson’s Outreach
The National Parkinson Foundation recently awarded the MCG Movement Disorders Program a $120,000 grant for comprehensive care and outreach for Parkinson’s disease patients. The funds will be used to provide, coordinate and manage family-centered clinical services for patients and care partners, and for community outreach and education.
“As part of the MCG Neuroscience Center of Excellence, the MCG Movement Disorders Program is a multidisciplinary effort that involves collaboration with those in our center, in our community and throughout the nation,” said Dr. Kapil Sethi, medical director of the program. MCG treatment options include deep brain stimulation to help control tremors and other symptoms associated with the disease.
The grant is part of a $9 million package in new grants that the NPF awarded to centers of excellence, care and outreach centers, university research programs and individual researchers.
Dr. Sethi also is serving as project director of the Parkinson Research Alliance of India, an effort to bring more clinical trials to India. “India is a prime place to do research and make a difference,” he said of his homeland. He chaired a meeting in November with 14 Indian movement disorders neurologists to help organize the alliance. The Kinetics Foundation, which supports Parkinson’s disease research, will fund the initiative.