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Our new National Directory is now live and already has 170+ local listings!
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In case you missed it, the new PMD Alliance Directory is now live and growing fast! As the Director of Communications, I have had the honor of reviewing many of the support groups, local events, exercise classes, providers, and more that community members have already submitted.
Seeing the Directory grow with each new listing has become a reliable high note in my day-to-day, bringing much-needed excitement and connectedness for me and my team. Thank you to all who have created or plan to create a listing, as well as those who've given us some great starting feedback on how to improve the platform! Your partnership remains essential not only to stock the Directory full of live services and events, but also to tell us about the stumbling points and help us make it more functional and effective for everyone.
And in the spirit of recognizing the many ways our community supports each other, below you'll find our annual PMDA Awards, celebrating folks for everything from outstanding livestream attendance to most engaged support group. Because everything you do matters and makes a difference, and all of us at PMD Alliance are so grateful to have you and your unique voice in our corner.
Sincerely,
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Philip Giles, Director of Communications
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YOPN Monthly Member Community Gathering - March
Community Connect: Parkinson's Workshop - Las Cruces, NM
Stop Settling for Dyskinesia or OFF Time with GOCOVRI
Group Leaders Roundtable: PD Awareness for Group Members
Vision in Parkinson's: What Are You Wondering?
YOPN Speaker Series: What's Different About Adaptive DBS
El future es ahora: CREXONT, innovación en el tratamiento del Parkinson
Next is Now: Innovating Parkinson’s Treatment with CREXONT
Getting Real® for Advanced Stage Care Partners & Adult Children
YOPN Monthly Member Community Gathering - April
Community Connect Parkinson's + Care Partner Reset - Long Island, NY
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Creativity Recreates Us: Sit with Bestselling Author Sue Monk Kidd
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Sue describes living with Parkinson’s as a paradox, a “mystifying coexistence of joy and acceptance and peace and suffering and loss and grief."
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Train Like an Olympian: The Power of Lifestyle in PD Care
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Neurologists Indu Subramanian, MD and Bastiaan R. Bloem, MD, PhD encourage people living with PD to think like elite athletes. Treat exercise, nutrition, sleep, stress management, and socialization as core parts of treatment alongside medication. On Instagram, Julie Kurek, MD reinforces the same message, highlighting how healthy routines are powerful tools for living up to your own “Olympian”
potential.
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It's award season again--and who better deserves recognition than our community? Every single person who supports the Movement Disorders Ecosystem is
special and valued, which is why we create this space every year to celebrate the achievements of those across our network who went the extra mile in their own unique ways.
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PMDA Programs All-Star Attendee
Myra Hirschhorn
State With Most Program Attendance Arizona
Most Engaged Support Group
Parkinson's Orange County
All-Star PMD Alliance Ambassador
Karen Malkin
Saber es Vivir Top Attendee
María Covadonga Sánchez
Most Partnered Community Organization
PD Avengers
Most Engaged YOPN Members
Vikas Chinnan | Esther Labib-Kiyarash | Jayesh Salvi
Champion of Support Groups
Robert Cochrane, PhD
Most Read Blog of 2025
Top 8 Summer Foods for PD
by Erin Presant, DO
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Support Group Leader Roundtable Highest Attendance
Greg Ritscher
Most Partnered Healthcare Professionals
Clarisse Goas, APRN-CNP &
Ray Dorsey, MD
Most Ambitious CPDC Advocate
Melanie Seamans, Ciel Senor Living
Stellar Social Media Supporters
Devon Cone | Rebecca Gifford | Sara Herrity | Sally Stumpf
Most Partnered Movement Break Specialist
José C. Cabassa, MD
Most Creative Fundraiser
Julie & John Crawford
Biggest Emerging Voices
Gazala Hitawala, MD | Mel Livingston | Bernard Whitman
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We were honored to sponsor the 2026 Parkinson's Policy Forum in Washington, D.C and help bring together hundreds of advocates from across the country to speak directly to lawmakers. Thank you to everyone who joined us!
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How Harrison Ford brought Michael J. Fox ‘To Tears’
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In Season 3 of the TV series Shrinking, Michael J. Fox guest-stars as a Parkinson’s patient who interacts with Harrison Ford’s character, who also lives with PD. Fox said Ford’s portrayal was so authentic and emotionally accurate that it brought him to tears.
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At-Risk/ Prodromal Connect
Did you know we have a virtual support group for those who are at-risk? Join for authentic discussions & validation.
Access Here →
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Give To Help People NOW
There are many working toward a future cure, but we partner with the community to address challenges right now.
Help Now →
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PMDA Directory
Our goal is to host ALL the live resources that serve the needs of our community. Take a look or add a listing!
Access Here →
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Our annual partners ensure safe, effective, and accessible treatments for people with movement disorders, including industry partners, researchers, and more.
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