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My name is Michael Okun,
I'm a professor of neurology
at the University of Florida at
the Center for Movement Disorders
and Neurorestoration, and I'm
also the national medical director
for the National
Parkinson's Foundation.
And today I'm going to be
presenting a lecture on deep brain
stimulation for Parkinson's disease.
And it's going to be a nice
overview of the field for people
who may be interested in this topic.
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These are my conflicts of interests.
And I have no industry
conflicts of interest,
I don't take any
personal contributions
from any industry sources.
And all of the deep
brain stimulation work
is funded either by the
National Institutes of Health
or by foundations.
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This is a picture of our group.
And I always like to
acknowledge the group here
that is so outstanding in
the Center for Movement
Disorders and Neurorestoration.
We're located in Gainesville,
Florida in the United States.
And this is the group that makes
all the special things happen,
and so when I talk to you
about deep brain stimulation
and some of the work that our
group has done and collaborated
with other groups, you'll know
I'm speaking for many people,
not just myself.
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This is a list of
many of those people
who I am deeply indebted to in
the deep brain stimulation area,
particularly Kelly Foote
who is our neurosurgeon
at the University of Florida.
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This is a picture of a
several of our trainees,
as we have a large training program
for people who come from all
over the world to learn
about deep brain stimulation.
And I think it's really interesting,
now that we've had over 30 fellows,
that we see neurologists,
neurosurgeons, psychiatrists,
and now even physical
medicine and general docs who
are interested in this area.
And I think it's a
really important point
to make that this is a bionic age-
there over 100,000 of these devices
implanted and that number is growing
tremendously and growing fast.
And because of that, we're seeing
quite a bit of interest for people
in training and in education,
but also a need to inform people
in emergency rooms and
in general practices
that these types of
devices are here to stay
and we'll all have to
learn to deal with them.
So I think that this talk on deep
brain stimulation for Parkinson's
disease will become more and
more important as the next decade
evolves.
