Live Activities
Faculty and Program
Workshop Director
Francisco Eduardo C. Cardoso, MD, PhD
Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (UFMG)
Belo Horizante, Brazil
Workshop Faculty
Joaquim Jose Coutinho Ferreira, MD
Rua Antonio Maria De Sousa
Torres Vedras, Portugal
Oscar S. Gershanik, MD
Favaloro Foundation Institute for Neuroscience
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Anthony E. Lang, MD, FRCPC
Toronto Western Hospital
Toronto, ON, Canada
Andrew J. Lees, MD, FRCP
Reta Lila Weston Institute of Neurological Studies
London, United Kingdom
Program
| Morning Session | |
| 08.00 - 08.15 | Welcome and Introduction - Francisco Cardoso, MD, PhD |
| 08.30 - 09.00 | History of Levodopa - Andrew Lees, MD, FRCP |
| 09.00 - 09.30 | Levodopa Toxicity - Oscar Gershanik, MD |
| 09.30 - 10.00 | Initiating Therapy in PD - Levodopa versus Dopamine Agonists - Anthony Lang, MD, FRCPC |
| 10.00 - 10.30 | Break |
| 10.30 - 11.00 | Initiating Therapy in PD - Levodopa versus Levodopa plus Entacapone - Andrew Lees, MD, FRCP |
| 11.00 - 11.30 | How Evidence Based Medicine Applies to Levodopa - Joaquim Ferreira, MD |
| 11.30 - 12.00 | Question and Answer Session |
| 12.00 - 13.00 | Lunch |
| Afternoon Session | |
| 13.00 - 13.45 | Clinical Management of Motor Complications of Levodopa - Oscar Gershanik, MD |
| 13.45 - 15.30 | Surgical Management of Motor Complications of Levodopa - Anthony Lang, MD, FRCPC |
| 15.30 - 16.00 | Question and Answer Session |
| 16.00 - 16.15 | Break |
| 16.15 - 16.45 | Management of Psychosis and Dementia in PD - Joaquim Ferreira, MD |
| 16.45 - 17.15 | Case Studies - All Faculty |
| 17.15 - 17.30 | Closing Remarks - Francisco Cardoso, MD, PhD |
| 17.30 | Adjourn |