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Saturday, June 22 • 2:00pm - 4:00pm
Lips Sealed: What Your Patients Aren’t Telling You - 2.0 credits

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Asking the right questions so that patients and their care partners can provide more relevant details about their disease state, including new or bothersome symptoms, or side effects from therapies can improve patient outcomes and quality of life. Challenges such as limited office visit time, communication barriers, increasingly complex symptoms, polypharmacy, and patient discomfort may help explain why some patients may withhold actionable information from their providers. In this panel discussion faculty along with patients and care partners will discuss their experiences in effective communication and the impact on treatment. Upon completion of this course, HCPs will be able to more effectively prompt patients, ask for the right information, and create a safe space to share, along with alternative methods for patients to document and share data. 
CME Speakers
avatar for Anissa Mitchell, LCSW

Anissa Mitchell, LCSW

Chief Program Officer, PMD Alliance
Anissa is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker and has over 30 years of experience working as a medical social worker in various settings. In 2010, Anissa began working exclusively with Parkinson’s disease running an outreach center in Orlando, FL. Not long after starting her work... Read More →
avatar for Fernando Pagan, MD

Fernando Pagan, MD

ATMRD Course Director, MedStar Georgetown University Hospital
Fernando L. Pagan, MD is a board-certified neurologist and Professor and Vice Chairman for the Department of Neurology at MedStar Georgetown University Hospital in Washington DC. He is the Director of the Movement Disorders Program and the Medical Director of MedStar Georgetown's... Read More →
avatar for Pam Zeilman, NP

Pam Zeilman, NP

University of Florida Normal Fixel Institute for Neurological Disorders
Pam Zeilman is an Adult Nurse Practitioner who obtained her Master’s of Science in Adult Health Nursing at the University of Florida in 2006. She has been credentialed with the American Nurses Credentialing Center since 2007. Pam joined the University of Florida Normal Fixel Institute... Read More →
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Lori DePorter

Living with Parkinson's
Lori DePorter lives in Pennsylvania with her husband, Mike. She has three grown sons, two daughters-in-law, and a granddaughter. Diagnosed with young-onset Parkinson’s disease at 45, Lori became an advocate for Parkinson’s and others with disabilities through health and wellness... Read More →
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Adam DePorter, PA

Physican Assistant and Care Partner
Adam is a Certified Physician Assistant. He earned an undergraduate degree inMedical Science and a minor in Chemistry from Misericordia University in Dallas PA.Adam completed his Physician Assistant degree at Misericordia University in 2017.He is a member of the American Academy of... Read More →

Saturday June 22, 2024 2:00pm - 4:00pm EDT
Woodrow Wilson A (General Sessions)
  CME Breakouts