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Join us in person for our October 7th meeting!

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Saturday, October 7, 2023
1:00 – 3:00 p.m.

The Current State of Clinical Therapeutic Trials for Essential Tremor

presented by Duarte Machado, MD
Director of Program Excellence and Recognition
Hartford HealthCare’s Chase Family Movement Disorders Center

Meeting Location:
Hartford HealthCare Movement Disorders Center Conference Room
280 South Main Street, Cheshire, CT 06410

The objective of this presentation will be to understand the progress in research treatments for essential tremor. This will include a review of the basic science and proof of concept of therapeutics for ET, status of ongoing clinical trials, and potential future outcomes of these trials.

Dr. Duarte Machado, whom we’re fortunate to have as volunteer Medical Director for our CT Essential Tremor Support Group, is a Neurologist who specializes in Movement Disorders. He is Board Certified by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology.

After completing his undergraduate degree at Trinity College, Dr. Machado attended the University of Connecticut School of Medicine, followed by:

  • Internship: Yale-New Haven Hospital; Internal Medicine
  • Residency: Yale-New Haven Hospital; Neurology
  • Fellowship: Yale University School of Medicine; Movement Disorders

He is a member of several Professional Organizations:

  • American Neurological Association
  • American Academy of Neurology
  • International Parkinson and Movement Disorder Society
  • National Physicians Alliance
  • New Haven County Medical Association

Dr. Machado’s areas of interest include Ataxia, Blepharospasm, Choreas, Cognitive Disorders, Deep Brain Stimulation, Dementia, Dystonia, Essential Tremor, Facial Spasms, Gait Disorders, Hereditary Spastic Paraplegia, Huntington Disease, Hyperkinetic Movement Disorders, Movement Disorders, Myoclonus, Neurosciences, Parkinsonisms, Parkinson’s Disease, Restless Leg Syndrome, Spasmodic Torticollis, Spinocerebellar Ataxia, Stiff Person Syndrome, Tardive Dyskinesia, Tics and Tourette Syndrome, Tourette Syndrome, and Tremors.

Inquiries are invited!
Registration is required no later than
5:00 p.m. on Wednesday, October 4th!

To register or request information, email Helen Moser or submit the form below:

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Finally: Our next meeting will be held in person!!

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Save the date! Our next regularly scheduled CT Essential Tremor Support Group will be held from 1:00-3:00 p.m. on Saturday, October 7th, in Cheshire! Details will be announced as soon as our topic and speaker are confirmed.

We’ll talk about the medical management of Essential Tremor on August 5th!

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Saturday, August 5, 2023
1:00 – 3:00 p.m.
via Zoom

Five Important Questions in the Medical Management of ET

presented by Ana Vives-Rodriguez, MD
Movement Disorders and Cognitive-Behavioral Neurologist, Yale
Medicine Assistant Professor of Neurology, Yale School of Medicine

At this meeting Dr. Vives-Rodriguez will review essential questions such as:

  • when to start treatment,
  • medications available,
  • treatment expectations,
  • alternative therapies, and
  • when to start thinking about surgical options.

Dr. Vives-Rodriguez is a movement disorders and cognitive-behavioral neurologist at Yale Medicine. She cares for patients with various movement disorders such as essential tremor, Parkinson’s disease, tics, and dystonia. She also specializes in treating patients with memory and other cognitive disorders, including Alzheimer’s disease, Dementia with Lewy bodies, and frontotemporal dementias.

Dr. Vives-Rodriguez grew up and completed her medical and residency training in Costa Rica, graduating Magna Cum Laude from the University of Costa Rica. She spent time prior to her fellowship as an attending physician in neurology at the Max Peralta Hospital in Cartago, Costa Rica. In 2018, she completed a 2-year subspecialty training in movement disorders at Yale New Haven Hospital. After her fellowship at Yale and motivated by a further understanding of neurodegenerative disorders, she pursued training in cognitive behavioral neurology in Boston.

She then completed 3 years of subspecialty training in cognitive behavioral neurology at Boston University/VA Medical Center. During her training, Dr. Vives-Rodriguez focused on translational and clinical neuroscience research of neurodegenerative disorders, including Parkinson’s disease, Wilson’s disease, and Alzheimer’s disease focusing on structural and functional brain changes and their relation to clinical manifestations.

Dr. Vives-Rodriguez is particularly interested in the behavioral and cognitive aspects of movement disorders and early diagnosis of neurodegenerative disorders.  

Inquiries are invited! Registration is required
no later than noon on Wednesday, August 2nd!

To register or request information, email Helen Moser or submit the form below:

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Save the date!

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Be sure to save the date for our next regularly scheduled CT Essential Tremor Support Group meeting: 1:00-3:00 p.m. on Saturday, August 5, 2023! Bookmark this page for details about our topic/s and speaker/s for that meeting. (Details will be announced as soon as they’re confirmed.)

A note concerning our meetings: Because of our large attendance, we need to convene in hospital conference rooms.. so until our Connecticut hospitals re-open their facilities to large outside groups, we’ll continue to meet via Zoom. That being said, please know that we’re anxious to meet in person again and will continue to monitor the situation so we can make that happen as soon as possible. Although Zoom is a viable option for many of us, we sorely miss those of our long-term members who, for various reasons, don’t participate electronically.

 

Please join us for our June meeting!

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Saturday, June 3, 2023
1:00 – 3:00 p.m.
via Zoom

Psychological and Neuropsychological Functioning in ET

presented by Dr. Emily Sharp, PhD, ABPP
Assistant Professor of Neurology, Yale School of Medicine
Division Chief, Neuropsychology, Yale New Haven Hospital
Associate Training Director, Postdoctoral Residency Program, Neuropsychology

A Board Certified neuropsychologist, Dr. Emily Sharp is part of both the movement disorders and behavioral neurology sections at Yale. Her presentation will focus on the psychological and cognitive symptoms associated with Essential Tremor.

Dr. Sharp received a BA in Psychology from Bucknell University and an MA in Psychology from the University of Southern California. She earned a PhD in Clinical Psychology at the University of Southern California and joined Yale soon after completing a 2-year neuropsychology fellowship in Boston in 2014. 

Inquiries are invited!
Registration is required no later than noon on Wednesday, May 31st!

To register or request information, email Helen Moser or submit the form below:

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Schedule June 3rd on your calendar!

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Our next regularly-scheduled meeting is set for 1:00-3:00 p.m. on Saturday, June 3rd. Our speaker will be Yale’s Dr. Emily Sharp, a board certified clinical neuropsychologist and assistant professor in the Department of Neurology. Details on her presentation will follow soon.

A note concerning our meetings: Because of our large attendance, we need to convene in hospital conference rooms ..so until our Connecticut hospitals re-open their facilities to large outside groups, we’ll continue to meet via Zoom. That being said, please know that we’re anxious to meet in person again and will continue to monitor the situation so we can make that happen as soon as possible. Although Zoom is a viable option for many of us, we sorely miss those of our long-term members who, for various reasons, don’t participate electronically.

We’re Discussing Focused Ultrasound on April 1st!

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Saturday, April 1, 2023
1:00 – 3:00 p.m.
via Zoom

Focused Ultrasound to Treat Essential Tremor

presented by neurosurgeon and neuroscientist
John David Rolston, MD, PhD

In Dr. Rolston’s words: “Since the 1950s, we’ve used surgery to stop tremors after medications stop working. Recently, a new noninvasive method of surgery was developed that uses soundwaves to stop tremors, avoiding the need for any incisions. This technology, focused ultrasound, is approved by the FDA and backed by multiple clinical trials. This presentation will describe the procedure, the most recent advances in focused ultrasound (like second-side treatments), and compare it to other surgeries for tremor.”

Dr. John Rolston is a neurosurgeon and neuroscientist at Brigham & Women’s Hospital in Boston, Massachusetts, recognized internationally for his contributions to epilepsy surgery and movement disorder surgery. Before moving to Brigham & Women’s, he served as the Director of Epilepsy Surgery and the Director of Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery at the University of Utah from 2017 to 2022.

Dr. Rolston received his Bachelor’s degree from Columbia University, where he won the Russell Mills Award for Excellence in Computer Science. For his PhD, he developed brain-computer interfaces for epilepsy at the Georgia Institute of Technology and Emory University. He received an MD from Emory University before completing his residency training and post-doctoral fellowship at the University of California, San Francisco.

​Inquiries are invited!
Registration is required no later than noon on Wednesday, March 29th!

To register or request information, email Helen Moser or submit the form below.

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Plan to Join Us on April 1st!

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The next regularly scheduled CT Essential Tremor Support Group meeting is set for 1:00 – 3:00 p.m. on Saturday, April 1st. Our speakers and program will be announced shortly.. but we do hope you’ll save the date and plan to join us!

We’re Discussing Marijuana at our February 4th Meeting!

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Saturday, February 4, 2023
1:00 – 3:00 p.m.
via Zoom

Cannabis Pharmacology:
Finding the Hope Amid the Hype

presented by Alison L. Carlson, MS, APRN, NP-C
APRN4U LLC

The goals of this important and timely conversation are:

  • to enhance understanding of the state of cannabis science through exploration of select recent research on cannabis effects, side-effects, dosing, and
  • to address concerns of IETF members regarding Connecticut’s new adult use cannabis program.

Alison L. Carlson, MS, APRN, NP-C is a diplomate of the American Academy of Lifestyle Medicine and owner/clinician of APRNA4U LLC, a medical cannabis certification and therapeutic cannabinoid resource established in 2018. Her interests and areas of research include preventive aging, complex care management, neurodegenerative disorders, addiction, and mental health.

​Inquiries are invited!
Registration is required no later than noon on Wednesday, February 1st!

To register or request information, email Helen Moser or submit the form below.

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Save the date!!

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Be sure to save the date for our next regularly scheduled CT Essential Tremor Support Group meeting: 1:00-3:00 p.m. on Saturday, February 4, 2023! Bookmark this page for details about our topic/s and speaker/s for that meeting. (Details will be announced as soon as they’re confirmed.)

A note concerning our meetings: Because of our large attendance, we need to convene in hospital conference rooms.. so until our Connecticut hospitals re-open their facilities to large outside groups, we’ll continue to meet via Zoom. That being said, please know that we’re anxious to meet in person again and will continue to monitor the situation so we can make that happen as soon as possible. Although Zoom is a viable option for many of us, we sorely miss those of our long-term members who, for various reasons, don’t participate electronically.