Saturday, April 26, 2025
1:00-3:00 p.m.

The Hospital of Central Connecticut
100 Grand Street
New Britain, CT 06052

Essential Tremor Medications
presented by Yale Movement Disorder Neurologist
Hae-Young Hawong, DO, PhD

–and–

JOGO
a digital therapeutic for neuromuscular conditions
presented by Siva Nadarajah, Co-Founder & President

MEDICATIONS:

At this meeting, we’ll discuss the medications currently available to treat essential tremor.

Dr. Hae-Young Hawong, DO, PhD, is a Movement Disorders Neurologist. She treats patients with various movement disorders including Parkinson’s Disease, essential tremor, tic disorders/ Tourette’s syndrome, dystonia, ataxia, chorea, etc. Dr. Hawong also has a strong background the areas of Deep brain stimulation (DBS), MRI-guided focused ultrasound, and botulism toxin injection administration. Dr. Hawong is closely involved in the Yale Parkinson’s Disease and Movement Disorders Multidisciplinary Deep Brain Stimulation Clinic. She is very proficient in programming the various platforms of DBS such as Abbot, Boston Scientific, and Medtronic. Dr. Hawong also engages in researching the role of deep brain stimulation in patients with levodopa induced dyskinesia in the setting of Parkinson’s Disease. She is currently involved in AAV-GAD gene therapy for advanced Parkinson’s Disease as well.

Dr. Hawong’s interest in Neurology became apparent at a young age when her belovedgrandmother, who raised her, developed Alzheimer’s Disease. She admired her grandmother who taught her about the value of helping others. Dr. Hawong also recants that “During the Korean War, my city was the only one that survived from the North Korean attack and my grandmother cooked for hundreds of people. “She always said that helping others was a noble thing.”. The memory of her grandmother’s gift of helping others shaped her path to enter the physician scientist program in medical school. Dr. Hawong was able to garner the clinical skills to treat patients and research the genetic therapy in Parkinson’s Disease using AAV-parkin.

As an osteopathic physician Dr. Hawong strongly believes in the whole body and mind approach to care. “I treat the patient rather disease process and try to learn about them as much as I can. I also try to understand their lifestyle, support systems, and adversities,” she says.

Dr. Hawong speaks Korean and English fluently. Her hobbies include ballet, yoga, and hiking.

JOGO:

JOGO Health provides digital therapeutics for neuromuscular conditions:

• Stroke Recovery (Dystonia and Spasticity)
• Parkinson’s Tremors
• Essential Tremors
• Cerebral Palsy
• Multiple Sclerosis (pain management, incontinence and neuro rehab)
• Facial Palsy

At this meeting, we will learn how JOGO uses biofeedback [a type of mind-body technique you use to control some of your body’s functions, such as your heart rate, breathing patterns and muscle responses] to create neuroplasticity [the ability of the brain to form new connections and pathways and change how its circuits are wired].

JOGO Health is backed by Mayo Clinic ventures.

Siva Nadarajah, Co-founder and President of JOGO Health, has over 23 years of clinical, safety, and postmarketing experience in the pharmaceutical industry. His previous venture, Semantelli, an AI-based drug safety detection and healthcare social media analytics platform was acquired by IQVIA, the world’s leading clinical research organization with over 58,000 employees and $11 billion in revenue, where he served as a General Manager for six years.  Siva has two US patents.

Inquiries are invited!
Registration is required no later than
5:00 p.m. on Wednesday, April 23rd!

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

The CT essential tremor support group is sponsored by