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Hi Roger: Thank you for your response. I agree with what you've heard about UofM. I am in Battle Creek, so I am in SW Michigan. I would certainly appreciate any assistance you could give us. Looking forward to hearing from you soon. Sincerely, Richard Jenkins ----- Original Message ----- From: "roger wallace" <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Thursday, August 02, 2001 12:07 PM Subject: Re: Specialists in Michigan > >Hello everyone: > > > >As I mentioned earlier, I have an uncle with PD, and I would like some > >advice about specialists in the Michigan/Midwest area. He currently goes to > >the UofM Medical Center, and they recently told him to come back in a year. > >Is this normal?? > > > >Thanks for your replies, > >Richard Jenkins > > > >---------------------------------------------------------------------- > >To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] > >In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn > > Richard; Since a Dr. Penny left UofM some years go I've heard little good > about their response to Parkinson's. Suggest you contact Michigan > Parkinson Foundation (1-800-852-9781, or 1-248-433-1011) the president of > which is Dr. Peter LeWitt. They have a listing of most of the top > Specialists in Michgan by location. Peter LeWitt, along with his colleagues > are outstanding specialists in the SE Michigan area. They are primarily > Parkinson specialists who are in the forefront of research. In Western > Michigan there are Parkinson specialists in Grand Rapids and Holland--(call > Dianne Ecklund, West Michigan Parkinson Group, (1-616-954-8077 for > referrals). Or, if you happen to be in Southwest Michigan let me know and > I can steer you to the Neurologist here who is, in my opinion, the best and > most knowledgeable Parkinson specialist in this area. Also there are some > good people and programs at Rush Presbyterian/St Luke's in Chicago--they > usually require a referral from your neurologist. > Hope this helps. > Roger Wallace > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] > In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn