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Parkinson's experts to speak at symposium

August 4, 2004

A nationally known expert on Parkinson's disease will speak at a symposium from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday at The Marten House and Lilly Conference Center, 1801 W. 86th St.

Dr. Abraham Lieberman, medical director of the National Parkinson's Foundation, headquartered in Miami, will be the keynote speaker at the symposium.

Local experts participating in the forum include Dr. Joanne Wojcieszek, a neurologist and movement disorder specialist at Indiana University School of Medicine; Dr. Eric Siemers, a neurologist and a Eli Lilly and Co. researcher; Dr. Xabier Beristain, a neurologist and movement disorder specialist at St. Vincent Hospital; and Tatiana Foroud, an Indiana University researcher.

The Parkinson's symposium is sponsored by the Parkinson's Awareness Association of Central Indiana and co-hosted by Young Parkinson's of Indiana, a young-onset Parkinson's support group.

Lieberman is the author of five books on Parkinson's disease and is a fellow of the American Academy of Neurology, American Neurological Association, and Movement Disorder Society.

A $10 donation per person is requested, and advance registration is recommended. Call (317) 255-1993 to register.

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