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The Dateline piece that aired last night was truly a masterpiece on several counts. Dateline took this piece very seriously , wanting to portray it truthfully without the sensationalism of a MIRACLE. They worked on this piece for over year waiting patiently so that an accurate picture could be portrayed of this fine lady's outcome. Of course, all of you who know me know that I am very blatantly prejudiced towards Emory. I believe Neurologist/Neurophsyiologist Jerrold Vitek, M.D., PhD and Neurosurgeon Roy Bakay, M.D. to be masters at this technique as well as other .surgical procedures for PD. I trusted them with my life 5 y ears ago with my hugely successful Pallidotomy and I have worked by their sides for almost 5 years learning from them as well as teaching them things about a person with parkinson that can't be found in a textbook. The Emory approach is a team approach with the patient being the most important member of that team. I ha ve also the priviledge of meeting the incredible lady of which the . story was about. Although I did noot work on this particular case, I had the good fortune to meet with her twice - once after each of her procedures. I can vouch for the validity of the outcome of both procedures. I can also tell you that she is a beautiful , witty, incredible lady with the true fighting Parkinson spirit that we all strive for. To NBC, Jerry Vitek, Roy Bakay and the rest of their team(Claus, Shirley, Jim, VeeJay and the rest that I am unintentionally leaving out) and our Parkinson Queen for the day.........BRAVO, BRAVO, BRAVO Terrie Whitling 44/16