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for the highest level of clinical care, and for every day in between.

What's in this issue? Scroll down for these updates!

• IPMDC 2026 Health Care Professionals Conference

• About Hallucinations and Parkinson's

• IPMDC Professional Caregiver Certification Training

• A Conversation About Parkinson’s & Movement Disorders with Steve Gurney and Dr. Drew Falconer

IPMDC 2026 Health Care Professionals Conference - June 17

Wednesday, June 17, 2026, 8:30 am – 2:00 pm

Location:
Inova Conference Center – 2nd floor
8100 Innovation Park Drive, Fairfax, VA 22037

Topics Covered:

• Parkinson’s Today:  Emerging Treatments and the Critical Role of the Multidisciplinary Healthcare Team
  Speaker: Drew Falconer, MD, FAAN
  Medical Director, Inova Parkinson’s and Movement Disorders Center
  
  
• Seeing the Whole Person:  Advocacy, Safety and Everyday Excellence in Parkinson’s Care
  Speaker: Heather Suri, BSN RN CMC
  Care Manager & CEO, Pathways in Aging
  
  
• Beyond Movement: Brain Health, Cognition, and Whole Person Care in Parkinson’s Disease
  Speaker: Jennifer Pauldurai, MD
  Medical Director, Inova Brain Health and Memory Disorders Program

**CEUs will be available.**    

Cost to attend (includes lunch): $45.00

Details at ipmdc.org/2026hcpro

Last day to register: Monday, June 8.

Thank you to our conference sponsors!

About Hallucinations and Parkinson's

from ipmdc.org/hallucinations

Ryan Reynolds on His Father’s Parkinson’s Disease and the Symptoms No One Talks About

Actor Ryan Reynolds is breaking the silence about the common and hidden symptoms of Parkinson’s disease.

Click here to read this article in Brain and Health, a free online publication offered by the American Academy of Neurology.

More to Parkinson’s (mentioned in the Ryan Reynolds article)
Hallucinations and delusions can be difficult to talk about.

More to Parkinson’s offers patient- and caregiver-friendly education on non-motor symptoms, including Parkinson’s disease psychosis, with a focus on awareness and encouraging earlier conversation with care teams.

You can download this helpful self-assessment tool and take it to your next appointment with your doctor.

 IPMDC Professional Caregiver Certification Training
- next class

Save the Date!
Our next training will be on Saturday, October 31.

Advances Offer Hope and Better Quality of Life

In a recent live discussion Dr. Drew Falconer, Medical Director of the Inova Parkinson’s and Movement Disorders Center, shared encouraging updates on Parkinson’s disease and other movement disorders.

Joined by Steve Gurney, Dr. Falconer emphasized that while these conditions are serious, modern medicine provides numerous effective tools for management, allowing many people to live active, fulfilling lives. 

You can visit ipmdc.org/2026/05/18/expert-insights-on-parkinsons-tremors-and-movement-disorders/, to read a summary of the discussion and watch the recording.

As the largest Parkinson’s Center on the East Coast, IPMDC is committed to advancing the quality of care for individuals living with Parkinson’s disease across clinical and community-based settings.

Questions? Please contact:

Sonia Gow
Program and Community Care Manager
Inova Parkinson's and Movement Disorders Center
sonia.gow@inova.org    |      703.375.9987    |     ipmdc.org    

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Please visit ipmdc.org/donate to make a donation, and
we thank you for your generosity and support!

We especially appreciate our 
Annual Sponsors
for their encouragement and support! 

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For more information about our center, please check out inova.org/move

Advancing the quality of life of those living with Parkinson’s through education, wellness, and community.

This newsletter is intended for health care professionals in long term care in Northern Virginia. We're sending it to you because you've expressed an interest in what's new at IPMDC either through attending our events, or when we've met at networking events.

It's our way of connecting with you and keeping you up to date on how we can work together to provide a higher level of personalized care for people living with Parkinson's and other movement disorders.

Updates can also be found at ipmdc.org/hcpro