Loading....
Allan Hugh Cole Jr., PhD is Professor and Senior Associate Dean for Academic Affairs in the Steve Hicks School of Social Work at the University of Texas at Austin. He is also, by courtesy, Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences in the Dell Medical School at UT. Cole serves on the Board of Directors at Power for Parkinson's, moderates PD Wise, serves as a community advocate for ParkinsonsDisease.net, and is a guest contributor for the Michael J. Fox Foundation's Team Fox Blog. He is the author or editor of ten books, and he has written and published many chapters, articles, and reviews in volumes and journals related to social work, counseling, spirituality, and the psychology of religion. He serves on the editorial board for the Journal of Spirituality and Religion in Social Work: Social Thought. Dr. Cole was diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease 2017.
Karen Jaffe, MD is an OB/GYN physician, retired from private practice. In 2007 at the age of 48, Dr. Jaffe was diagnosed with Parkinson's disease. She has become an advocate for clinical research, an active Team Fox fundraiser and a source of consult for those with the disease. In 2011 she formed Shaking With Laughter, a charitable organization that raises money for Parkinson's research through events that have an element of humor. Now in its fifth year, she and her husband Marc have raised over $800,000 for Parkinson's research. Dr. Jaffe is a co-founder of InMotion, a community center for Parkinson's patients and other movement disorders where the stigma of PD is left at the door, and all services are free to patients and their care partners. Dr. Jaffe and her husband, Marc, have three daughters: Alena, Jana and Sarah.
Dan Stultz, MD
practiced internal medicine in San Angelo, Texas for 28 years. He retired in 2014 as President and CEO of Texas Hospital Association. Dr. Stultz received the American Hospital Association’s Honorary Life Membership Award in recognition of his contributions to hospitals and health care in America in 2016. He was featured in the 2020 documentary film “Empowered By Parkinson’s”. In 2007, Dr. Stultz was diagnosed with Parkinson’s and five years later, underwent deep brain stimulation. Dr. Stultz enjoys welding projects, knife making and spending time with wife of 47 years, three children and eight grandchildren.
Parkinson Foundation Western Pennsylvania
575 Lincoln Avenue #101 l Bellevue, PA 15202
info@pfwpa.org l (412) 837-2961
Parkinson Foundation Western Pennsylvania
575 Lincoln Avenue #101 l Bellevue, PA 15202
info@pfwpa.org l (412) 837-2961
Parkinson Foundation Western Pennsylvania
575 Lincoln Avenue #101 l Bellevue, PA 15202
info@pfwpa.org l (412) 837-2961
We are excited you will be joining us for our symposium! A registration confirmation email is on its way to your inbox now with the Zoom link - click on the link on April 24th a few minutes before 11:00 AM (to make sure you have time to address any potential tech issues) to watch the presentations and to participate in the live Q&A!
Parkinson Foundation Western Pennsylvania
575 Lincoln Avenue #101 l Bellevue, PA 15202
info@pfwpa.org l (412) 837-2961