Free Seminar Focuses on Treatment for Parkinson’s Disease and Essential Tremor - Kingwood

Published: Oct 20, 2014, 3:00pm

Memorial Hermann Northeast Hospital will host a free seminar on Saturday, Nov. 1 about the benefits and risks of deep brain stimulation (DBS) therapy for the treatment of Parkinson’s disease, tremor, and dystonia.

The seminar, “Refuse to Surrender,” featuring Neurosurgeon Albert Fenoy, M.D., starts at 10:30 a.m. in Classrooms A and B at Memorial Hermann Northeast, 18951 Memorial North. Attendees should enter the West Entrance on the McKay Blvd. side of the hospital.

The event is designed to help patients, families, and caregivers understand:
•       Why medications fluctuate in the treatment of Parkinson’s disease and strategies to minimize the fluctuation.
•       Advanced strategies available to increase a patient’s quality of life.
•       Risks and benefits of Medtronic DBS Therapy, a FDA-approved surgical treatment for the symptoms of advanced Parkinson’s disease and essential tremor.
•       How Medtronic DBS Therapy has helped patients achieve daily victories.

Fenoy, a board-certified neurosurgeon affiliated with Memorial Hermann Mischer Neuroscience Institute, specializes in cranial neurosurgery and deep brain stimulation for movement disorders such as Parkinson's disease and essential tremor. He has presented research at several national conferences that has subsequently been published in Clinical Neurosurgery, Journal of Neurosurgery, Brain Research, Pediatric Neurosurgery, Hearing Research, and Journal of Neurosurgery: Spine.

For more information or to register to attend, contact Todd Hewgley at 281-782-2937 or todd.hewgley@medtronic.com.
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About Memorial Hermann
An integrated health system, Memorial Hermann is known for world-class clinical expertise, patient-centered care, leading edge technology, and innovation. The system, with its exceptional medical staff and more than 20,000 employees, serves to advance health in Southeast Texas and the Greater Houston community. Memorial Hermann’s 12 hospitals include three hospitals in the Texas Medical Center, including the Texas Trauma Institute – a level I trauma center which houses the Life Flight® air ambulance – a hospital for children and a rehabilitation hospital, eight suburban hospitals, and a second rehabilitation hospital in Katy. The system also operates three Heart & Vascular Institutes, the Mischer Neuroscience Institute, three Ironman Sports Medicine Institute locations, cancer centers, imaging and surgery centers, sports medicine and rehabilitation centers, outpatient laboratories, a chemical dependency treatment center, a home health agency, a retirement community and a nursing home. As an Accountable Care Organization, the system also offers employers health solutions and health benefit plans through its wholly owned Memorial Hermann Health Insurance Company.

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