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

HUMBLE, TEXAS (October 15, 2014)

Memorial Hermann Northeast Hospital hosts 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 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.