MDS PODCAST: Defining Parkinson’s disease

Stay up to date on novel, clinically-relevant research findings in Parkinson's disease and other movement disorders.

Stay up to date on novel, clinically-relevant research findings in Parkinson’s disease and other movement disorders.


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MDS Podcast Junior Awardee: Mitochondrial and oligodendrocytic processes in MSA | Congress 2025

Dr. Eduardo de Pablo-Fernández interviews one of the 2025 Junior Awardees, Dr. Lydia Chougar about her work combining neuroimaging with transcriptomics and PET maps to elucidate the biological underpinnings...

MDS Podcast MDCP Research Article of the Year: Are hyposmia and REM sleep behavior disorder reliable indicators of Lewy body pathology?

There is an important role for cost-effective clinical biomarkers in the diagnosis of Parkinson’s disease. Dr. Eduardo de Pablo-Fernández and Dr. Cecilia Tremblay discuss how accurate hyposmia and REM...

MDS Podcast MDCP Review of the Year: Why should subacute sclerosing panencephalitis be on our radar?

This year’s MDCP Review Article of the Year covers the spectrum of movement disorders associated with subacute sclerosing panencephalitis (SSPE). Dr. Sarah Camargos interviews Dr. Charulata Sankhla on her...

MDS Podcast Presidential Lecture Awardee: A career observing the brain in action | Congress 2025

Dr. Jon Stoessl looks back on his distinguished career in neuroimaging, highlighting the discoveries that have advanced our understanding of Parkinson’s disease and related conditions. In this conversation, he...

MDS Podcast Presidential Lecture Awardee: Holistic conceptualization of patients with chronic illness | Congress 2025

Prof. Mark Edwards, the awardee for the 2025 Stanley Fahn Lecture Award, discusses his work and interest in the neurology-psychiatry continuum as it relates to the care of patients...

MDS Podcast Decoding epilepsy dyskinesia syndrome: Clinical clues and genotypic spectrum

In this episode, we dive into the world of epilepsy dyskinesia syndrome (EDS) with our guest, Dr. Darius Ebrahimi-Fakhari. Listen as he unpacks the findings from one of the...

MDS Podcast Hot Topic: Normal pressure hydrocephalus – Assessments for intervention, outcomes, and future directions

In the third and final episode of the normal pressure hydrocephalus (NPH) Hot Topic series, Dr. Sara Schaefer speaks with Dr. Joachim Krauss about the assessment of patients with...

MDS Podcast Hot Topic: Normal pressure hydrocephalus – Pathophysiology and controversies

In this second episode of the Hot Topic series on normal pressure hydrocephalus, Dr. Sara Schaefer discusses with Dr. Alfonso Fasano the pathophysiological theories behind NPH, co-pathology in this...

MDS Podcast Hot Topic: Normal pressure hydrocephalus – Clinical aspects and differential diagnosis

In this first episode of the Hot Topic series on normal pressure hydrocephalus, Dr. Sara Schaefer discusses with Dr. Mats Tullberg the symptoms of NPH, examination techniques and pearls,...