Sunday, March 23, 11:00-3:00 pm
This year’s theme, “Your Winning Team: Medicine and Complementary Therapies for Living Well with Parkinson’s,” will guide a year-long series of impactful events and workshops. Each program is carefully designed to inform, inspire, and build connections between patients, care partners, and the healthcare community.
“Mindful Neurology, Cognitive Behavior Therapy, Techniques for Improved Sleep and Other PD Symptoms”
An Interactive Workshop and Lecture to understand and experience the benefits of both Meditation and Cognitive Behavior Therapy to to reduce and control PD symptoms. The speakers joining us are Dr. Evelyn Ooi, Division of Movement Disorders, Department of Neurology, Weill Cornell Medicine; Natalie Hellmers, PhD, RN, ACNP-BC, Nurse Practitioner at Weill Cornell Medicine Parkinson's Disease & Movement Disorder Institute; Dr. Sarah Mulukutla, Founder of Mindful Neurology,
Natalie Hellmers, PhD, RN, ACNP-BC, graduated from New York University with her Masters in Science and a PhD in Nursing research. She currently is a Nurse Practitioner at Weill Cornell Medicine Parkinson’s Disease & Movement Disorder Institute. She provides expert clinical evaluations and treatment for movement disorders. She offers consultation as a part of the supportive care clinic LIFT program. Her practice is open to new patients. Please call referrals in to (212) 746-2584.Natalie Hellmers has been a staff member of New York-Presbyterian Weill Cornell hospital since 2003. She maintained a full time position on general medicine service followed by working for several years as a certified senior staff RN in critical care before transitioning to outpatient neurology.
