MUSIC * MOVEMENT * MEDICINE
Neuroscience and the Arts
In partnership with APDA
On Wednesday, September 11th, from 4:00 to 7:00pm we will be hosting a unique event, MUSIC MOVEMENT MEDICINE — Neuroscience and the Arts for both women with Parkinson’s disease and women who are Care Partners. The event will be held at the JCC Rockland in West Nyack, New York and aims to attract over 75 participants.
The evening will be filled with interactive sessions, given by four exceptional presenters; the Master of Ceremonies, Dr. Rebecca Gilbert, Chief Scientific Officer, APDA, Dr. Raminder Parihar, Director of Neuromodulation Assistant Professor, Saul R. Korey Department of Neurology Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Neurologic Associates of Montefiore Hospital, Cecilia Fontanesi, R-DMT, PhD and Dance Therapist, and Makaria Psiliteli, MT-BC, Creative Arts and Music Therapist.
Each speaker will provide valuable insights and exercises into managing Parkinson’s disease, through music and dance, to “sing and dance away PD.” Our goal is to create a supportive and enriching environment where women can experience, connect, and enjoy therapeutic activities and learn about the intersection between Neuroscience and the Arts. By breaking isolation, creating bonds and inspiring new habits to enhance well-being for both those living with the disease and those living amongst it, we will together, slow the disease progression. A light buffet will be served.
Registration and Photo ID at entrance required:
Rebecca Gilbert joined APDA in 2018, as Chief Scientific Officer. She is responsible for overseeing APDA’s research portfolio in conjunction with APDA’s Scientific Advisory Board, and also provides medical and clinical expertise to support APDA programming, print materials and web content.
Dr. Gilbert received her MD degree at Weill Medical College of Cornell University and PhD in Cell Biology and Genetics at the Weill Graduate School of Medical Sciences. She then completed her Neurology Residency training as well as Movement Disorders Fellowship training at Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center. She continues to maintain a limited schedule of patients one day a week through Bellevue Hospital Center.
Prior to joining APDA, she was an Associate Professor of Neurology at the Fresco Institute for Parkinson’s and Movement Disorders, NYU Langone Medical Center where she saw Movement disorders patients at both NYU and Bellevue Hospital Center, initiated and directed the NYU Movement Disorders Fellowship, participated in clinical trials and other research initiatives for Parkinson disease and lectured widely on Parkinson’s disease.
Raminder Parihar, MD, is Director, Neuromodulation at Montefiore Einstein and Assistant Professor, Neurology at our Albert Einstein College of Medicine. Dr. Parihar evaluates and treats patients with different movement disorders. She is also largely involved in evaluating patients for candidacy for deep brain stimulation (DBS) surgery for the treatment of different movement disorders and initiating and following up stimulation programming.
After obtaining her Bachelor of Science in biomedical sciences from the City College of New York in 2007, Dr. Parihar completed her Doctor of Medicine at Stony Brook University School of Medicine in 2009. She then came to Albert Einstein College of Medicine, where she completed an internship in medicine in 2010 and her residency in adult neurology in 2013, where she was Chief Resident in her final year. Dr. Parihar completed a fellowship in movement disorders at Harvard/Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in 2014.
Makaria received her diploma in music therapy at the Music Therapy Center in Thessaloniki Greece, and her master’s degree in music psychotherapy from New York University.
Makaria is also a certified Music and Imagery Therapist. She has completed her training in Supportive and Reeducative (Issue-Oriented) Music and Imagery at the Institute for Music and Consciousness with Lisa Summer and Sally Harrison McNight.
Makaria has been supervising graduate music therapy students from New York University and Molloy College as well as University of Macedonia in Greece for many years.
Makaria presents her work at conferences and seminars nationally and internationally. Some of her work also has been published in Greek and English.
Cecilia Fontanesi is a dancer, aerialist, contact improviser, movement analyst, dance/movement therapist and neuroscientist. She graduated from the Laban / Bartenieff Institute of Movement Studies (LIMS, New York) where she currently teaches as Core Faculty. In 2015, she co-founded the collective of dancers Parcon NYC, dedicated to exploring the relationship with the environment through movement and social reflection. Since 2016, she works as a dance/movement therapist with people with Parkinson’s, Alzheimer’s and dementias. In 2017, she started serving as Artistic Director Associate for the IDACO (Italian DAnce COnnection) festival in NYC. Cecilia completed a Ph.D. in Neuroscience on Dance for Parkinson’s at the Graduate Center (CUNY, New York).
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