What You Will Learn:
- How to Prepare: Tips for tracking symptoms, logging medication responses (“on/off” times), and prioritizing your top questions before you step into the clinic.
- What to Expect: Insight into why we perform specific neurological exam maneuvers and what your neurologist is evaluating.
- How to Communicate effectively: Strategies for reporting subtle changes—from motor fluctuations to non-motor symptoms like sleep, mood, pain and cognition.
- Building a Shared Plan: How to work collaboratively with your care team to make informed treatment decisions that align with your lifestyle goals
Katherine Leaver is an Assistant Professor of Neurology at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. She is the Director of the Mount Sinai Union Square resident continuity clinic and is a core faculty member of the Neurology Residency at Mount Sinai West. Dr. Leaver completed her medical training at the University of Utah, followed by neurology residency at Stanford University. She received her fellowship training at Mount Sinai Beth Israel under the mentorship of Drs. Susan Bressman and Rachel Saunders-Pullman. She was selected as the Michael J. Fox Foundation’s Edmond J. Safra Fellow with an emphasis on training clinician-researchers. Dr. Leaver is currently involved in many research projects, including investigating Deep Brain Stimulation outcomes in patients with Parkinson’s Disease. She serves as the principal investigator for the Michael J. Fox Foundation’s Parkinsons Precision Medicine Initiative (PPMI). She is also involved with NIH-funded research focused on identifying diagnostic and progression markers and disease pathways for Parkinson’s disease, especially the LRRK2 and GBA genetic subtypes.
