What Neurology Misses in Treating Women With Parkinson's

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Kathrin LaFaver, MD: Welcome to Medscape Neurology. I'm Dr Kathrin LaFaver, a neurologist and movement disorder specialist in Saratoga Springs, New York.

I have the pleasure today of speaking with Dr Indu Subramanian, who is the director of the Southwest Parkinson's Disease Research, Education, and Clinical Centers at the VA in sunny Los Angeles, California. We're here to talk about her exciting paper recently published in Movement Disorders, "Unmet Needs of Women Living with Parkinson's Disease: Gaps and Controversies," for which Dr Subramanian served as the first author.

Thank you for this important work. Can you first share why you pursued this topic?

Indu Subramanian, MD: The timeframe of this pandemic has really made us rethink who's not being served, and what's happening with mistrust in healthcare and the vaccine campaigns. I've really been thinking about things a little outside the box of regular practice. Since a lot of us have been remote and had time to learn from each other, we've been connecting — as you and I have as well — with a number of colleagues and thought leaders worldwide.

I ended up running a virtual support group with over a hundred interviews of thought leaders, including patient voices.