This talk was part of the PD Warrior's Insight Conference, linked below, where myself and Dr. Alfonso Fasano cover our new book, Reprogramming The Brain.
Here is a breakdown of topics covered in this video
0:30 - How would you explain DBS to someone from a hundred years ago?
2:02 - Ben's journey to becoming an advocate
3:40 - Which part of the surgery would Alfonso find the most frightful if he had to go through it?
5:45 - Individual vs. Populations, how do clinicians match therapies designed for populations to individuals in need?
8:25 - Access to Care, how much are new technologies going to exacerbate the problems inherent in getting new therapies to patients?
11:25 - Diagnosis, the future too many patients are doomed to live.
12:25 - What is DBS?
14:30 - How effective can DBS be?
18:12 - What does DBS feel like? What happens during the surgery? Why are there so many differences in how the surgery is done from one center to the next?
22:00 - What other options do patients have?
26:45 - What does recovery look like?
28:38 - What are the side-effects?
pdwarrior.com/insight/
A link to our book: www.amazon.com/Reprogramming-Brain-Future-Neuromodulation-Patient/dp/3031503988/?_encoding=UTF8&pd_rd_w=xmpXm&content-id=amzn1.sym.3c3990c3-513c-4686-8d92-a42b4095cecb%3Aamzn1.symc.8b620bc3-61d8-46b3-abd9-110539785634&pf_rd_p=3c3990c3-513c-4686-8d92-a42b4095cecb&pf_rd_r=2NVTDXZFC461MXNPPW9V&pd_rd_wg=AbhGI&pd_rd_r=c88bf389-34ff-4a3b-bb9f-81bc24cb69be&ref_=pd_hp_d_btf_ci_mcx_mr_hp_d