Community Involvement and Recognition

Parkinson Pipeline Project, Founder and Director (2002)

Consultant Cisco Learning Institute (2004), disease management systems and e-learning applications

Director, Quality Access and Delivery of Parkinson’s Care program  for the Parkinson's Disease Foundation (1998)

Co-Author: Parkinson's Disease Clinical Trials: Square Pegs in Round Holes?

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•  A retired FDA chemistry reviewer

•  Diagnosed with Parkinson's Disease in in 2005

•  Co-Author: Parkinson's Disease Clinical Trials: Square Pegs in Round Holes?

•  Licensed Clinical Social Worker registered in New York State

•  Author of Cecily the Cell: A Fable About Parkinson's Disease in 2003

•  Presenter at the Parkinson's and Complementary Medicine, Help Outside the Box Conference in 2007

•  2005 Louis Fishman Advocacy Award as New York State Coordinator for the Parkinson’s Action Network (PAN)

•  Co-author (with Barbara Blake-Krebs) of When Parkinson’s Strikes Early, a 2001 book about young onset PD

•  New York State Grassroots Co-coordinator, Parkinson’s Action Network (PAN)

•  Active with New Yorkers for the Advancement of Medical Research (NYAMR)

•  Co-editor of the Grassroots Connection web site

•  Co-Author: Parkinson's Disease Clinical Trials: Square Pegs in Round Holes?

•  President of the Chicago Oracle User Group 1988 - 2006

•  Secretary of the Midwest Oracle User Group since 1999

•  IOUG Board of Directors as Executive V.P. and Director of Web Operations

•  2005 HTML DB Developer of the Year, by Oracle Magazine

•  2002 Chris Wooldridge Award for outstanding contribution and dedication to the advancement of the Independent Oracle User
Group (IOUG)

•  Retired in 2007 from a career at the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) where he specialized in evaluating the health risks of
    environmental pollutants.

•  Diagnosed with Parkinson's Disease in December 2003

•  Co-Author: Parkinson's Disease Clinical Trials: Square Pegs in Round Holes?

•  Web Administrator for Parkinson Pipeline Project

•  2004-2005 Organized and lead the Central Twin Tiers Parkinson's Support Group, New York State

•  2003-2005 New York State Congressional Coordinator, Parkinson's Action Network (PAN)

•  2006-Present Pennsylvania State Congressional Coordinator, Parkinson's Action Network (PAN)

•  Co-Author: Parkinson's Disease Clinical Trials: Square Pegs in Round Holes?

•  2009 Murray Charters Award For Outstanding Service to the Parkinson’s Community, a PAN service award

•  Speaker's bureau for American Parkinson's Disease Association (APDA), Parkinson's Disease Foundation (PDF), and
    Parkinson Action Network

•  Member of the WPC Creativity Subcommittee for the 2006 World Parkinson Congress

•  Co-Author: Parkinson's Disease Clinical Trials: Square Pegs in Round Holes?