“The Many Faces of Parkinson’s”
Interview Series By Faith McGhee
“In July of 2022, we had the pleasure of meeting Faith McGhee at a KiMe Volunteer meeting. Faith said she was inspired to raise awareness for Parkinson’s disease because of her grandfather, who has had Parkinson’s Disease (PD) her entire life…” Read Steve Hodges’ Foreword here.
Foreword by Steve Hodges: Faith McGhee’s “The Many Faces of Parkinson’s” Interview Series
In July of 2022, we had the pleasure of meeting Faith McGhee at a KiMe Volunteer meeting. Faith's mother is one of our long time supporters. Leading up to our 10th Shakin' Not Stirred event, Faith began coming with her mom to our volunteer meetings. She...
Joe Siragusa, KiMe Volunteer
Joe Siragusa is a VP with Fidelity Investments and is a KiMe Volunteer as the President and Chief Operating Officer. He is a Certified Financial Planner and Chartered Financial Consultant. In January 2011, I had the pleasure of being introduced to Steve Hodges...
Veronique Enos Kaefer, Research Organization Employee
Veronique Enos Kaefer works as Vice President of Community Engagement at The Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research where she has worked since 2001. I work with the Parkinson’s community. I started at the Foundation's beginning, and we were so little,...
Melanie Parten, Caregiver
Melanie Parten is a professional caregiver to a long term Parkinson's Patient. She describes the side many don't see. I was new to Parkinson's when I began working with my patient. I really didn't know anything about it. When I started, I was happy to see that...
David Paydarfar, Neurologist
David Paydarfar is Professor and Chair of the Dept. of Neurology at Dell Medical School in Austin, TX, and is a fellow of the American Neurological Association. I've been a neurologist since 1993. I became interested in the brain in college and in medical...
Dr. Christopher Tolleson, MD, MPH
Christopher Tolleson, MD, MPH is a movement disorder specialist at the University of Tennessee Medical Center and the Medical Director of The Cole Clinic as well as the Huntington’s disease clinic. Since arriving, Dr. Tolleson is working to expand the Movement...
Lisa DeFreece, Patient
Lisa DeFreece was a teacher before becoming a Parkinson's patient and activist. My primary care doctor noticed a few things that I hadn't even noticed in 2004, but I wasn’t diagnosed until 2006. He noticed a twitch in my finger during our regular six month or...
Zach Guza, Community Supporter
Zach Guza’s father had Parkinson's disease and was not encouraged to exercise which has been proven to help defray mobility constraints caused by Parkinson’s. Discovering this changed Zach’s life. He now owns his own business, Rock Steady Boxing, the first...