PD Prevention Think Tank
2025 PD Prevention Think Tank

The 2025 PD Prevention Think Tank meeting took place in Gainesville, FL on November 20-21, 2025.

Select recordings will be available for some sessions following the event.

Thursday, November 20 , 2025


5 – 6:30 p.m. Introductions and Opening Remarks

6:30 – 9 p.m. Dinner with Guest Speaker Ray Dorsey, M.D.


Ray Dorsey

6:30 – 9 p.m.

Ray Dorsey, M.D.

Special pre-recorded talk for the DBS Think Tank

Friday, November 21, 2025


7 a.m. – 8 a.m. Breakfast & Networking


8 AM – 9 AM

Where are we with prevention in PD?

Brittany Krzyzanowski, Ph.d.

Barrow Neurological Institute

Brittany Krzyzanowski, PhD

Caroline Tanner, M.D., Ph.D.

University of California San Francisco

caroline tanner

9 – 10 a.m. Discussion

10 – 10:30 a.m. Break


10:30 – 11:30 a.m.

What can PD learn from other diseases?

J. Michael Gaziano, MD

Mass General Brigham

mike gaziano

Rhoda Au, Ph.D.

Boston University

Rhoda AU

11:30 – 12:30 p.m. Discussion

12:30 – 1 p.m. Lunch Break


1 – 3 p.m.

Next Steps

Co- Facilitated by:

Michael Okun, M.D

Norman Fixel Institute for Neurological Diseases

michael okun

Sneha Mantri, M.D., M.S.

Parkinson’s Foundation

sneha-mantri
PD Prevention Think tank
2025 PD Prevention Think Tank Group Photo