For Parkinson’s Awareness month, please view a presentation by PFNCA Medical Advisory Board Member Dr. Howard Weiss titled “Unusual Behaviors Affecting Some Persons with Parkinson Disease”. This presentation reviews some of the unusual ways in which Parkinson disease sometimes alters behavior and thought processes. Symptoms such as apathy, bradycognition (slowness of thought), hallucinations, and non-motor fluctuations are relatively common but often misunderstood. Shedding insight into these conditions should help persons with Parkinson disease and their care-partners better understand and manage their situation. This presentation was recorded for the 2025 PFNCA Symposium.
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Dr. Weiss is an adjunct associate professor of Neurology at Johns Hopkins Medical School. In 2019, he was selected teacher of the year for the adjunct faculty of the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine. He earned his medical degree from Northwestern University, completed his internship at Rush-Presbyterian-St. Luke’s Medical Center and his residency at Massachusetts General Hospital. He spent two years in neurological research at the National Institutes of Health and National Cancer Institute. Dr. Weiss was mentioned as one of Baltimore’s Best neurologists for 25 consecutive years in the annual survey by Baltimore Magazine. He is a founding member and past chair of the PFNCA Medical Advisory Board.
