Movement Disorders Fellow Journal Club

The Movement Disorder Fellows are responsible for organizing a monthly journal club for the movement disorders faculty, staff, residents, and other invitees. Recent articles are selected based on the impact to the field, ability to address interesting or unanswered questions, or to review recent updates to a particular area in movement disorders. Fellows are recommended to check the AAN curriculum for specific articles. Article PDFs should be sent out to the email group list at least 3 days prior to a scheduled journal club and reminders should be sent at least 1 week prior (and preferably on the morning of). The fellow is responsible for presenting a succinct summary of the background of a particular topic, in addition to the article of interest. The format should stimulate discussion and engage the audience. While introductory slides or figures may be included in the presentation, a PowerPoint presentation is not necessary nor recommended.

Journal Club Schedules

Monthly on the 1st Thursday at 9:00 a.m. --- starting in August 2025

Current - 2025

Date	Presenter	Article
01/24/2025	Kevin Littleton, PGY5	"Serotonin Toxicity Association with Concomitant Antidepressants and Rasagiline Treatment: Retrospective Study (STACCATO)"
02/07/2025	Eshita Shah, PGY5	"An Open-Label, Non-randomized, Drug-Repurposing Study to Explore the Clinical Effects of Angiotensin II Type 1 (AT1) Receptor Antagonists on Anxiety and Depression in Parkinson's Disease"
03/14/2025	Kevin Littleton, PGY5	"Does playing a musical instrument reduce the incidence of cognitive impairment and dementia? A systematic review and meta-analysis"
April	No Journal Club	N/A
05/02/2025 11:00 a.m. PT	Kevin Littleton, PGY5 Eshita Shah, PGY5	2-articles: "Sensing data and methodology from the Adaptive DBS Algorithm for Personalized Therapy in Parkinson’s Disease (ADAPTPD) clinical trial""Hospice Use Among Medicare Beneficiaries With Parkinson Disease and Dementia With Lewy Bodies"
06/05/2025 (Thurs) 9:00 a.m. PT	Eshita Shah, PGY5	"Long-Term Consumption of Ultraprocessed Foods and Prodromal Features of Parkinson Disease"
July	No Journal Club	N/A
08/07/2025	Sophia Raefsky, PGY5	TBA
09/04/2025	Eshita Shah, PGY6	TBA
10/02/2025	Sophia Raefsky, PGY5	TBA
11/06/2025	Eshita Shah, PGY6	TBA
12/04/2025	Sophia Raefsky, PGY5	TBA

Upcoming - 2026

Date	Presenter	Article
01/08/2026	Eshita Shah, PGY5	TBA
02/05/2026	Sophia Raefsky, PGY5	TBA
03/05/2026	Eshita Shah, PGY6	TBA
04/02/2026	Sophia Raefsky, PGY5	TBA
05/07/2026	Eshita Shah, PGY6	TBA
06/04/2026	Sophia Raefsky, PGY5	TBA
August		TBA
September		TBA
October		TBA
November		TBA
December		TBA

2024

Journal Club is scheduled virtually on the first Friday of each month at 11:00 a.m. unless otherwise noted. Dates and times are subject to change.

If you would like to participate, contact movementdisorders@health.ucsd.edu for Zoom details.

Date	Presenter	Article
1/12/2024	Amy Lin, PGY5 & Dean Liou, PGY5	"Focused Ultrasound Thalamotomy for Tremor in Parkinson's Disease: Outcomes in a Large, Prospective Cohort" & "Trial of Botulinum Toxin for Isolated or Essential Head Tremor"
2/2/2024	Amy Liou, PGY5	"Are patients with GBA-Parkinson disease good candidates for deep brain stimulation? A longitudinal multicentric study on a large Italian cohort"
3/1/2024	Dean Liou, PGY5	"Phenoconversion in pure autonomic failure: a multicentre prospective longitudinal cohort study"
4/5/2024	Amy Lin, PGY5	"Patients with Cognitive Impairment in Parkinson’s Disease Benefit from Deep Brain Stimulation: A Case-Control Study"
5/3/2024	Dean Liou, PGY5	"Trial of Lixisenatide in Early Parkinson’s Disease"
6/7/2024	Amy Lin, PGY5	"Skin Biopsy Detection of Phosphorylated α-Synuclein in Patients With Synucleinopathies"
10/4/2024	Eshita Shaw, PGY5	"Long-Term Follow-Up of the LEAP Study: Early Versus Delayed Levodopa in Early Parkinson's Disease"
11/1/2024	Kevin Littleton, PGY5	"Treatment of restless legs syndrome and periodic limb movement disorder: an American Academy of Sleep Medicine clinical practice guideline"
12/6/2024	Eshita Shaw, PGY5	"Thick Liquids and Clinical Outcomes in Hospitalized Patients with Alzheimer Disease and Related Dementias and Dysphagia"

2023

Date	Presenter	Article
1/18/2023	Bobby Hess, PGY5	"Safety and efficacy of subcutaneous night-time only apomorphine infusion to treat insomnia in patients with Parkinson's disease (APOMORPHEE): a multicentre, randomised, controlled, double-blind crossover study"
2/15/2023	Mick Reedy, PGY5	"Patients with Cognitive Impairment in Parkinson's Disease Benefit from Deep Brain Stimulation"
3/15/2023	Bobby Hess, PGY5	"Trial of Deferiprone in Parkinson's Disease"
4/19/2023	Mick Reedy, PGY5	"Trial of Globus Pallidus Focused Ultrasound Ablation in Parkinson’s Disease"
5/24/2023	Bobby Hess, PGY5	"Proposal for a Biologic Staging System of Parkinson’s Disease"
9/1/2023	Dean Liou, PGY5	“IPX203 vs Immediate-Release Carbidopa-Levodopa for the Treatment of Motor Fluctuations in Parkinson Disease”
10/6/2023	Amy Lin, PGY5	"DOPA decarboxylase is an emerging biomarker for Parkinsonian disorders including preclinical Lewy body disease"
11/3/2023	Dean Liou, PGY5	"Parkinson’s Disease Tremor Differentially Responds to Levodopa and Subthalamic Stimulation"

2022

Date	Presenter	Article
1/20/2022	Kristy Hwang, PGY5	Detection of α-synuclein in CSF by RT-QuIC in patients with isolated rapid-eye-movement sleep behavior disorder: a longitudinal observational study
2/16/2022	Justin Nowell, PGY5	Probiotics for Constipation in Parkinson Disease
3/23/2022	Kristy Hwang, PGY5	The Power of Musification: Sensor-Based Music Feedback Improves Arm Swing in Parkinson’s Disease
4/20/2022	Justin Nowell, PGY5	A Randomized, Placebo-Controlled Crossover Study with Dipyridamole for Restless Legs Syndrome
5/18/2022	Kristy Hwang, PGY5	The Movement Disorder Society Criteria for the Diagnosis of Multiple System Atrophy
7/20/2022	Bobby Hess, PGY5	Prospective Home-use Study on Non-invasive Neuromodulation Therapy for Essential Tremor
8/17/2022	Mick Reedy, PGY5	Mediterranean Dietary Pattern at Middle Age and Risk of Parkinson’s Disease - A Swedish Cohort Study
9/28/2022	Bobby Hess, PGY5	Trial of Prasinezumab in Early-Stage Parkinson’s Disease (PASADENA trial)
10/19/2022	Mick Reedy, PGY5	Epigenetic Clock Acceleration Is Linked to Age at Onset of Parkinson’s Disease
11/16/2022	Bobby Hess, PGY5	Safety and Efficacy of Mevidalen in Lewy Body Dementia: A Phase 2, Randomized, Placebo-Controlled Trial (PRESENCE trial)
12/14/2022	Mick Reedy, PGY5	Association of Concurrent Olfactory Dysfunction and Probable Rapid Eye Movement Sleep Behavior Disorder with Early Parkinson's Disease Progression