Dr. Michael Okun

Join me and Dr. Michael Okun, New York Times bestselling author of The Parkinson's Plan and He is a leading national spokesperson for Parkinson's disease, and has been extensively quoted in The New York Times, Wall St. Journal, USA Today, CNN and other media.   He is the former Chair of Neurology at the University of Florida. He is the co-founder and Executive Director of the Norman Fixel Institute for Neurological Diseases at the University of Florida Health. The Institute is unique in that it is comprised of more than 150 interdisciplinary faculty members from diverse areas of campus, all of whom are dedicated to care, outreach, education and research. The Institute is well known for its science and service hub model of care and research as well as for its international think tanks.   Dr. Okun holds the Adelaide Lackner Professorship in Neurology and has published more than 600 peer-reviewed articles and trained over 80 MD fellows in Parkinson’s disease. His research is funded by the National Institutes of Health, he is a published poet (Lessons From the Bedside, 1995) and author of 15 books including most recently The Parkinson’s Plan (2025). His research is highly cited and has appeared in the New England Journal of Medicine, JAMA, Lancet and many other peer-reviewed venues. He has been invited to speak about Parkinson's disease and movement disorders all over the world and was honored at the White House in 2015 as a champion for change in Parkinson’s disease. His book Parkinson’s Treatment: 10 Secrets to a Happier Life has been translated into more than 20 languages.