Dr. Aldolfo Ramirez-Zamora is currently an associate professor of neurology and program director and chief of the Movement Disorders Section at the Norman Fixel Institute for Neurological Diseases at the University of Florida. He completed his neurology residency at Loyola University Chicago, followed by a fellowship in movement disorders at the University of California, San Francisco. Prior to joining UF, Dr. Aldolfo practiced neurology at the Parkinson’s Disease and Movement Disorders Center at Albany Medical Center, where he served as an associate professor of neurology and the Philly E. Dake endowed chair in movement disorders. His clinical interests include developing new therapeutic modalities and novel neuromodulation techniques in the field of movement disorders. He serves on the leadership of the Parkinson’s Foundation’s Hispanic Parkinson’s Advisory Council, as well as the steering committee of the Parkinson’s Outcomes Project.
Dr. Christopher W. Hess is an assistant professor of neurology at the University of Florida College of Medicine and directs the Veterans Administration Parkinson’s Disease Consortium Center at the North Florida/South Georgia VA Medical Center. He received his medical degree from Albert Einstein College of Medicine in New York and completed his neurology residency at Columbia University Medical Center, where he served as chief resident. He completed a subspecialty fellowship in movement disorders at Columbia under Dr. Stanley Fahn, with additional training in movement disorders, neurophysiology, and intraoperative mapping for deep brain stimulation. He is board certified by the American Board of Neurology and Psychiatry. His current research interests include the study of wearable devices in movement disorders and the cortical oscillations associated with voluntary movements in dystonia. He is a member of the International Parkinson and Movement Disorders Society and the American Academy of Neurology.
Dr. Langkamp-Henken worked for six years as a hospital dietitian before she pursued a doctorate in gastrointestinal physiology and a postdoctoral fellowship in immunology from the University of Tennessee Health Science Center, USA. Currently, Dr. Langkamp-Henken is a Professor in the Food Science and Human Nutrition Department at the University of Florida, USA. Her main research interest is to develop novel approaches to examine the effect of dietary interventions on health outcomes. Ongoing interventional studies explore the impact of whole foods, fermentable fibers, and probiotics on gastrointestinal and immunological functions important for the maintenance of overall health.
