The PWP Discover Series brings together leading physicians, health care professionals, researchers, and the Parkinson’s Disease care team of each hospital system to speak about their best practices and health concerns. These top-tier specialists will share their knowledge and expertise on best strategies for staying well and leading a healthier life. Each healthcare system will discuss themes of their choice.
LIVE and on ZOOM
A Round Table discussion will be held on how each health system works together with patients and families.
Harini Sarva, MD completed a combined undergraduate-medical school eight year program at CUNY Brooklyn College and SUNY Downstate Medical Center. She completed her undergraduate degree in economics with a magna cum laude from Brooklyn College, during which team she made the Dean’s List every semester and won an award in excellence in economics. After completing her MD, she was recruited to complete her neurology residency from SUNY Downstate, where she was also a Chief Resident during her final year of training. She won the SUNY Downstate Alumni Association Outstanding Resident in the Department of Neurology and the Department of Neurology Excellence in Teaching awards. She subsequently completed her fellowship in Movement Disorders under the mentorship of Dr. Susan Bressman and Dr. Rachel Saunders-Pullman at Mount Sinai Beth Israel. During her second year of fellowship she was awarded the Clinical Teaching Fellowship grant from the Dystonia Medical Research Foundation and a travel grant from the International Society of Parkinson’s disease and Movement Disorders to attend their annual conference in Stockholm. After completing all of her training she was an attending in neurology at Maimonides Medical Center in Brooklyn, NY, where she was co-director of medical student and resident rotations and developed a movement disorders elective for psychiatry residents. She also arranged a CME conference entitled “Movement Disorders Review.”
Dr. Sarva subspecializes in Parkinson’s disease, Essential Tremor, Dystonia, Tics, Chorea, Myoclonus, Ataxia, and Gait Disorders. She is experienced in botulinum toxin injection therapy for craniofacial and limb dystonia, hemifacial spasm, and spasticity. In addition she is trained to evaluate patients for deep brain stimulation and is an experienced programmer.
Dr. Sarva is board certified by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology. She is an author of numerous publications and has presented her work at national and international conferences.
Dr. Ooi is an Assistant Professor of Clinical Neurology and Assistant Attending Neurologist at New York Presbyterian and Weill Cornell Medicine, specializing in Parkinson’s Disease and other Movement Disorders.
Dr. Ooi earned her B.A. from Wellesley College with a concentration in biochemistry and art history, and her M.D. from SUNY Downstate Medical Center. She was recruited to stay for neurology residency at SUNY Downstate, where she served as Chief Resident during her final year of training and was awarded Resident Physician of the Year. She subsequently completed a two-year Movement Disorders fellowship at Mount Sinai Beth Israel, under the mentorship of Dr. Susan Bressman and Dr. Rachel Saunders-Pullman. After completing her training, she was recruited back to SUNY Downstate/Maimonides Medical Center where she served as Assistant Professor of Neurology and Attending Neurologist before joining New York Presbyterian and Weill Cornell Medicine.
Dr. Ooi offers compassionate and individualized care in Movement Disorders including Parkinson’s Disease, Parkinsonism, essential tremor, dystonia, ataxia, chorea, myoclonus, tics and Tourette’s syndrome, restless leg syndrome and gait disorders. She is experienced in botulinum toxin injection therapy for cranio-facial and limb dystonia, cervical dystonia, hemifacial spasm, blepharospasm, sialorrhea and limb spasticity. She is also trained to evaluate patients for deep brain stimulation (DBS) and has experience programming for Parkinson’s Disease, essential tremor and dystonia. She is board certified by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, and is a member of the American Academy of Neurology and Movement Disorders Society.
At Weill Cornell Parkinson’s Disease and Movement Disorders Institute, Dr. Ooi participates in clinical trials to find better ways to prevent, screen for, diagnose, and treat Parkinson’s disease and related disorders, with the hope of improving mobility and quality of life for her patients.
Originally from Ireland, Dara Coleman is a graduate of the William Esper Studio in New York City. He is an experienced actor with a demonstrated history of working in the performing arts industry, including the Theatre, Television and Film. After a car crash in 2012, through recovery he started researching meditation and various breathing methods. Exploring Transcendental Meditation, Pranayama, the Wim Hof Method and Stan Grof’s Holotropic Breathing Method, he began to understand the extraordinary power of the breath. At that time certified training was quite limited but eventually he found the Buteyko Method and was taught by Patrick McKeown of The Buteyko Clinic International, Galway, Ireland. With a keen interest also in Yogic practices, he added certification in Pranayama through Michaël Bijker of Yogalap (Yoga Alliance), Sagres, Portugal.
Through working with people from all walks of life, from musicians, to actors, to police, parents and business folk, all have helped to bring a heightened awareness that human beings often can have very different needs. With discipline and commitment, Coleman works with a holistic approach, paying attention to the 24 hour routine of Sleep, Diet and Exercise. He combines both the Buteyko Method and Pranayama and aims to adapt the breathing techniques and patterns that suit the need of each person he works with. From children to adults, couples and small groups, clients come mostly through referral.
He is interested in trying to help people with many conditions such as PTSD, ADHD, trauma, panic, mania and anxiety, stress and insomnia. Even with healthy individuals, many find they can take their lives to another level through learning and practicing conscious breathing.
Coleman’s sessions are weekly or daily and run either a half hour or an hour. He is available for teaching through FaceTime, Zoom and in person when possible.
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