Indu Subramanian, MD – Living with Neurodegenerative Disease: Fostering Social Connection in a Time of Physical Distancing
Parkinson’s Disease is a complex neurodegenerative disease with motor and a host of non-motor issues including mood, cognition, sleep, and autonomic issues. There are a number of novel approaches to manage this disease including diet, exercise, mind-body approaches, and social and behavioral interventions. There is an increasing number of PD patients that are seeking integrative approaches and so it is important for providers of all backgrounds to be familiar with the disease and the multi-disciplinary approach.
Dr. Indu Subramanian received her medical degree in 1996 from the University of Toronto, Canada. She did her neurology residency and Movement Disorders fellowship training at UCLA. Dr. Subramanian has stayed on at UCLA and is now a Clinical Professor of Neurology. She established the movement disorder clinic at the West Los Angeles Veterans Administration and has assumed the position of the Director of the South West PADRECC (Parkinson Disease Research, Education and Clinical Care) Center of Excellence in Parkinson’s Disease. She has developed a strong interest in integrative medicine with a special interest in Yoga and Mindfulness. She underwent a 200-hour yoga teacher training and studied mindfulness at the VA with J.G.Serpa and Christian Wolfe through Insight LA. She is designing a yoga teacher training program for yoga instructors who are interested in working with PD patients. Dr. Subramanian recently got board certified in Integrative medicine. She is also passionate about palliative care in Parkinson’s Disease.
She is the host of a virtual support group with world experts in PD and co-edits a blog for PD patients.
