Michael Okun

MBI members discuss how the service and science hub specialty care model is working at the Fixel Center.

Following Alan Alda’s announcement that he has Parkinson’s, Dr. Michael Okun explains in an article for The Conversation that it’s a livable disease, but there’s a critical shortage of doctors to treat it.

Michael Okun, M.D., neurology chair and medical director of the National Parkinson's Foundation, comments on actor Alan Alda revealing that he was diagnosed with Parkinson's disease three-and-a-half years ago in USA Today and the New York Daily News.

Michael Okun, M.D., UF neurology chair and medical director of the National Parkinson's Foundation, recently commented in a news story released by South Africa's health24 on the link between diabetes and Parkinson's disease.

Chair of neurology Michael S. Okun, M.D., has been named the recipient of the 2018 American Society for Experimental Neurotherapeutics Presidential Award.

Cindy LaRoe, M.D., had to give up her medical practice and her other passion — cycling — after an accident while racing left her with a traumatic brain injury.

Okun answers Reddit users' questions about Parkinson's disease and other movement disorders.

In the Conversation, Dr. Michael Okun discusses the importance of re-educating the public about Tourette syndrome.

Physicians play a critical role in dysphagia management, even though swallowing may not have been included in their medical training. This installment of the podcast Down the Hatch, hosted by UF speech pathologists Ianessa Humbert, Ph.D.,CCC-SLP, and Alicia Vose, M.A.,CCC-SLP, features a conversation with Dr. Michael Okun, chair of the UF Department of…

While Muhammad Ali knocked out a slew of boxing greats inside the ring, his toughest battle was that against Parkinson’s disease. Michael Okun, M.D., chair of the UF Department of Neurology in the McKnight Brain Institute, explains the disease and shares how he worked with Muhammad Ali during his battle. Watch the…