Saturday, April 2, we had a great turnout for the PD Awareness Day meeting at the Clarion Hotel in Portland. We were very fortunate to introduce Dr. Sarah Dodwell, who will be joining the Maine Medical Partners Neurology group this fall. She spoke on the psychiatric & cognitive complications of Parkinson’s disease and introduced “the friendly elephant in the room.” Dr. Bill Stamey discussed alpha-synuclein, the little molecule that goes bad in PD, and trials that target it for diagnosis and treatment (see article in this edition for summary). Dr. Michael Kleinman covered the complex issues of PD medications. All three held a panel with neurosurgeon Dr. Anand Rughani and questions from the crowd were diverse and interesting.