[MUSIC PLAYING] MATTHEW BARRETT, MD: Parkinson's disease is very complex. It's thought of primarily as a movement disorder where patients have slowing down, stiffness, sometimes tremor, and even development of problems with gait and balance. It's a pretty complex treatment and can become more so over the course of the disease. And we're getting better tools all the time on how to manage those symptoms. JEFFREY ELIAS, MD: Here at the University of Virginia, we have real expertise in stereotactic and functional neurosurgery. And what that means really is delivering treatments precisely into the brain. They're usually deep into the brain. Brain stimulation or lesioning for Parkinson's disease, or epilepsy, or tremors. Usually we can treat areas of the brain that are abnormal and restore them towards normalcy. MATTHEW BARRETT, MD: The value of seeing a movement disorder neurologist at UVA is that we are specifically trained in how to treat Parkinson's disease patients or other patients with movement disorders. We also work closely with a team of neuropsychologists, because cognitive issues can become important in Parkinson's disease. We also work with the neurosurgery team and specifically a neurosurgery clinic dedicated to the surgical treatment of Parkinson's patients. JEFFREY ELIAS, MD: So I think when we bring an entire team approach to the problem, we're really able to look at it more broadly and bring a better treatment program to the patient. We really care about them, and we'll do whatever we can do to try to help them. We can't necessarily cure everything, but we're here to try to help in the best way that we can. [MUSIC PLAYING]