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Patient Support Groups at PNI

January 1, 2018 – December 31, 2020

Ongoing support groups are available to patients and their families. Sessions are usually held at Providence Saint John's Health Center and facilitated by experienced and compassionate health care professionals and guest speakers.

For more information, please see our Patient Support Group selection.

Brain Tumor Support Group

May 11, 2017 – December 31, 2020

Ongoing: Free Brain Tumor Support Group Meetings

3rd Wednesday of each month: 1 – 2 pm

Providence Saint John’s Health Center
2121 Santa Monica Blvd. Santa Monica, CA 90404
Team Conference Room, First Floor

Please call Lind Roberts for details at 310-829-8524

Stroke Patient Support Group

May 11, 2017 – December 31, 2020

Ongoing: Stroke Patient Support Group Meetings
Free meetings: First Friday of each month: 2 – 3 pm

Providence Saint John’s Health Center
2121 Santa Monica Blvd., Santa Monica, CA 90404
4th Floor Conference Room (CSS)
Free valet parking
For more information, please call 310-582-7383 or email us at stroke.center@providence.org.

LIFE IN MOTION: Parkinson's Disease Support Group

June 20, 2017 – December 31, 2020

Ongoing: Free Parkinson's Disease Support Group Meetings

3rd Tuesday of each month: 6 – 7:30 pm

Providence Saint John’s Health Center
2121 Santa Monica Blvd. Santa Monica, CA 90404
Flora Thornton Conference, First Floor

Please contact Giselle Tamula for details at 310-582-7433 or giselle.tamula@providence.org

Alzheimer’s and Related Dementia Caregiver Support Group

December 1-31, 2022

Ongoing: Free Alzheimer’s and Related Dementia Caregiver Support Group meetings

1st & 3rd Thursday of each month | 4:00 – 5:40 pm

PACIFIC BRAIN HEALTH CENTER
1301, 20th St, # 145
Santa Monica, CA 90404
310-582-7641

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PNI Building Receives Santa Monica Conservancy Award 2018

Saint John’s Health Center, Pacific Neuroscience Institute: Originally known as the Santa Monica Doctor’s Building, this Streamline Moderne commercial office building was originally constructed in 1952 as doctors’ offices.

Alzheimer's disease reversal in preclinical models

Dr. Daniel Franc comments on a research paper about Alzheimer's disease. While the study done in mice showed complete reversal of disease symptoms, there is still a way to go in replicating these kinds of results in humans. But Dr. Franc is hopeful.

PNI Magazine Hits The Newsstands!

October 2018 - PNI's Fall issue of Brain Matters magazine is now available. Read about the leading-edge medical care and clinical trials happening at Pacific Neuroscience Institute.

To find out more and to support programs at PNI, contact us at 310-829-8424.

Drs. Saria and Kesari Publish Metastatic Squamous Cell Carcinoma Case Study

Oct 6, 2017: In a rare case study published in CNS Oncology, skin cancer spreading to the brain was treated with a drug combination that was found to benefit the patient.

Dr. Melanie Goldfarb on Survivorship Care Gap for Young Adult Survivors of Thyroid Cancer

Sept 10, 2017: Although thyroid cancer is among the five most common carcinomas diagnosed in adolescents and young adults, Dr. Goldfarb's research shows a disconnect in their follow-up care. Read more about what can be done.

Santosh Kesari MD PhD, and Colleagues Publish New Glioblastoma Papers

Dr. Santosh Kesari publishes a GBM review about further understanding of the pathology of glioma: implications for the clinic

July 2017 - Glioma classification and grading has been historically based in morphologic appearance of tumor cells: astrocytomas, oligodendrogliomas, oligoastrocytomas and ependymomas. Recent molecular advances have transformed the field of neuro-oncology, as some molecular markers harbor diagnostic, prognostic and therapeutic implications.

Monthly Brain & Pituitary Tumor CME Conference

June 6-6, 2020

Monthly Brain & Pituitary Tumor CME Conferences take place on the 4th Wednesday of each month 7:30-9AM.