
Joan Miravite
Associate Professor of Neurology at Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai; nurse practitioner and Deep Brain Stimulation expert specializing in Parkinson's disease and movement disorders
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Jun 17, 2026
184. Advancements in Parkinson's Care
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Joan MiraviteGUEST
My aunt told me about this new role, nurse practitioner, and this was back in like 1995.

Joan MiraviteGUEST
And so... she worked at major hospital system that they were bringing on nurse practitioners.

Joan MiraviteGUEST
And she said that they were, NPs were really respected and that these were nurses that were, that were masters prepared and they were, you know, writing orders and writing prescriptions and they were managing patient care.

Joan MiraviteGUEST
So I applied to school and I went into an accelerated BSN program and then kept on going to get my family nurse practitioner.
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12:55Sophia ThomasHOST
But over time, does the medication become less effective? Does the disease progress and then you have to look at other therapies or other treatments? That's correct.