Sierra M. Farris PA-C MPAS,
Neurostimulation Program Coordinator, Evergreen Neuroscience Institute
BOOK:
Every Victory Counts, co-author with Dr. Monique Giroux;
published by Davis Phinney Foundation, 2010
Practical information written for patients and families living with Parkinson's disease.
BOOK CHAPTERS:
Basic STN DBS Programming, Pending Release September 2009
Life with a Battery-Operated Brain; Contributor Neurophysiology Chapter
Author Jackie Hunt Christensen, 2009
PEER REVIEWED JOURNALS:
Farris S, Giroux ML. Lead Wire Fracture associated with Normal Therapy Impedance
Measurements in a Patient with a Kinetra Neurostimulator. Neuromodulation, Early View
November, 19 2009
Sierra M. Farris, MPAS, PA-C; F.J. Gianola, PA, DFAAPA. Ethical issues surrounding deep
brain stimulation in Parkinson’s disease, PA Quandaries-JAAPA, March 2009
Farris S, DeMarco J, Ford P, Giroux ML: Deep Brain Stimulation and the Ethics of Protection
and Caring for the Patient with Parkinson’s Dementia, Online Ahead of Print August 29, 2008
Movement Disorders
Farris S, Vitek JV, Giroux ML: Deep Brain Stimulation Hardware Complications: The Role of
Electrode Impedance and Current Measures, Online Ahead of Print February 8, 2008
Movement Disorders
Farris SM, Giroux ML: A Case Report: Gait Changes after Deep Brain Stimulation for Parkinson’
s disease in a patient with Cervical Myelopathy, NeuroRehabilitation. 2008;23(3):263-5.
Giroux ML, Farris S: Treating Parkinson's disease: The impact of different care models on
quality of life. Topics in Geriatric Rehabilitation. Vol 24, Number 1 Jan-Mar 2008
N. D. Schiff, J.T. Giacino, K. Kalmar, M. Gerber, B. Fritz, B. Eisenberg, J. O’Connor, E.J.
Kobylarz, K. Baker, S. Farris, A. Machado, J. D.Victor, C. McCagg , F. Plum, J. J. Fins, A.R..
Rezai. Behavioral improvements with thalamic stimulation after severe traumatic brain injury.
Nature Vol 448/2, August 2007
ABSTRACTS:
Farris S, Giroux ML. Change in self-reported positive review of systems after bilateral
subthalamic deep brain stimulation; Abstract 344 Volume 23, Suppl 1, 2008 Movement
Disorders
Giroux ML, Farris S, Zylstra A, Kehl E. Change in exertional O2 saturation with deep brain
stimulation in PD; Abstract 370 Volume 23, Suppl 1, 2008Movement Disorders
Rueda-Acevedo, Mauricio, Sierra Farris, Patrick Senatus, Monique Giroux
Controlling Dyskinesia in Parkinson’s Disease Patients with STN/DBS: A New Programming
Strategy, Abstract; American Academy of Neurology Annual Meeting 2007
Lee JYK, Machado A, Deogaonkur M, Kubu C, Farris S, Giroux M, Vitek J, Rezai A: Thalamic
Deep Brain Stimulation for Tourette’s Syndrome. Platform Presentation International Society of
Reconstructive Neurosurgery, Seoul, South Korea, Sept 1-3, 2005.
Farris, S, Giroux, ML, Vitek, JV. Rivastigmine in Dementia Associated with Idiopathic Parkinson’
s disease; Volume 19, Issue S9 (2004) Supplement: 8th International Congress of Parkinson's
disease and Movement Disorders
Daniel, S, Giroux, ML. Rivastigmine improves cognition in a patient with dementia associated
with Idiopathic Parkinson’s disease; CSAC AAPA Poster Abstract Anaheim CA 2001
Deep Brain Stimulation Programmer
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