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Conference Speakers

Darlene A. Lobel MD
DSF President

Dr. Darlene A. Lobel is a Neurosurgeon and Neuroscientist whose passion is to help you make quantum shifts in your health, business, and relationships by using innovative tools in brain science, so you can achieve your potential and fulfill your destiny. During her decade of active neurosurgical practice, she primarily focused on helping patients with essential tremor (ET), Parkinson’s Disease, and chronic pain to find relief from their symptoms through surgical and non-surgical methods. Dr. Lobel is considered an authority in these areas because of her high level of clinical expertise and vast research experience. She authored a book Stop Spilling Your Soup: The Complete Essential Tremor Solution, which provides detailed information describing over 50 treatments, from holistic to medical to surgical, to find relief from tremors due to ET. She has served on the Diann Shaddox Foundation for Essential Tremor Medical Advisory Board since July 2019 andl is now DSF President.

Diann Shaddox
DSF CEO & Founder

Diann Shaddox is a mother, wife, award winning author of seven books, and a Native American member of the Wyandotte Nation. Diann was diagnosed with Essential Tremor in her twenties. She is an activist for Essential Tremor. In 2014 she Founded the Diann Shaddox Foundation for Essential Tremor. Her novel A Faded Cottage a love story about an artist who develops Essential Tremor lead her on her journey to bring awareness to Essential Tremor.

Randy Miles
DSF Executive Director

Randy Miles is the Executive Director of Diann Shaddox Foundation for Essential Tremor, a nonprofit he helped establish in 2014. Randy is a team-oriented Executive with 42 years of Business Marketing and Operations. He has an extensive track record of successful leadership and excellence in business development, sales, consulting, and account management. A passionate leader working with resolve to enhance the lives of everyone who will inherit or develop Essential Tremor and bring new treatments and find a cure for ET.

Drew Christensen MD
DSF Chief Medical Officer

Dr. Drew Christensen has never been satisfied with the status quo. He's always challenging himself and those he serves to try new things, overcome obstacles, and push the limits of what they believe is possible. He believes everyone has God-given greatness within. It's no wonder he hasn't let his essential tremor dictate what is possible for him. Having been diagnosed with essential tremor at age 14, he knows intimately the challenges tremor brings to everyday life, a professional career, and social interactions. When his tremor threatened to derail his career plans more than once, he pivoted and found another path to practicing medicine his way. After more than 18 years as a Family Medicine doctor, he founded Living Health Functional Medicine in 2014, and began to help patients find healing by addressing root causes and making lifestyle changes.

Augusto Grinspan, M.D.
Chief Medical Officer Insightec

Augusto Grinspan, M.D. is a global healthcare leader committed to improving patients’ outcomes through talent development and fast implementation of innovative solutions. Augusto received his medical degree from National University of Cordoba, Argentina where he also pursued specialty training in Neurology. He sought additional Neurology and Epilepsy training at Louis Pasteur University, France. After several years of clinical practice, he joined the pharmaceutical industry where he worked in CNS space, mainly in Medical Affairs and Clinical Development.
Augusto joined Insightec as Chief Medical Officer in May 2023 where he leads the Medical Affairs Organization (focused on scientific communication, real world data generation and medical insights), Clinical Affairs Organization (focused on designing and conducting Insightec’s clinical development programs), and Medical & Research Interventions Affairs Organization (focused on providing support to treating and research facilities to ensure safe and effective MRgFUS treatment around the globe).

Cher Burnham Matteson
Director DSF Assistance Program

Cher has been a part of DSF ET Family since 2016 after looking for additional information on a condition that has affected her, her Grandmother, Mother, Father, Brother and now has passed on to her son. She also worked with her mother until her passing in 2016 on helping her deal with dominant ET and Parkinson's. Cher was officially diagnosed with Familial Tremor at 17, but looking back at her childhood she had many beginning symptoms of Essential Tremor. She has been involved with many different types of professions and endeavors, was a Music Education and Voice Major in college, retired after 25 years with AT&T in Sales, Project Management Support Service Management and ended her career as a Global Executive Escalation Manager.