Darlene A. Lobel MD
DSF President
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.
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Diann Shaddox
DSF CEO & Founder
DSF CEO & Founder
Randy Miles
DSF Executive Director
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.
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Drew Christensen MD
DSF Chief Medical Officer
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.
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Cher Burnham Matteson
Director DSF Assistance Program
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.
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Jason Durham
DSF Marketing Manager
Jason Durham, a lifelong resident of Louisiana, shares five adult children with his wife, Kristine. His 25-year journey with essential tremors, managed with Deep Brain Stimulation, drives his advocacy and community support efforts.
Jason studied graphic design and marketing at Louisiana State University and the Art Institute of Houston. Formerly a studio and touring musician, he works in Industrial Motive Power Sales and consults for GoRescue in Birmingham, Alabama. For 20 years, Jason has focused on disability rights, parental rights, and child bereavement. He has served on the Boards of several organizations, including the Advocacy Center in New Orleans and the Developmental Disability Council of Louisiana. Jason developed support groups like The Deep Brain Stimulation Online Group and Helping Parents Heal Regional Support Chapters, which were vital in passing "Bailey's Law" (Act 507) in Louisiana. He is passionate about raising awareness of essential tremors affecting over 10 million people daily and empowering individuals in their healthcare and disability rights. Jason serves on the Patient Council for the Diann Shaddox Foundation for Essential Tremors, contributing to its mission of improving lives through support and research. |