February 3, 2005
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

CONTACT: Kathleen Krumme, The Davis Phinney Foundation
(513) 304-4854
kkrumme@davisphinneyfoundation.com

CONTACT: Cindy Starr, MSJ, Communications Department
(513) 584-2214
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Davis Phinney Foundation’s Sunflower Revolution for Parkinson’s Disease Research To Include Physician CME and Patient/Caregiver Expo

CINCINNATI, Ohio – A Continuing Medical Education (CME) program for physicians and a Parkinson’s Disease Expo for patients and caregivers will be held in conjunction with the Davis Phinney Foundation’s second annual Sunflower Revolution gala and bike ride the weekend of August 19-21, 2005. The CME & Expo, a project of the Mayfield Clinic and The Neuroscience Institute at the University of Cincinnati and University Hospital, will be held from 8:30 a.m. until 1 p.m. on Saturday, August 20, at the Hyatt Regency in downtown Cincinnati.

Physicians wanting reservation information for the CME can contact Christa Meyer at cmeyer@mayfieldclinic.com.

The three-day event also will include a dinner gala and auction on Friday, August 19, at the Hyatt Regency, and 25- and 62-mile bike rides on Sunday, August 21.

Cyclists and Parkinson’s advocates will have a chance to meet and ride with two of international cycling’s most popular legends: Tour de France stage winner Davis Phinney and his wife, Olympic gold medalist Connie Carpenter Phinney. The gala and ride will raise funds for Parkinson’s disease research at The Neuroscience Institute.

The Davis Phinney Foundation for Parkinson’s Disease Research and Wellness was launched in 2004 by the Phinneys and Cincinnati business leaders Kathleen Krumme and David Ariosa, Hyde Park residents and managers of Oakley Cycles. Phinney, whose 300 national and international victories make him America’s winningest cyclist, was diagnosed at age 40 with early-onset Parkinson’s disease.

The Davis Phinney Foundation is dedicated to supporting research aimed at understanding, preventing, and treating Parkinson’s disease. The Foundation is focusing its efforts on raising funds that will be distributed as grants to laboratory and clinical research programs that are investigating the causes of Parkinson’s disease and new, potentially curative therapies for Parkinson’s patients. Proceeds from the Sunflower Revolution are being earmarked for the Davis Phinney/Donald Krumme Fund, a research fund at the University of Cincinnati. The inaugural 2004 Sunflower event raised $100,000 for the Phinney/Krumme Fund.

Media partner for the 2005 Sunflower Revolution is Local 12 WKRC-TV.