Helen Cassel This is Me

Education

 Web References

1. 1. Movement Disorders Center - Technology and Techniques - Neurological Institute - East Texas Medical Center Regional Healthcare System

   www.neuro.etmc.org/movement_di - [Cached]

   Published on: 4/21/2003   Last Visited: 1/17/2004

   Helen Cassel, RN, is the nurse practitioner at the ETMC Movement Disorder Center. She works closely with patients to make their care as seamless as possible. She programs deep brain stimulation transmitters once they are implanted and also monitors patients with neurological conditions, particularly those with Parkinson's. She has worked with Dr. George Plotkin since 2000.
   
   She has an extensive healthcare background both in the United Kingdom and in the United States. She earned her nurse practitioner diploma at the University of Wales, Swansea, Wales, UK, and obtained her health visitor certificate from Chiswick Polytechnic, London, UK. Additional professional qualifications include state registered nurse, Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital, Devon, UK and state registered midwife, Aberdeen Maternity Hospital, Scotland, UK.
   
   As a nurse practitioner she previously set up and ran an asthma clinic for 2,650 children under age 16 and subsequently advised on asthma care for adults within the same practice. She has also run a clinic in a residential home for the elderly and initiated and chaired a bereavement discussion group.
   
   She has numerous presentations, lectures and papers to her credit, many related to Parkinson's and movement disorders.

2. 2. ETMC Movement Disorders Center -- treating Parkinson's Disease, essential tremor and more with deep brain stimulation and other techniques -- East Texas Medical Center Regional Healthcare System

   www.etmc.com/page.php?pageID=2 - [Cached]

   Published on: 6/2/2002   Last Visited: 11/2/2006

   Helen Cassel, RN, NP-C, is the nurse practitioner at the ETMC Movement Disorder Center. She programs deep brain stimulation transmitters once they are implanted and also monitors patients with neurological conditions, particularly those with Parkinson's. She has worked with Dr. George Plotkin since 2000.
   
   She has an extensive healthcare background both in the United Kingdom and in the United States. She earned her nurse practitioner diploma at the University of Wales, Swansea, Wales, UK, and obtained her Health Visitor certificate from Chiswick Polytechnic, London, UK. Additional professional qualifications include State Registered Nurse, Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital, Devon, UK, and State Registered Midwife, Aberdeen Maternity Hospital, Scotland, UK.
   
   As a nurse practitioner she previously set up and ran an asthma clinic for 250 children under age 16 and subsequently advised on asthma care for adults within the same practice. She has also run a clinic in a residential home for the elderly and initiated and chaired a bereavement discussion group.
   
   She has presentations, lectures and papers to her credit, many related to Parkinson's and movement disorders.

3. 3. www.tylerneuro.com

   www.tylerneuro.com/news_parkin - [Cached]

   Published on: 9/7/2007   Last Visited: 9/7/2007

   "He was miserable before," said Helen Cassel, R.N. "(He was) crawling along the floor ... but look at him now."