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Introducing Care4Dystonia and Beka Serdans, RN, MS, NP
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Beka Serdans, RN, MS, NP carries multiple hats - that of being a patient diagnosed with dystonia and that of being an active healthcare professional and strong patient advocate. She has developed the innate ability to see all sides of dystonia - creating Care4Dystonia, Inc. in 2000 as an avenue to help publicize dystonia to the media. Beka appeared on the first ever television story on dystonia NBCs Dateline in 1998 with Dr. Mitchell Brin, MD in a story covering the use of Botox for dystonia.
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Beka Serdans, RN, MS, NP carries multiple hats – that of being a patient diagnosed with dystonia and that of being an active healthcare professional and strong patient advocate. She has developed the innate ability to see all sides of dystonia – creating Care4Dystonia, Inc. in 2000 as an avenue to help publicize dystonia to the media. Beka appeared on the first ever television story on dystonia NBCs Dateline in 1998 with Dr. Mitchell Brin, MD in a story covering the use of Botox for dystonia.
Since then she has appeared in multiple media venues, more often writing about her own experiences and battles with the disease in the 2 popular books I’m Moving Two and I’m Moving On…Are U??. Both books have received wonderful reviews from several nonprofit groups including The Parkinson Disease Foundation based in NYC, acclaimed writers and journalists, NBC’s Robert Bazell and New York’s own Jimmy Breslin. Beka was a recipient of the NY Times 2008 Tribute to Nurses Award.
Her hobbies including writing, biking, gardening, reading, and most certainly traveling — “gallivanting across the Pond and elsewhere”. She works in multiple areas within Manhattan and resides in the “daily grind and highlife” of Manhattan in NYC. She completed her Masters’ degree studies as an Adult Nurse Practitioner in April 2006 . Her third book, a memoir, will be published in 2009, titled “Two Households, One Life.” She is a recipient of the 2008 Tribute to Nurses Awards New York Times. She is also moderator of the Wego Health Dystonia Ed Forum as well as a weekly blogger-moderator on all Nursing Medscape BBs.
