RLS Unplugged

Karla Dzienkowski, Executive Director of the RLS Foundation, welcomes back Dr. J. Andrew Berkowski, a sleep specialist at ReLACS Health, a direct specialty care clinic specializing in telemedicine care of RLS and complex sleep disorders. This important discussion centers around the steps RLS patients should take to prepare for a hospital visit, as well as the intricacies of surgery in patients wit...

This unique episode of RLS Unplugged features the Q&A session from the RLS Foundation’s annual Virtual Summit. The speakers answer audience-submitted questions, moderated by Dr. Shalini Paruthi, sleep medicine physician at John Cochran VA Hospital in St. Louis, Missouri. This session includes presentations from: Dr. Christopher Earley at Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center Dr. Katie Cederberg...

Dr. J. Andrew Berkowski – who was also featured in Season 1 of RLS Unplugged – joins us once again to discuss specific research related to buprenorphine for RLS. Dr. Berkowski is a sleep specialist at ReLACS Health, a direct specialty care clinic specializing in telemedicine care of RLS and complex sleep disorders and currently serves patients in Michigan, Ohio, Florida and Arizona.  All content o...

Karla Dzienkowski, Executive Director of the RLS Foundation, is delighted to be joined by Dr. Mark Boulos, a sleep neurologist, associate professor and researcher in the division of neurology at the University of Toronto. In this episode, Dr. Boulos discusses important research, associations and clinical outcomes related to RLS and stroke.  All content offered in this podcast is for informational...

In the next episode of RLS Unplugged , Karla Dzienkowski, Executive Director of the RLS Foundation, welcomes Dr. Avinash Aggarwal, director of the RLS Quality Care Center at the University of Pittsburgh. Dr. Aggarwal provides an overview of the RLS Foundation’s Quality Care Center network, which are centers that have been rigorously reviewed and approved as centers offering expert RLS management. ...

In the first episode of season 2 of RLS Unplugged , Karla Dzienkowski, Executive Director of the RLS Foundation, provides you with tips and tricks on how to educate your healthcare provider, to help you have more effective conversations with your treating-physician. This podcast is made possible thanks to support from Azurity Pharmaceuticals. These episodes make information easily accessible – eve...

In this episode of RLS Unplugged , Karla Dzienkowski, Executive Director of the RLS Foundation, is joined by Dr. Andrew Berkowski, a board certified sleep specialist and neurologist. Dr. Berkowski is a member of the American Academy of Sleep Medicine (AASM), the International Restless Legs Syndrome Study Group, and most recently serves as vice chair of the AASM’s Clinical Practice Guidelines Task...

In this episode of RLS Unplugged , Karla Dzienkowski, Executive Director of the RLS Foundation, is joined by Dr. Mark Buchfuhrer, a certified RLS clinician at the RLS Quality Care Center at Stanford Sleep Medicine Center. In this episode, Dr. Buchfuhrer provides an overview of augmentation - a serious side effect of dopaminergic medications that can cause an increase in severity and intensity of R...

In this episode of RLS Unplugged , Karla Dzienkowski, Executive Director of the RLS Foundation, is joined by sleep expert and adjunct professor at Saint Louis University School of Medicine, Dr. Shalini Paruthi. Dr. Paruthi explores some of the lifestyle changes and non-prescription therapies that may alleviate RLS symptoms, such as sleep architecture, exercise, diet, massage devices, cryotherapy a...

In the next episode of RLS Unplugged , Karla Dzienkowski, Executive Director of the RLS Foundation, is joined once again by Dr. William Ondo, RLS Quality Care Center Director at Houston Methodist. In this follow-up to episode 1, Dr. Ondo discusses common pharmacological treatments for RLS management. He breaks down current treatment approaches, potential side effects (including augmentation) and w...

In the first episode of RLS Unplugged , Karla Dzienkowski, Executive Director of the RLS Foundation, welcomes Dr. William Ondo, RLS Quality Care Center Director at Houston Methodist to the podcast. In this episode, Dr. Ondo lays the foundation for understanding RLS, answering: -         What is RLS? -         How is it diagnosed? -         What conditions can mimic RLS? -         What do we know a...