Dr. Baker practices in Sumter, SC and Camden, SC, and currently is with Colonial Neurology, part of Colonial Family Practice/Healthcare Neurologist, as well as the Medical Director/Supervising Physician with Colonial Aesthetics, and the South Carolina Medical Director/Supervising Physician with Palmetto Diagnostics. He graduated cum laude with honors from the South Carolina Honors College at the University of South Carolina with a BS Biology and then went on to earn his MD at the University of South Carolina Medical School. He completed his internship and residency at Duke University Medical Center. He holds significant medical licensures and board certifications in several neurological subspecialties, and serves on several committees. Topic - “Ongentys: Optimizing Your Parkinson’s Disease Treatment” Ongentys is a COMT inhibitor. COMT inhibitors can help when levodopa is not working for long enough and starts to wear off between doses. They can help to reduce your 'off' time, when you have more trouble with your Parkinson's symptoms, and increase the amount of 'on' time, when your symptoms are more controlled. Quick Facts: Catechol-O-methyl transferase (COMT) is a body enzyme. When a person takes levodopa, COMT can deactivate levodopa before it enters the brain and central nervous system; COMT inhibitors prevent this […]