Dizzy School™

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The Gap in Care

Chronic dizziness is a common complaint that can be very disabling, often resulting in multiple consults without clear treatment plans for which there is advancing understanding and treatment options available. Many patients can suffer for years, seeing multiple providers without a path for treatment.

About Us

The Dizzy School™ is brought to you by the Utah Chronic Dizziness Collaborative (UCDC), a group of therapists and doctors working collaboratively across multiple health care systems to support patients and mobilize healing pathways for chronic dizziness across the Wasatch Front/Salt Lake region. The UCDC was formed in 2021 by Janene Holmberg, PT, (Intermountain Health) and Judith Warner, MD, (Department of Neurology, University of Utah Health). Since then, the UCDC has been working to be a resource for both patients experiencing chronic dizziness and their physicians.

Our Vision

The vision of the UCDC is to advance the care and management of patients suffering with chronic dizziness through collaborative-care process development across multiple health systems, including Intermountain Heath, University of Utah Health, and others.

Our Missions

Improve and advance the care for patients with chronic dizziness—more formally known as persistent postural perceptual dizziness (3PD or PPPD)—and vestibular migraine
Provide more healthcare providers and behavioral health clinicians with a greater knowledge of the condition
Foster interdisciplinary networking of rehab, medical, and behavioral health professionals with the purpose to identify “best practice” care processes, strengthen rehabilitation therapy programs, and build clinician and patient care resources

Other Utah Chronic Dizziness Collaborative Resources

University of Utah Department of Neurology Grand Rounds

"Updates On Vestibular Migraine And Persistent Postural-Perceptual Dizziness" by Kristin K. Steenerson, MD
"Vertigo Differential, Chronic Dizziness, Migraine, and Dizzy School" by Meagan Seay, DO; Janene Holmberg, DPT;
Kathleen Digre, MD; and Judith Warner, MD
"Treating People with Migraine Has Global Positive Results" by Dawn C. Buse, PhD

Videos

"Persistent Postural-Perceptual Dizziness (PPPD)—Definition and New Horizons," presented by Joel A. Goebel, MD, FACS, FRCS, Professor and Director, Dizziness and Balance Center, Otolary—Head and Neck Surgery, Washington University in St. Louis

Readings / Articles

Eggers SDZ, Staab JP. Vestibular migraine and persistent postural perceptual dizziness. Handb Clin Neurol. 2024;199:389-411. doi: 10.1016/B978-0-12-823357-3.00028-8. PMID: 38307659.
Trinidade A, Cabreira V, Goebel JA, Staab JP, Kaski D, Stone J. Predictors of persistent postural-perceptual dizziness (PPPD) and similar forms of chronic dizziness precipitated by peripheral vestibular disorders: a systematic review. J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry. 2023 Nov;94(11):904-915. doi: 10.1136/jnnp-2022-330196. Epub 2023 Mar 20. PMID: 36941047.