Our Team
José C. Cabassa, M.D.
Dr. Cabassa is a board-certified neurologist, Parkinson and Movement Disorders specialist, USA Boxing, Muay Thai and MMA ringside physician, founder of Moving Brains Foundation.
He graduated from Temple School of Medicine in Philadelphia, PA, trained as a neurologist in University of Maryland/Shock Trauma/Baltimore VA medical center, received additional training in PD in Beth Israel/Mt. Sinai Union Square, Manhattan, NY and was an assistant professor of neurology at SUNY Downstate Medical Center in Brooklyn, NY.
Dr. Cabassa has been treating people with PD for more than 20 years, and specializes in managing complex motor and non-motor complications. His clinical practice’s name, Moving Brains, reflects his focus on daytime mobility, function and well-being, to enhance and extend quality of life, decrease injuries and other health risks in our PD and aging community.
John Duddy
Coach John is a professional actor, athletic/boxing trainer, ex-professional boxer, former WBC Continental Americas and IBA Middleweight Champion.
Starting his amateur boxing career in his hometown, Derry, Northern Ireland, Coach John turned professional on September 2003 in New York. He retired in 2011 with a professional record of 29 wins (18 KO), 2 losses, most of his important fights occurring in Madison Square Garden.
Coach John joined Moving Brains Fight Club in December 2019, and makes the second half of our core trainers.
As an actor, he is known for A Bend in the River (2020), Emerald City (2016) and Hands of Stone (2016), with Robert De Niro. He has landed roles in short film, web series, music videos and Off-Broadway theater.
Reese Scott
Coach Reese is a registered amateur fighter, certified, licensed USA Boxing coach, on-set boxing consultant, motivational speaker, owner and founder of Women’s World of Boxing, East Harlem, NYC.
She began boxing in Mendez Boxing Gym in 2003, looking for a way to get in shape to “shed some of her 220 pounds”. By embracing the sport, she had a total body transformation and developed the inner-strength and confidence to leave her 19-year publishing career, and open the first women’s boxing gym in East Harlem, New York in February 2018.
In December 2019, Coach Reese opened her gym to us and helped us launch our pilot program, and since then, Moving Brains Fight Club has a home, and 1 of the 2 trainers that make the core of the program.
Coach Reese has been celebrated in major national and international advertising campaigns, and has been featured in magazines, podcasts, and print and television news.