Olson, Linda K.: - Linda K. Olson, MD, FACR, is an author and motivational speaker with a Get Out and Go message. A Professor Emeritus of radiology at University of California, San Diego, she is committed to empowering Parkinson's patients and families to live life as fully as possible in spite of their disabilities. She has been a triple amputee since 1979 and was diagnosed with Parkinson's disease in 2015. This is her first book. Learn more at www.lindakolson.com. Olson and her husband, David Hodgens, MD, raised two children and now live in San Diego with their black lab, Sally.