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Un Kang, MD, Neurology, New York, NY

Un Jung Kang MD

Neurology•New York, NY

Movement Disorder

Founders Professor of Neurology, Director of Translational Research, Fresco Institute for Parkinson's and Movement Disorders, Co-director, The Parekh Center for Interdisciplinary Neurology, NYU Langone Health

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Summary

  • Dr. Un Kang is a neurologist based in New York, NY, specializing in movement disorders such as Parkinson's disease (PD) and related disorders. He completed his medical education at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and neurology training at Columbia University. Dr. Kang serves as a Founders Professor of Neurology at NYU Grossman School of Medicine since 2019 and held professorships at the University of Chicago and Columbia University. His research interests include pathogenesis of PD utilizing experimental studies in animal models and human biomarkers. Dr. Kang has received numerous honors, including the Top Doctor award from Castle Connolly and distinguished lectureships.

Education & Training

  • Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons
    Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and SurgeonsMovement Disorders, Neurology, 1986 - 1987
  • New York Presbyterian Hospital (Columbia Campus)
    New York Presbyterian Hospital (Columbia Campus)Residency, Neurology, 1983 - 1986
  • Rush University Medical Center
    Rush University Medical CenterInternship, Internal Medicine, 1982 - 1983
  • Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
    Johns Hopkins University School of MedicineClass of 1982
  • University of Chicago
    University of ChicagoBA, Chemistry, With Honors, 1978

Certifications & Licensure

  • NY State Medical License
    NY State Medical License 1982 - 2028
  • IL State Medical License
    IL State Medical License 1992 - 2014
  • CA State Medical License
    CA State Medical License 1990 - 1992
  • Neurology
    American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology Neurology

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

  • Top Doctor Castle Connolly
  • CMS Meaningful Use Stage 2 Certification Allscripts TouchWorks EHR, Allscripts, 2015-2017
  • CMS Meaningful Use Stage 2 Certification Allscripts TouchWorks EHR (Complete), Allscripts, 2015-2017

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

Journal Articles

  • Axctosidase A activity in Parkinson�s disease  
    Alcalay RN, Wolf P, Levy OA, Kang UJ, Waters C, Fahn S, Ford B, Kuo SH, Vanegas N, Shah H, Liong C, Narayan S, Pauciulo MW, Nichols WC, Gan-Or Z, Rouleau GA, Chung WK..., Neurobiology of Disease; Neurobiol Dis, 1/1/2018
  • Enhanced histamine H2 excitation of striatal cholinergic interneurons in L-DOPA-induced dyskinesia  
    Lim A, Xia R, Ding Y, Won L, Ray WJ, Hitchcock SA, McGehee D, Neurobiol Dis, 1/1/2015
  • Impact of disclosure of individual imaging results in a multi-center Parkinson clinical trial  
    Jennings D, Eberly S, Oakes D, Seibyl J, Marek K, Shoulson I; Parkinson Study Group PRECEPT Investigators, J Parkinsons Dis, 1/1/2014

Books/Book Chapters

  • Merritt�s Neurology 
    Chapter: Chapter 80. Tardive dyskinesia 
    Kang UJ, Burke RE, Fahn SEditors: Louis ED, Mayer SA, Rowland LP.Wolters KluwerEdition 13th,2015
  • Merritt�s Neurology 
    Chapter: Chapter 83. Parkinson�s disease 
    Fahn S, Kang UJEditors: Louis ED, Mayer SA, Rowland LP.Wolters KluwerEdition 13th,2015
  • Parkinson�s Disease 
    Chapter: Chapter 53. Clinical Batteries and Biomarkers in the Diagnosis of Parkinson�s Disease 
    Henchcliff C, Kang UJEditors: Pfeiffer RF, Ebadi M, Wxzolek Z.CRC PressEdition 2nd,2013

Abstracts/Posters

  • Associative learning contributes to motor impairment after dopamine depletion and is associated with activation of striatopallidal spiny projection neurons
    Cheung T, Ding Y, Kang UJ, Gordon Conference on Basal Ganglia, 1/1/2018
  • Modulating SNr neuronal activity in PD and LID
    Hu Y, Ma T, Ding Y, Kang UJ, Gordon Conference on Basal Ganglia, 1/1/2018
  • A Prospective Clinical Cohort and Biorepository of Multiple System Atrophy (MSA)
    Kim J, Gupta D, Liong C, Ma T, Kang UJ, Kuo S-H, Alcalay R, Sklerov M, American Academy of Neurology Annual Meeting, Los Angeles, CA, 1/1/2018

Lectures

  • Aberrant motor learning in PD: learning to move slow? 
    1/30/2018
  • Beyond dopamine and DBS in PD therapy: cell-type specific modulation 
    Florence, Italy - 1/14/2018
  • Shaking it up 
    HNA Palisades Conference Center, Palisades, NY - 1/8/2018

Grant Support

  • Single Cell Transcriptomic Profiling of Multiple System Atrophy BrainNEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE2024–2028
  • Circuit Mechanisms of Bradykinesia in Mouse Models of Parkinson’s DiseaseNEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE2024–2026
  • Neural Substrates of the long-duration responseNEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE2024–2026
  • Pathological Striatopallidal Neural Ensemble in Learned Motor Impairment in PDNIH2019–2024
  • The striatal cholinergic interneurons in Parkinson’s disease and treatmentNIH2017–2021

Professional Memberships

External Links

  • NYULHhttps://nyulangone.org/doctors/1194876177/un-j-kang
  • NYUGSoMhttps://med.nyu.edu/research/kang-lab/

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