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Un Kang, MD, Neurology, New York, NY

UnJungKangMD

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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  • Office

    222 East 41st Street
    13th Floor
    New York, NY 10017

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
  • University of North Carolina at Greensboro
    University of North Carolina at GreensboroNo Degree, Chemistry, 1976
  • Seoul National University
    Seoul National UniversityNo Degree, 1975

Certifications & Licensure

  • NY State Medical License
    NY State Medical License 1982 - 2026
  • IL State Medical License
    IL State Medical License 1992 - 2014
  • CA State Medical License
    CA State Medical License 1990 - 1992
  • American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology Neurology

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

  • Top Doctor Castle Connolly
  • Distinguished Lectureship Award New England Bioscience Society, 2017
  • State University of New York Downstate, Brooklyn, NY, Larry Benardo Memorial Lecture 2014
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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
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Books/Book Chapters

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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
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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
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Grant Support

  • Pathological Striatopallidal Neural Ensemble in Learned Motor Impairment in PDNIH2019–2024
  • The striatal cholinergic interneurons in Parkinson’s disease and treatmentNIH2017–2021
  • Regulation of l-dopa induced dyskinesia by the substantia nigra pars reticulataNIH2018–2020
  • Striatal Cholinergic Neurons And L-DOPA Induced DyskinesiaNational Institute Of Neurological Disorders And Stroke2009–2012
  • Neuroprotective Mechanism Of DJ-1 In Parkinson'S DiseaseNational Institute Of Neurological Disorders And Stroke2007–2011
  • The Neuroprotective Effect Of TetrahydrobiopterinNational Institute Of Neurological Disorders And Stroke2003–2007
  • Dopamine Regulation In Parkinsonian RAT By Gene TherapyNational Institute Of Neurological Disorders And Stroke2002–2006
  • Catecholamine Regulation In Genetically Modified GraftsNational Institute Of Neurological Disorders And Stroke1998–2001
  • Catecholamine Regulation In Genetically Modified GraftsNational Institute Of Neurological Disorders And Stroke1993–1997
  • Neurotransmitter Expression In Aging BrainNational Institute On Aging1992
  • Neurotransmitter Gene Expression In Aging BrainNational Institute On Aging1991–1992
  • Neurotransmitter Gene Expression In Aging BrainNational Institute On Aging1990
  • Neurotransmitter Gene Expression In Aging BrainNational Institute On Aging1988–1989

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