Un Jung Kang, MD

I’ve always been fascinated by how our brains allow us to think, move, and experience the world, and how these seemingly universal abilities can be significantly impacted by brain disorders. My interests led me to receive training in both clinical skills and basic experimental sciences of movement disorders.

As a physician–scientist at NYU Langone, I provide care for people who have Parkinson’s disease and related movement disorders, including tremor, tics, dystonia, and Huntington’s disease, using the best available treatments.

I’m the director of translational research at the Fresco Institute for Parkinson’s and Movement Disorders at NYU Langone, where I strive to learn more about how disease affects patients in their daily lives on an individual level. I apply my knowledge and clinical bedside experience to my research to further discover the underlying mechanisms of disease. These insights help me understand what patients experience, so I can provide them with the best possible approach to care.

Before joining NYU Langone, I created and led a multidisciplinary team of basic researchers and clinical experts at the University of Chicago for two decades. More recently, I was the chief of the division of movement disorders in the Department of Neurology at Columbia University.