Gian Pal, MD, MS

Dr. Pal is a board-certified neurologist and movement disorders specialist. He received his MD from Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, completed his residency in neurology at Georgetown University Medical Center, and received his MS in clinical research from Rush University Medical College where he also completed his fellowship training in movement disorders.  After 6 years at Rush focusing on deep brain stimulation, Dr. Pal joined the faculty at Rutgers.  Dr. Pal's research interests include deep brain stimulation, Parkinson's disease genetics, and studying the role of the gut microbiome in Parkinson's disease. He has served as principal investigator for multicenter studies funded by the Michael J. Fox Foundation and the Parkinson Study Group (PSG) and has conducted investigator initiated research regarding GBA mutations in Parkinson disease.  He has received multiple philanthropic awards for his research and most recently received funding from the NIH in the form of a K-award.

Clinical and Research interests:

• Deep brain stimulation
• Parkinson’s disease genetics
• Microbiome in Parkinson’s disease