Alex Pantelyat, MD
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Alexander Pantelyat, MD, FAAN, is an associate professor of neurology at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. He is the founder and director of the Johns Hopkins Atypical Parkinsonism Center, and the co-founder and director of the Johns Hopkins Center for Music and Medicine. Dr. Pantelyat’s research is focused on the diagnosis and treatment of atypical Parkinsonian disorders, such as dementia with Lewy bodies, progressive supranuclear palsy, corticobasal syndrome and multiple system atrophy; cognitive aspects of movement disorders; and music-based rehabilitation of neurodegenerative diseases. Dr. Pantelyat completed his residency training in neurology at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, and a fellowship in movement disorders at the University of Pennsylvania VA Medical Center. He is a 2013 American Academy of Neurology Palatucci Advocacy Leader and grant recipient, a 2014-15 American Academy of Neurology Emerging Leader and a 2014 Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine Osler Attending Program inductee. Dr. Pantelyat recently participated in the 2025-26 Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine’s Medicine Mid-Career Leadership Program.