Puneet Opal, MD, PhD

Neurogeneticist

Dr. Opal is a clinical specialist in movement disorders. He oversees a large clinical practice of patients with ataxia. His particular interest is the hereditary forms of ataxia, such as the Spinocerebellar Ataxias (SCA).

Dr. Opal dedicates a large amount of time to both clinical and basic laboratory research, with the goal of understanding the genetic and molecular basis of ataxia. He has authored numerous articles and book chapters on ataxia. At Northwestern University’s Feinberg School of Medicine, Dr. Opal is Assistant Professor in the Department of Cell and Molecular Biology and the Department of Neurology.

Dr. Opal is Board certified in Neurology and is a member of the Society for Neuroscience and the American Academy of Neurology. He received his PhD in Neuroscience from Northwestern University Medical School, and his MD from the University of Poona in India.