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J. William Langston, M.D. 
Movement Disorder Specialist
Dr. J. William Langston is the founder, CEO, and Scientific Director of the Parkinson's Institute in Sunnyvale, California. He is a graduate of the University of Missouri School of Medicine and was formerly a faculty member at Stanford University and Chairman of Neurology at Santa Clara Valley Medical Center in San Jose, California. Dr. Langston gained national and international recognition in 1982 for the discovery of the link between a 'synthetic heroin' and parkinsonism. This substance, known as MPTP, is selectively toxic to the same nerve cells in the brain which die in Parkinson's disease. The discovery of the biologic effects of this compound led to a renaissance of the basic and clinical research in Parkinson's disease.
Movement Disorder Specialist
Dr. J. William Langston is the founder, CEO, and Scientific Director of the Parkinson's Institute in Sunnyvale, California. He is a graduate of the University of Missouri School of Medicine and was formerly a faculty member at Stanford University and Chairman of Neurology at Santa Clara Valley Medical Center in San Jose, California. Dr. Langston gained national and international recognition in 1982 for the discovery of the link between a 'synthetic heroin' and parkinsonism. This substance, known as MPTP, is selectively toxic to the same nerve cells in the brain which die in Parkinson's disease. The discovery of the biologic effects of this compound led to a renaissance of the basic and clinical research in Parkinson's disease.