Professor Emeritus of Neurology Indiana University School of Medicine
Robert M. Pascuzzi, MD, Professor Emeritus of Neurology, Indiana University School of Medicine was born in Council Bluffs, Iowa, and raised in South Bend, Indiana. He attended the public school systems including John Adams High School in South Bend, and received his undergraduate degree from Indiana University in Bloomington, an M.D. degree in 1979 from Indiana University School of Medicine, and Neurology residency and fellowship training at University of Virginia. In 1985 he joined the faculty at Indiana University School of Medicine and served as Chair of the Department of Neurology from 2004 to 2020. Dr. Pascuzzi directs the Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis program at IU Health and the ALSA Multidisciplinary Clinic. Professional emphasis relates to general adult clinical neurology and neurological education. His research focuses on therapeutic trials in neuromuscular diseases including ALS, myasthenia gravis, and Lambert Eaton Syndrome. He has served as Director of the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology (Chairman of the Board in 2009), past member of the Neurology Residency Review committee of the ACGME, past Editor-in-Chief of Seminars in Neurology, and past Chair of the Medical/Scientific Advisory Board of the Myasthenia Gravis Foundation of America.
