Ray Dorsey, MD, MBA

Medical Advisor, PD Avengers

Dr. Ray Dorsey is a neurologist, researcher, and public health advocate working to end Parkinson’s disease by addressing its root causes: toxic environmental exposures. He is the founding Director of the Center for the Brain & Environment at Atria Health and Research Institute and serves as Professor of Neurology at the University of Rochester. Dr. Dorsey has testified before Congress, advised the World Health Organization, and was recognized by the White House as a “Champion for Change.” He is the co-author of Ending Parkinson’s Disease (2020) and the New York Times bestseller, The Parkinson’s Plan: A New Path to Prevention and Treatment (2025).

One of the world’s most widely read, cited, and followed neurologists, Dr. Dorsey has spent his career exposing the environmental drivers of neurological disease - and advancing a vision for a future where conditions like Parkinson’s are rare, not inevitable. The White House recognized him as a “Champion for Change” for his groundbreaking work on Parkinson’s disease.

"The science is clear: Parkinson’s is not inevitable - it’s preventable.

- Dr. Ray Dorsey

He has testified before Congress, advised the World Health Organization, and leads pioneering research at the intersection of environment and neurodegeneration. His work highlights the growing evidence behind the Parkinson's pandemic, linking the disease to chemicals commonly found in our environment from dry cleaning facilities to golf courses.

Dr. Dorsey is also the founding director of the Center for the Brain & Environment at Atria Health and Research Institute, where he is working to uncover and eliminate the environmental contributors to Parkinson's, ALS, Alzheimer's, autism, cancer and other chronic diseases. He serves as a Professor of Neurology at the University of Rochester.