Susan Perlman

Dr. Susan Perlman is a Professor in the Department of Neurology at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA. She is also Director of Ataxia and Neurogenetics Program and Post-polio Program at that school. She has long been the primary investigator for Friedreich's ataxia trials and sits on the Medical Advisory Board of the National Ataxia Foundation.

Dr. Perlman received her B.S. in Biochemistry in 1971 from Cornell University and her MD in 1975 from S.U.N.Y. Stony Brook. She did her Residency in Neurology at UCLA 1976-1979 followed by a two year Muscular Dystrophy Association Fellowship in Neurology also at UCLA.

On May 30th, 2008, Dr. Perlman was presented with the Sherman M. Mellinkoff Faculty Award at the Hippocratic Oath ceremony of the graduating class of 2008. The award is considered the highest faculty distinction at the David Geffen School of Medicine

External links

* [http://www.ataxia.org/ National Ataxia Foundation]
* [http://sandiego_polio.tripod.com/thanks.htm Thank You Dr. Perlman]
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7FkyxYBN57Y Award Ceremony 2008]