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Thomas Perls, MD, MPHAssociate Professor of Medicine and Geriatrics Phone: 617.638.6688 Fax: 617.638.6671 Email: thperls@bu.edu Location: Robinson 2400, Boston Medical Center Website: www.bumc.bu.edu/centenarian BackgroundDr. Thomas Perls completed his undergraduate degree in Biology at Pitzer College in Claremont, California. He graduated from the University of Rochester School of Medicine in 1986, followed by internship in internal medicine at Harbor UCLA Medical Centerin Torrance, California. He was a Geriatrics Registrar (fellow) at Mount Royal Hospital in Melbourne, Australia . After completing a 3 year Geriatrics Fellowship at Harvard Medical School, he joined the staff at New England Deaconess Hospital and later Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center as Assistant Professor at Harvard Medical School. He joined Boston University School of Medicine’s Geriatrics Section in 2001 as an Associate Professor. Dr. Perls is board certified in Internal Medicine with special qualifications in Geriatrics and he is a Fellow of the American College of Physicians. Research InterestsDr. Perls is the founder and director of the New England Centenarian Study, the largest study of centenarians in the world. A significant portion of the study is devoted to understanding why centenarians delay or escape Alzheimer’s disease and other brain disorders. ADC roleDr. Perls collaborates with the BU ADC in studies of centenarians as a model of disease free aging and resistance to AD. Recent PublicationsPerls, T. Antiaging quackery: Human growth hormone and tricks of the trade, more dangerous than ever . J Gerontol Biol Sci. 2004;59A:682-691. Perls, T. Exceptional Longevity: Winning the environmental-genetic lottery. Exp Med 2004;22(4):842-848. Mor V, Perls TT. Measuring functional decline in population aging in a changing world and an evolving biology [Commentary on Robine and Michel's "Looking forward to a general theory on population aging"]. J Gerontol Med Sci. 2004;59A:609-611. [PubMed] Terry DF, Wilcox MA, McCormick MA, Perls TT. Cardiovascular disease delay in centenarian offspring. J Gerontol Med Sci. 2004;59:M385-389. []PubMed] Terry D, McCormick M, Andersen S, Pennington J, Schoenhofen E, Palaima E, Mambula S, Bausero M, Gor D, Perls T, Asea A. Cardiovascular Disease Delay in Centenarian Offspring: Role of Heat Shock Proteins. Annals of the New York Acad Sci. 2004;1019:502-5. PubMed Andersen S, Terry DF, Babineau T, Malek K, Perls T. Cancer in the oldest old. Mech Ageing Dev. 2005;126(2):263-7. [PubMed] Terry DF, Wilcox M, McCormick M, Pennington J, Schoenhofen E, Andersen S, Perls T. Reduced all-cause, cardiovascular and cancer mortality in centenarian offspring. J Amer Geriatr Soc. 2004. [PubMed] Olshansky SJ, Hayflick L, Perls TT. Introduction: Anti-Aging Medicine: The Hype and the Reality—Part I. J Gerontol Series A: Bio Sci Med Sci 2004;59:B513-B514. [PubMed] Olshansky SJ, Hayflick L, Perls TT. Introduction: Anti-Aging Medicine: The Hype and the Reality—Part II. J Gerontol Series A: Bio Sci Med Sci 2004;59(7):B649-51. Perls T. Centenarians who avoid dementia. Trends in Neurosciences 2004;27(10) 633-636. [PubMed]
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