Current MGH Appointment: Neurologist
Current HMS Appointment: Associate Clinical Prof. of Neurology
Current MGH Address: 0 Emerson Place, Suite 2B
Current MGH Phone #: 724-0800
E-Mail: none
FAX #: none
Undergraduate Education: B.A., Tufts
Graduate and/or Medical School: M.D., Tufts
Residencies and Fellowships: Neurology, Boston City Hospital, 1946-1947 Psychiatry, New Haven Hospital, 1947-1948 Neurology, Mass. General Hospital, 1948-1950
Foreign Languages Spoken: French
Certification by an Americal Specialty Board: yes
Primary Specialty: Clinical Neurology
Other Specialties: none
Research Interests: Myasthenia Gravis, developmental dyslexia
Clinical Interests: General clinical neurology
Representative Publications:
1) Perlo, V.P., et al. Myasthenia Gravis: evaluation of treatment in 1,355 patients. Neurology 16:431-439, 1966
2) Perlo, V.P., et al. Effect of plasma pheresis in Myasthenia Gravis. Ann. N.Y. Acad. Sci. 377:709-724, 1981 3) Perlo, V.P.: Treatment of the critically ill patient with Myasthenia. In: Ropper, A.H., Kennedy, S.F., eds. Neurological and Neurosurgical Intensive Care. Aspen. 1988:247-249