Perls, Thomas T.

Dr. Thomas Perls, MD, MPH, graduated from the University of Rochester School of Medicine in 1986. After completing a 3-year geriatrics fellowship at Harvard Medical School, he joined the staff at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, where he founded the New England Centenarian Study. He moved to the 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.

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