Thomas T Perls

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...See more

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. Now in its twelfth year, and funded by the National Institute on Aging, the New England Centenarian Study is the largest genetic and social study of centenarians and their families in the world (www.bumc.bu.edu/centenarian). Dr. Perls also has an interest in antiaging quackery and publishes the website www.antiagingquackery.com. Another website that Dr. Perls is responsible for is www.Livingto100.com which hosts a life expectancy quiz based upon work that is discussed in his book "Living to 100: Lessons in Maximizing Your Potential At Any Age" (1999). See less