David Perry, MD

Associate Professor
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Fields of Interest

David Perry, MD, is a neurologist and associate professor of neurology at the UCSF Edward and Pearl Fein Memory and Aging Center, part of the UCSF Weill Institute for Neurosciences. He specializes in the care of patients with neurodegenerative diseases, including Alzheimer’s disease, frontotemporal dementia, and other conditions that cause cognitive impairment. Dr. Perry is dedicated to providing compassionate and comprehensive care while advancing research to improve diagnostic accuracy and treatment for these complex disorders.

Dr. Perry earned his medical degree from Georgetown University School of Medicine in Washington, DC. He completed an internship in internal medicine and a residency in neurology at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota, where he also conducted research on obsessive-compulsive features in dementia. Following his residency, Dr. Perry pursued a fellowship in behavioral neurology at UCSF’s Fein Memory and Aging Center, further specializing in neurodegenerative diseases and cognitive disorders.

Dr. Perry’s research focuses on understanding behavioral changes in dementia, particularly those related to reward processing and motivation. By examining how neurodegenerative illnesses and mood disorders impact reward systems, his work aims to uncover links between these behavioral changes and specific brain abnormalities. Additionally, Dr. Perry investigates clinical and neuroimaging features to improve diagnostic certainty and predict pathological changes in neurodegenerative diseases. His goal is to enhance patient outcomes through earlier and more accurate diagnoses.

Dr. Perry is actively involved in the evaluation and treatment of patients at the UCSF Fein Memory and Aging Center clinic. He is a member of the American Academy of Neurology and collaborates with interdisciplinary teams to translate research findings into clinical applications that benefit patients and their families.

Publications

Neurodevelopment and neural environment inform Alzheimer's disease age at onset and phenotype.

Miller ZA, Ossenkoppele R, Graff-Radford NR, Allen IE, Shwe W, Rosenberg L, Olguin DJ, Erkkinen MG, Butler PM, Spina S, Yokoyama JS, Desikan RS, Scheltens P, van der Flier W, Pijnenburg Y, Wolters E, Rademakers R, Geschwind DH, Kramer JH, Rosen HJ, Rankin KP, Grinberg LT, Seeley WW, Sturm V, Perry DC, Miller BL, Rabinovici GD, Gorno-Tempini ML

Diagnostic Utility of Measuring Cerebral Atrophy in the Behavioral Variant of Frontotemporal Dementia and Association With Clinical Deterioration.

Illán-Gala I, Falgàs N, Friedberg A, Castro-Suárez S, Keret O, Rogers N, Oz D, Nigro S, Quattrone A, Quattrone A, Wolf A, Younes K, Santos-Santos M, Borrego-Écija S, Cobigo Y, Dols-Icardo O, Lladó A, Sánchez-Valle R, Clarimon J, Blesa R, Alcolea D, Fortea J, Lleó A, Grinberg LT, Spina S, Kramer JH, Rabinovici GD, Boxer A, Gorno Tempini ML, Miller BL, Seeley WW, Rosen HJ, Perry DC

Sex differences in the behavioral variant of frontotemporal dementia: A new window to executive and behavioral reserve.

Illán-Gala I, Casaletto KB, Borrego-Écija S, Arenaza-Urquijo EM, Wolf A, Cobigo Y, Goh SYM, Staffaroni AM, Alcolea D, Fortea J, Blesa R, Clarimon J, Iulita MF, Brugulat-Serrat A, Lladó A, Grinberg LT, Possin K, Rankin KP, Kramer JH, Rabinovici GD, Boxer A, Seeley WW, Sturm VE, Gorno-Tempini ML, Miller BL, Sánchez-Valle R, Perry DC, Lleó A, Rosen HJ

Australian and New Zealand Guideline for Mild to Moderate Head Injuries in Children.

Babl FE, Tavender E, Ballard DW, Borland ML, Oakley E, Cotterell E, Halkidis L, Goergen S, Davis GA, Perry D, Anderson V, Barlow KM, Barnett P, Bennetts S, Bhamjee R, Cole J, Craven J, Haskell L, Lawton B, Lithgow A, Mullen G, O'Brien S, Paproth M, Wilson CL, Ring J, Wilson A, Leo GS, Dalziel SR, Paediatric Research in Emergency Departments International Collaborative (PREDICT)

Recommendations to distinguish behavioural variant frontotemporal dementia from psychiatric disorders.

Ducharme S, Dols A, Laforce R, Devenney E, Kumfor F, van den Stock J, Dallaire-Théroux C, Seelaar H, Gossink F, Vijverberg E, Huey E, Vandenbulcke M, Masellis M, Trieu C, Onyike C, Caramelli P, de Souza LC, Santillo A, Waldö ML, Landin-Romero R, Piguet O, Kelso W, Eratne D, Velakoulis D, Ikeda M, Perry D, Pressman P, Boeve B, Vandenberghe R, Mendez M, Azuar C, Levy R, Le Ber I, Baez S, Lerner A, Ellajosyula R, Pasquier F, Galimberti D, Scarpini E, van Swieten J, Hornberger M, Rosen H, Hodges J, Diehl-Schmid J, Pijnenburg Y

Clinicopathological correlations in behavioural variant frontotemporal dementia.

Perry DC, Brown JA, Possin KL, Datta S, Trujillo A, Radke A, Karydas A, Kornak J, Sias AC, Rabinovici GD, Gorno-Tempini ML, Boxer AL, De May M, Rankin KP, Sturm VE, Lee SE, Matthews BR, Kao AW, Vossel KA, Tartaglia MC, Miller ZA, Seo SW, Sidhu M, Gaus SE, Nana AL, Vargas JNS, Hwang JL, Ossenkoppele R, Brown AB, Huang EJ, Coppola G, Rosen HJ, Geschwind D, Trojanowski JQ, Grinberg LT, Kramer JH, Miller BL, Seeley WW

Distinct Subtypes of Behavioral Variant Frontotemporal Dementia Based on Patterns of Network Degeneration.

Ranasinghe KG, Rankin KP, Pressman PS, Perry DC, Lobach IV, Seeley WW, Coppola G, Karydas AM, Grinberg LT, Shany-Ur T, Lee SE, Rabinovici GD, Rosen HJ, Gorno-Tempini ML, Boxer AL, Miller ZA, Chiong W, DeMay M, Kramer JH, Possin KL, Sturm VE, Bettcher BM, Neylan M, Zackey DD, Nguyen LA, Ketelle R, Block N, Wu TQ, Dallich A, Russek N, Caplan A, Geschwind DH, Vossel KA, Miller BL