Sara Manning Peskin, MD, MS

Neurology
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Sees patients age 18 and up
Penn Neuroscience Center - Neurology
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About me

  • Assistant Professor of Clinical Neurology

My education and training

  • Medical School: University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
  • Residency: University of Pennsylvania Health System

Spoken languages

English
English

Reviews

Average Rating

614 reviews

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Anonymous
May 2026
easy to talk to
Anonymous
May 2026
expertise, warm, caring explanations, organized plan of action, thorough explanations.
Anonymous
May 2026
fine
Anonymous
May 2026
she gave me time to go over my questions and offered me solutions and was very encouraging. she discussed her availability and encouraged me to contact her with any questions anytime. i was very comfortable with her.

Insurance accepted

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Locations

Penn Medicine hospital privileges

  • Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
  • Pennsylvania Hospital: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
  • Penn Presbyterian Medical Center: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
Dr. Manning Peskin is a Penn Medicine physician.

Qualifications and experience

Treatments and conditions

Research

Publications

Sara Manning Peskin Is it really a sin if it's hardwired in? The neurological basis for 'bad' behaviour , Nature: 2024

Dratch L, Van Deerlin V, Suh E, Hally A, Grossman M, Irwin D, Massimo L, Peskin SM, , McMillan C Revisiting the Wood Criteria for Frontotemporal Degeneration Pedigree Classification: 10 Years Later , ANA abstract: 2023

Katherine Hackett, Matthew J. Ferrara, Sidnei Newman, Melissa Kelley, Laura Schankel, Hannah McCoubrey, Sharon Best, Sara Manning Peskin, Kyra O’Brien, Sharon X Xie, David A. Wolk, Dawn Mechanic-Hamilton Remote neuropsychological assessment using the UDS v3.0 T-Cog: Preliminary data among participants at the Penn ADRC , AAIC 2023 - podium presentation: 2023

Rachel A Paul 1, Aaron Baldwin 2, Kelsey Johnson 2, Sara Manning Peskin 2, Thomas F Tropea 2, Meron Azage 2, Tanya Bardakjian 2, Laynie Dratch 2 Preimplantation Genetic Testing for Adult-Onset Neurodegenerative Disease: Considerations for Access, Utilization, and Counseling , Neurology: 2023

Sara Manning Peskin A Molecule Away from Madness: Tales of the Hijacked Brain , WW Norton: 2022

Schindler M, Kolson D, Sandsmark D, Peskin SM Phenotyping the Chronic Neurological Sequelae of Acute SARS-CoV-2 Infections , AAN: 2022

Sara Manning Peskin Is my Memory Going or is it Just Normal Aging , The Washington Post: 2022

Peskin, SM, Hoffman, AK, Karlawish, J. As coronavirus shuts down support systems, the struggles of dementia patients and caregivers only gets worse , The Philadelphia Inquirer: 2020

Manning, SA The Loneliness of Frontotemporal Dementia. , The New York Times: 2019

Manning, SA We're Putting Narrative Back into Neurology, Starting with You. Tell Us Your Story. , Neurology Today, 19(4): 2019