- Dementia with lewy bodies
- Frontotemporal degeneration (FTD)
- Memory loss
- Neurodegenerative speech disorder
- Alzheimer's infusion therapy
Sara Manning Peskin, MD, MS
Neurology
Accepting new patients
Sees patients age 18 and up
Penn Neuroscience Center - Neurology
Penn Medicine Provider
About me
- Assistant Professor of Clinical Neurology
My education and training
- University of Pennsylvania School of MedicineMedical School
- University of Pennsylvania Health SystemResidency
Spoken languages
English
English
Reviews
Insurance accepted
Please contact the practice and/or the member services department of your insurance company for specific details before receiving services. Providers may participate in some, but not all, products offered by a health plan; providers may also accept plans at some practice locations but not others.
- Aetna Advantra Cares D-SNP
- Aetna Advantra Credit Value
- Aetna Advantra Eagle HMO
- Aetna Advantra Eagle POS
- Aetna Advantra Premier Plus PPO
- Aetna Advantra Value
- Aetna Advantra Value Plus
- Aetna APCN Plus (Multi-Tier)
- Aetna Better Health Kids (CHIP) - DH Only
- Aetna Flexible Five
- Aetna Freedom Core
- Aetna Gold
- Aetna HMO
- Aetna Philly Prime
- Aetna POS
- Aetna PPO APCN
- Aetna Premier
- Aetna Premier Plus
- Aetna Savings Plus
- Aetna Signature Administrators
- Aetna Student Health Plan PPO
- Aetna Upfront Advantage
- First Health HMO
- First Health POS
- First Health PPO
- Meritain - Aramark (Other)
- Meritain - Aramark (Pennsylvania Premier Medical Plan)
- Americhealth Caritas of PA VIP - LGH Only
- Amerihealth Caritas (Transplant patients only)
- Amerihealth Caritas of PA - LGH Only
- Centivo EPO
- Cigna Healthcare EPO
- Cigna Healthcare HMO
- Cigna Healthcare POS
- Cigna Healthcare PPO
- Claim Watcher (Homestead/ INDECs) Open Access
- Clover Health Choice
- Clover Health Choice Value PPO
- Clover Health Classic HMO
- Clover Health Value
Locations
Penn Medicine hospital privileges
- Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
- Penn Presbyterian Medical Center: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
- Pennsylvania Hospital: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
Dr. Manning Peskin is a Penn Medicine provider.
Qualifications and experience
- Neurology, 2019
- American Academy of Neurology(AAN), National
- Memory and cognitive disorders care
- Movement disorders care
Treatments and conditions
Research
Publications
Sara Manning Peskin The Spark of Being: Tales of Wonder and Havoc in the Nervous System , W.W. Norton: 2027
Allison Snyder, Christopher A. Olm, Hamsanandini Radhakrishnan, Katheryn AQ Cousins, Emma Rhodes, Edward B. Lee, Laynie Dratch, Nadia Dehghani, EunRan Suh, Sara Manning Peskin, Gillian Bradley, Vivianna M. Van Deerlin, Lauren Massimo, David J. Irwin, Corey T. McMillan Neuropathologic and Genetic Heterogeneity in Clinically Diagnosed Behavioral Variant Frontotemporal Dementia , Neurology: 2027
Yamashita LD, Desai N, Manning AR, Pileggi C, Peskin SM, Sandsmark DK, Kolson DL, Schindler MK Clinical Phenotyping of Long COVID Patients Evaluated in a Specialized Neuro-COVID Clinic , Ann Clin Transl Neurol: 2025
Hackett K, Shi Y, Schankel L, Oliveira N, Kelley M, McCoubrey H, Peskin SM, O'Brien K, Xie SX, Wolk D, Mechanic-Hamilton D. Feasibility, validity, and normative data for the remote Uniform Data Set neuropsychological battery at the University of Pennsylvania Alzheimer's Disease Research Center , Alzheimers Dement (Amst): 2024
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
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