Nelli Boykoff Perkins MD
Headache
Medical Director of Headache and Headache Specialist at Sutter Health
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1100 Van Ness AvenueFloor 6San Francisco, CA 94109
Phone+1 415-600-7886
Fax+1 415-369-1386
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Summary
- Nelli Boykoff Perkins, MD, is a Neurologist based in San Francisco, CA, with subspecialties in Headache and Pain Medicine. She completed her residency in Neurology and her fellowship in Headache Medicine at Stanford Health Care-Sponsored Stanford University, following her undergraduate work in Biology, Summa Cum Laude, at UCLA. Dr. Perkins graduated from the Mayo Clinic College of Medicine in 2010. Her experience extends to headache disorders and botulinum toxin injections for headaches. She has two notable publications, one exploring gender differences in the relationship between depressive symptoms and cravings in alcoholism, and the other investigating the impact of "chemobrain" on survivors' work, social networks, and health care response. These works have been cited by other publications a total of 384 times.
Education & Training
Stanford Health Care-Sponsored Stanford UniversityFellowship, Headache Medicine, 2014 - 2015- Stanford Health Care-Sponsored Stanford UniversityResidency, Neurology, 2011 - 2014
Mayo Clinic College of MedicineClass of 2010
UCLABS, Biology , Summa Cum Laude, 2002 - 2006
Certifications & Licensure
CA State Medical License 2011 - 2027
American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology Neurology
United Council for Neurologic Subspecialties UCNS board certified headache specialist
Awards, Honors, & Recognition
- CMS Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification EpicCare Ambulatory 2014 Certified EHR Suite, Epic Systems Corporation, 2016-2017
- CMS Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification Beacon Oncology 2014 Certified Module, Epic Systems Corporation, 2016-2017
- CMS Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification Sunquest Laboratory, Sunquest Information Systems, Inc., 2016-2017
Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- 42 citationsGender Differences in the Relationship between Depressive Symptoms and Cravings in AlcoholismNelli Boykoff, Terry D. Schneekloth, Daniel K. Hall-Flavin, Larissa L. Loukianova, Victor M. Karpyak
The American Journal on Addictions. 2010-07-01 - 400 citationsConfronting chemobrain: an in-depth look at survivors' reports of impact on work, social networks, and health care response.Nelli Boykoff, Mona Moieni, Saskia Subramanian
Journal of Cancer Survivorship. 2009-09-16
Professional Memberships
- Member
- American Headache SocietyMember
Other Languages
- Russian
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