Holly Elser, MD, PhD

Holly Elser, MD, PhD, is an Assistant Professor of Neurology at the University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine. As an epidemiologist, her current research leverages administrative health claims data to examine clinical and environmental risk factors for neurological diseases, with an emphasis on neurodegenerative diseases including Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias. Dr. Elser completed her MD at the Stanford University School of Medicine. She completed neurology residency and fellowship training in behavioral neurology and neuropsychiatry at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania. Dr. Elser earned her PhD and MPH in epidemiology from the UC Berkeley School of Public Health.