Michael A. Perelman, PhD

Dr. Perelman's clients, experience common sense advice filtered through the wisdom of over 40 years of clinical practice. Internationally renowned, Dr. Michael A. Perelman is Director, of the Human Sexuality Program, NY Presbyterian Hospital. He is a Clinical Professor of Psychiatry, Reproductive Medicine, and Urology at Weill Medical College, Cornell University. A National Institute of Health Fellow, he received his MS, M.Phil. and Ph.D. degrees in clinical psychology from Columbia University--writing the first sex therapy doctoral dissertation in Columbia's history in 1976. He serves on many professional society, editorial and industry Advisory Boards. He is the Past-President of the Society for Sex Therapy; Editor in Chief, Current Sexual Health Reports. Dr. Perelman has presented his Sexual Tipping Point model at professional meetings around the world and has published widely in the professional literature. He is frequently quoted and often featured by the media. AASECT certifies him as a sex therapy diplomate and supervisor; recently honoring him with the 2012 Award for Professional Standard of Excellence. His practice is to integrate the use of sexual pharmaceuticals and sex counseling to optimize outcome and provide better risk/benefit for men and women suffering from sexual problems. EDUCATION: University of Wisconsin, 1967-1971,  BA in Psychology, Honors Teachers College, Columbia University, 1977, PhD HONORS AND AWARDS: 2012 Professional Standard of Excellence Award, from the American Association for Sex Educators, Counselors and Therapists 2011- PresentFellow, Elected to the International Society for the Study of Womens Sexual Health (ISSWSH) 2007- Presen Fellow, Elected to Sexual Medicine Society of North America (SMSNA) 2003- 2006, Appointed to Sexual Function Advisory Council of the American Urological Association Foundation (formerly the American Foundation for Urologic Disease until 2005) 1989, National Academy Arts & Science, Judge – Community Service Award 1971 â 1975, Public Health Service Fellowship, National Institute of Mental Health 1971, Phi Kappa Phi Honorary Society, University of Wisconsin 1970, Appointed by Chancellor to the Human Rights Commission of the University of Wisconsin 1967, Illinois State Scholarship

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Professional Affiliations

• Human Sexuality Program, Payne Whitney Clinic, 1977, Fellow, New York Hospital, Cornell University Medical Center, New York, NY AASECT Certified: Sex Therapy Supervisor, Sex Educator, Sex Counselor, Sex Therapy Diplomate American Board of Sexology

• The New York Presbyterian Hospital, New York, New York

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