Dr. Peery holds a master’s degree in microbiology (Ohio State University), and a PhD in pharmacology (University of Saskatchewan). He is currently a licensed Registered Nurse in Arizona. He is affiliated with the Arnie Charbonneau Cancer Research Institute in the Cumming School of Medicine at the University of Calgary and teaches in the Pharmaceutical Bioengineering Program at the University of Washington School of Medicine and College of Engineering in Seattle. He also writes textbooks in medicine and bioengineering. His research interests are in the immunological pathogenesis of anti-NMDA receptor encephalitis and other neuroautoimmune disorders and in immunohistochemical detection of tumors. Dr. Peery is a director and founding member of the Anti-NMDA Receptor Encephalitis Foundation and serves as its Research Director.
