The Ruth Wagner Van Meter & J. Ray Van Meter Professorship of Neurology

J. Ray Van MeterThe Professorship was established in 1983 through a bequest from the estate of J. Ray Van Meter, MD, a prominent neurologist and distinguished alumnus of the Perelman School of Medicine Class of 1928, and through contributions from Ruth Wagner Van Meter, PhD, an alumna of the University of Pennsylvania. Dr. J. Ray Van Meter conducted a highly successful practice of neurology in the San Francisco Bay area and served for many years on the clinical faculty of the University of California at San Francisco. The Van Meter Professorship provides the Department of Neurology at the Perelman School of Medicine with the opportunity to enhance its already superior research programs.


 

Steven S. SchererCurrent Chairholder
Steven S. Scherer, MD, PhD

Steven S. Scherer, MD, PhD is the Ruth Wagner Van Meter & J. Ray Van Meter Professor of Neurology. He received his BS, MD, and PhD from the University of Michigan, and did an internship, neurology residency, and fellowship at the Perelman School of Medicine before joining the faculty in 1991. For almost 40 years, Dr. Scherer has sought to understand the causes and treatments of peripheral neuropathies and has developed a focus on inherited neuropathies. He sees people who have neuropathy in his clinics, and his laboratory efforts are focused on neuropathy, too. He has served on an NIH Study Section and on the medical board of the CMT Association, and he is the President-Elect of the Peripheral Nerve Society. Dr. Scherer has taught and mentored undergraduate, medical, and graduate students, residents, and fellows, and has served on 44 thesis committees. He was the author of 139 original research papers and 68 reviews.

Previous Chairholders

  • Arthur K. Asbury, MD 1983–1997
  • Steven L. Galetta, MD 1997–2007; 2009–2012