Victoria Susan Pelak

Victoria Susan Pelak

Victoria Susan Pelak
Associate Professor, Department of Neurology
University of Colorado, USA

Biography

Dr.Victoria Susan Pelak was an Assistant Instructor of Neurology (1996-97) in the University of Pennsylvania at Philadelphia. Presently From 1999-2006 she was an Assistant Professor of Neurology and Ophthalmology in UCDSOM. Presently she is an Associate Professor of Neurology and Ophthalmology in UCDSOM.

Research Interest

Dr. Pelaks research investigates cortical visual processing, with a particular interest in the effects of aging and dementia on visual motion processing. She is exploring new methods to diagnose and track cortical visual dysfunction in early Alzheimers disease (AD). Traditionally, it is believed that visual processing deficits occur in the middle or late stages of AD.