Division of Medical Genetics
1000 W. Carson Street
Torrance, CA 90509
The Division of Medical Genetics is dedicated to patient care and teaching related to all types of hereditary medical conditions. We see patients of all ages with a wide variety of conditions. These include metabolic disorders, chromosome abnormalities, dysmorphic syndromes, hereditary cancer, neurological conditions, and other rare diseases. The Division is part of the UCLA Intercampus Medical Genetics Training Program. We are also the site of one of the Area Service Centers of the California Newborn Screening Program.
Leadership
Harbor-UCLA Medical Center
Dr. Peretz completed his medical biochemical genetics training at the National Institutes of Health’s National Human Genome Research Institute (NIH/NHGRI), clinical genetics training at the NIH/NHGRI-Johns Hopkins Consortium Program, and pediatric training at Texas A&M College of Medicine-Driscoll Children’s Hospital.
His research interests primarily involve medical biochemical genetics and newborn screening, specifically investigating conditions that may cause neurodegenerative diseases and metabolic brain injury (also known as metabolic strokes), including methylmalonic acidemia and Leigh syndrome.
Dr. Peretz earned his Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of California, Berkeley in Molecular and Cell Biology with an emphasis in Neurobiology and his M.D. from St. George’s University School of Medicine in Grenada, graduating Magna Cum Laude. During his medical education, he also had the opportunity to rotate at UCLA Mattel Children’s Hospital, Children’s National Hospital, Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital Stanford, Texas Children’s Hospital, Atlantic Health System, Medstar Washington Hospital Center, INOVA Fairfax Medical Campus, Kennedy Krieger Institute, GeneDx, Quest Diagnostics, Maryland State Newborn Screening, and the Lysosomal and Rare Disorders Research and Treatment Center.
Faculty & Administration
Professor Emeritus of Pediatrics
David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLAConsultant Medical Geneticist
Harbor-UCLA Medical Center