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Sheryl Frierson, M.D., M.Ed., Medical Director of the Luke Waites Center for Dyslexia & Learning Disorders

Sheryl Frierson, M.D., M.Ed.

Medical Director of the Luke Waites Center for Dyslexia and Learning Disorders

Sheryl Frierson, M.D., is the medical director of the Luke Waites Center for Dyslexia and Learning Disorders. As the third medical director in the Center’s history, she follows in the footsteps of two pioneering innovators in the field of dyslexia, Jeffrey Black, M.D., and Luke Waites, M.D.

About

Specialties
  • Dyslexia
Education and Training

Undergraduate

  • Stanford University, Stanford, CA

    Medical

    • University of California at San Diego, San Diego, CA

      Residency

      • Oakland Children’s Hospital, Oakland, CA

      Fellowship

      • Neurodevelopmental Disabilities, Kennedy Krieger Institute, Baltimore, MD