Cesar A. Perez, M.D.

Education:

M.D., University of Panama School of Medicine, 2004
Residency, Internal Medicine, Cleveland Clinic Florida, 2010
Board Certified, American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM), 2010
Fellowship, Medical Oncology and Hematology, University of Miami/Jackson Memorial Hospital - 2010
Board Certified, ABIM, Hematology, 2013
Board Cerfied, ABIM, Medical Oncology, 2013

Curriculum Vitae

Current Positions:

Assistant Professor of Medicine, Department of Medicine

Clinical Focus and Research:

I focus my clinical activities in the diagnosis, staging and management head and neck, lung cancers and malignant hematology.  My research interests include chemoprevention for head and neck and lung cancers as well as novel treatment approaches and targeted therapies as tyrosine kinase inhibitors for the treatment of head and neck and thyroid malignancies.

Literature Cited:

  1. Perez CA, Song H, Raez LE, Agulnik M., Dekker A, Stenson K., Blair EA, Olopade OI, Seiwert TY, Vokes EE, Cohen EE.  Phase II study of gefitinib adaptive dose escalation to skin toxicity in recurrent and/or metastatic squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck.  Oral Oncol. 2012 Apr 16. PMID: 22513208 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22513208
  2. Perez CA, Velez M, Raez LE, Santos ES.  Overcoming the resistance to Crizotinib in patients with Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer harboring EML4/ALK translocation. Lung Cancer. 2014 May;84(2):110-115. PMID: 24598368  http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24598368
  3. Perez CA, Santos ES, Arango, BA, Raez, L, Cohen, EEW.Novel Molecular Targeted Therapies for Refractory Thyroid Cancer. Perez, CA, Santos ES, Arango, BA, Raez, L, Cohen, EEW.  Head and Neck. 2011 May 4. PMID: 21544895.     http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21544895
  4. Belalcazar A; Azana D, Perez CA; Raez LE, Santos ES.   Targeting the c-Met pathway in lung Cancer.  Belalcazar A; Azana D, Perez, CA; Raez LE, Santos ES.  Expert Rev Anticancer Ther. 2012 Apr;12(4):519-28. PMID: 22500688   http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22500688
  5. Perez CA, Amin J, Aguina LM, Cioffi-Lavina M, Santos ES. Primary mediastinal large B-cell lymphoma during pregnancy. Perez CA, Amin J, Aguina LM, Cioffi-Lavina M, Santos ES. Case Rep Hematol 2012:197347. PMID: 23198190  http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23198190

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