Dr. Perez, board certified in pediatrics and neonatal-perinatal medicine, received his medical degree from the Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia in Lima, Peru. He completed his residency in pediatrics at the State University of New York at Brooklyn, Children's Medical Center, and his neonatal-perinatal fellowship training at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston. In 2002 and 2005, he received the American Medical Association Physician Recognition Award in Continuing Medical Education. Dr. Perez is currently the NICU Medical Director at Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Allen. He and his wife have three children.