Jorge Perez MD, PhD, MRCP, MRCPath
Personal
Citizenship:
Place of birth
Education
Oct. 1998-Sept. 2000
Unites States of America/Colombian/Great Britain
Colombia
Junior Faculty Associate in Internal Medicine, MD Anderson Cancer
Center, 1515 Holcombe Blvd., Houston, TX 77030
Sept. 1997-Sept. 2000 Fellow in Hematology/Oncology, MD Anderson Cancer Center, 1515
Holcombe Blvd., Houston, TX 77030
December 1998
PhD Cellular Biochemistry, Council for National Academic Awards,
Cambridge UK
Sept. 1995-Sept. 1997 Resident in Internal Medicine, University of Pennsylvania Presbyterian
Medical Center, 59 N 39th St., Philadelphia PA 19104
Sept. 1994-Sept. 1995 Intern in Internal Medicine, University of Pennsylvania Presbyterian
Medical Center, 59 N 39th St., Philadelphia PA 19104
Jan. 1993-June 1994
Locum Tenens in Internal Medicine and Chemical Pathology, UK Natl.
Health Service and Saudi Arabia Health Service
April 1984-Dec. 1992
Resident (Senior Registrar) in Chemical Pathology and PhD training in
Cellular Biochemistry, Addenbrooke’s Hospital, Cambridge CB2 2QQ,
UK
Feb. 1981-March 1984 Resident (Registrar) in Internal Medicine and Chemical Pathology, St
James’s University Hospital Leeds LS9 7TF, UK
Aug. 1980-Jan. 1981
Intern (House Officer) in Internal Medicine, Stracathro Hospital Brechin
DD9 7QA, UK
Feb. 1980-July 1980
Intern (House Officer) in General Surgery and Orthopedics Queen
Elizabeth Hospital, King’s Lynn PE30 4ET, UK
June 1976
MD, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá, Colombia
Board Certifications
November 2001
September 2000
November 1998
December 1990
November 1983
Practice
Feb. 2002-current
American Board of Medical Oncology
American Board of Hematology
American Board of Internal Medicine
British Board of Chemical Pathology
British Board of Internal Medicine
Sierra Nevada Cancer Center, 1460 South Curry St., Carson City NV
89703
Sept. 2000-Oct. 2001
Private practice, 800 Peakwood, 6F, Houston, TX 77090
July 1976-Dec. 1979
General Practitioner, Colombian National Health Service, Colombia
Awards/Honors
July 1990
Award from the Sixth International Congress of Mucosal Immunology
for original scientific contribution. Tokyo, Japan
Memberships in academic/professional societies
2013-current
Washoe County Medical Society
2001-2012
Carson Douglas Medical Society Alliance
1999-current
The American Society of Clinical Oncology
1999-current
The American Society of Hematologists
2000-2001
Harris County Society
1988-1991
The New York Academy of Sciences
March 1991-April 1992 The American Association for Clinical Chemistry
March 1981-Dec. 1992 The Association of Clinical Biochemists. London, UK
July 1985-Dec. 1992
The Biochemical Society. London, UK
Nov. 1989-Dec. 1992
The British Medical Association, London, UK
International/scientific meetings
Current
Continuing education at medical conferences throughout the year
Sept. 1990
Participation in the 12th International Subcellular Methodology Forum
with presentation on the differential routing of membrane proteins and
cell surface bound ligands on hepatocyte endocytic pathways.
Guilford, UK.
July 1989
Participation in the Sixth International Congress of Mucosal
Immunology with presentation on the assay of free secretory
component in human serum and bile. Tokyo, Japan. Jul 1990.
May 1987
Participation in the Fifth International Congress of Mucosal
Immunology with presentation on the demonstration of the Polymeric
IgA receptor in human hepatocytes. London. UK.
Participation in the National Meeting of the Association of Clinical
Biochemists (UK) with presentation on Polymeric IgA transcytosis.
Eastbourne, UK.
March 1986
Participation in the National Meeting of the Biochemical Society (UK)
with presentation on the endocytic and transcytic movement of ligands
in rat hepatocytes. Dundee, UK.
Oct. 1978
Participation in the International Symposium on Family Planning with
presentation on Family Planning Programs in Colombia. Tokyo, Japan.
Publications
J H Perez-cardona, N G Ordonez and F V Fossella. Lymph node micrometastases in NonSmall-Cell Lung Cancer: Clinical Applications. Clinical Lung Cancer 2000; 2:116-120.
Barbara M Mullock, Jorge H Perez, Tomoni Kuwana, Sally R Gray and J Paul Luzio.
Lysosomes can fuse with a Late Endosomal Compartment in a Cell-free System from Rat Liver.
J Cell Biol 1994; 126:1173-1182.
J H Perez, M V Schaick, B M Mullock, Elaine M Baileys, C P Price and J Paul Luzio. The
presence and measurement of secretory component in human blood and bile. Clin Chim Acta
1991; 197: 171-178.
J H Perez, D G D Wight, J I Wyatt, M Van Schaick, B M Mullock and J P Luzio. The polymeric
immunoglobulin A receptor is present on hepatocytes in normal human liver. Immunol 1989;
68:474-478.
Publications cont..
J H Perez, W J Branch, Linda Smith, Barbara M Mullock and J P Luzio. The investigation of
endosomal compartments involved in the endocytosis and transcytosis of polymeric
immunoglobulin A by subcellular fractionation of perfused isolated rat liver. Biochem J 1988;
251:763-770.
J H Perez, B M Mullock, W J Branch and J P Luzio. Investigation of the endocytic pathway of
transcellular transport of polymeric immunoglobulin A in liver. Ann Clin Biochem 1987; 24,
suppl S1: 135-136.
W J Branch, Jorge Perez, Barbara M Mullock and J Paul Luzio. Characterization, using a
vertical rotor, of the endocytic and transcytic movement of ligands in rat hepatocytes. Biochem
Soc Trans 1986; 14:868-869.
J Ellis, M Jackman, J H Perez, B M Mullock and J P Luzio. Membrane traffic pathways in
polarized epithelial cells. In Protein targeting: a practical approach. A I Magee and T Wileman
eds. Oxford University Press, New York, pp. 24-57. 1992.
J H Perez, B M Mullock and J P Luzio. Differential routing of membrane proteins and cell
surface bound ligands on hepatocyte endocytic pathways. In: Cell signaling: experimental
strategies. E Reid, G M W Cook and J P Luzio, eds. Royal Society of Chemistry Publishers,
Thomas Graham House, Science Park, Cambridge UK. CB4 4WF, pp. 407-421. 1991.
J H Perez, B M Mullock and J P Luzio. The polymeric immunoglobulin A transcytic pathway in
human hepatocytes: quantitation of free secretory component in human serum and bile. In:
Frontiers of Mucosa Immunology, Vol I. M Tsuchiya, H Nagura, I Hibi and I Moro, eds. Elsevier
Science Publishers, Amsterdam, pp. 261-262. 1991.
J H Perez, D G D Wight, M Van Schaick, B M Mullock and J P Luzio. The polymeric
immunoglobulin receptor is present on hepatocytes in human liver. In: Advances in Mucosal
Immunology. T T MacDonald, S J Challacombe, P W Bland, C R Stokes, R V Heatley and A M
Mowat, eds. Kluwer Academic Publishers, London, pp. 594-595. 1990