Dr. Elena Perez graduated from the University of Florida College of Medicine with a combined MD/PhD degree in 1998. She completed her Residency in Pediatrics in 2001, and Fellowship in Allergy/Immunology in 2004, at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, where she stayed until 2008 as an Assistant Professor. Dr. Perez is Board Certified in Pediatrics and Allergy/Immunology. She has remained actively involved throughout her career in several professional societies including the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma, and Immunology (AAAAI), American College of Allergy Asthma and Immunology (ACAI) and the Clinical Immunology Society (CIS) as well as the Immunodeficiency Foundation (IDF).She has been a continual member of the Primary Immunodeficiency Committee of the AAAAI and has also served as its chairperson. She has served as the Secretary, Vice Chair, and Chair of the Basic and Clinical Immunology interest section of the AAAAI, and as a Councilor of the Clinical Immunology Society. Dr. Perez moved back to the west coast of Florida in 2009 as Associate Professor at University of South Florida/All Children’s Hospital, and then in 2012 was recruited to the University of Miami as Chief of Pediatric Allergy/Immunology and director of the Jeffrey Modell Center for Primary Immunodeficiencies. Her clinical expertise is in primary immunodeficiency disorders and allergic conditions including asthma, eczema, and food and environmental allergies. She was actively involved in the addition of newborn screening for Severe Combined Immunodeficiency to the newborn screening panel in Florida, which started in October 2012. In 2016, she joined Allergy Associates of the Palm Beaches, where she is currently practicing allergy and immunology and caring for children and adults with these conditions. She has published many papers in the field of Allergy/Immunology with an emphasis in primary immunodeficiencies and gammaglobulin therapy. She enjoys teaching rotating residents in the practice and often participates in community outreach events with the IDF.
