About Dr Perez

Dr. Perez is a licensed clinical psychologist (PSY 18155) who has conducted psycho-oncology research and provided psychological treatment to medical patients for over 20 years. He obtained his doctorate from the University of Southern California with an emphasis in medical psychology.

Dr. Perez’s clinical and research interests focus on understanding how patients and families cope with the impact of cancer and other chronic illnesses. He has extensive experience in treating mood and anxiety disorders in the context of medical disease, and conducts couples therapy for relationship distress and treatment-related sexual dysfunction in breast and prostate cancer patients. His expertise includes an understanding of how patients can effectively cope with all aspects of the illness experience including initial diagnosis, treatment side effects, recurrent disease, and survivorship issues.

Dr. Perez’s research has been funded by the National Cancer Institute, the Susan G. Komen Foundation, and the American Cancer Society; and his works have been published in peer-reviewed medical and psychology journals. He completed his residency at the Long-Beach Veterans Administration Hospital and more recently completed a tenure at City of Hope, where he served as the Co-director of the Department of Psychology in the division of Supportive Care and Palliative Medicine. Dr. Perez is currently a consulting psychologist at the Cancer Center at Huntington Hospital and Hoag Hospital. He has a comprehensive clinical psychology and psycho-oncology consultation practice in Irvine Ca.