Education

• IB : Armand Hammer United World College, Montezuma, NM, 1994.
• Universidad del Valle School of Medicine, Cali, Colombia
• Residency: Internal Medicine, University Hospitals Case Medical Center, 2003-2006
• Fellowship, Infectious Diseases, University Hospitals Case Medical Center, 2006-2009

Research Interests

Antimicrobial Resistance

Selected References

• Endimiani A, Perez F, Bajaksouzian S, Windau AR, Good CE, Choudhary Y, Hujer AM, Bethel CR, Bonomo RA, Jacobs MR. Evaluation of updated interpretative criteria for categorizing Klebsiella pneumoniae with reduced carbapenem susceptibility. J Clin Microbiol. 2010 Dec;48(12):4417-25.
• Patel G, Perez F, Bonomo RA. Carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae and Acinetobacter baumannii: assessing their impact on organ transplantation. Curr Opin Organ Transplant. 2010 Oct 7 [Epub ahead of print].
• Marchaim D, Chopra T, Pogue JM, Perez F, Hujer AM, Rudin S, Endimiani A, Navon-Venezia S, Hothi J, Slim J, Blunden C, Shango M, Lephart PR, Salimnia H, Reid D, Moshos J, Hafeez W, Bheemreddy S, Chen TY, Dhar S, Bonomo RA, Kaye KS. Outbreak of colistin-resistant, carbapenem-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae in metropolitan Detroit, Michigan. Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. 2011 Feb;55(2):593-9.
• Perez F, Pultz MJ, Endimiani A, Bonomo RA, Donskey CJ. Effect of Antibiotic Treatment on Establishment and Elimination of Intestinal Colonization with KPC-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae in Mice. Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. 2011 March 21 [Epub ahead of print].
• Perez F, Ponce-Terashima R, Adams MD, Bonomo RA. Are we closing in on an "elusive enemy"?: The current status of our battle with Acinetobacter baumannii. Virulence. 2011 Mar 1;2(2):86-90.
• Marchaim D, Chopra T, Perez F, Hayakawa K, Lephart PR, Bheemreddy S, Blunden C, Hujer AM, Rudin S, Shango M, Campbell M, Varkey J, Slim J, Ahmad F, Patel D, Chen TY, Pogue JM, Salimnia H, Dhar S, Bonomo RA, Kaye KS. Outcomes and genetic relatedness of carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae at Detroit Medical Center. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2011 Sep;32(9):861-71.