Resident
Department of Neurologic Surgery, Mayo Clinic
Jennifer L. Perez, MD, PhD, Resident Physician, Mayo Clinic Rochester. I was born and raised in Houston, Texas. Prior to medical school, I pursued a traditional Ph.D. at Wayne State University with research focusing on changes in molecular pathways during neuron degeneration and subsequent regeneration. I went on to complete a two-year postdoctoral fellowship at the University of Washington in collaboration with the Allen Brain Institute with research aimed at developing functional neuronal circuits from stem cells in vitro and implanting them in vivo. I completed medical school at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine where I I served four years as class president and mentored premedical students from underrepresented minorities.I am a current PGY-3 Neurosurgical resident at Mayo Clinic Rochester.