Domingo Perez, MD, PhD
My specialties:
- Cancer (medical oncology)
Professional interests:
- Triple negative breast cancer
- Oligometastatic breast cancer
- Breast cancer survivorship
What is your practice philosophy? Treat each breast cancer patient as a unique individual with a unique problem.
What are you passionate about? And why? Johan Sebastian Bach because life without his music would be a mistake
If I wasn’t a provider, I would be a: A pianist
Why did you become a provider? When did you know this was the career for you? Because of my love for science and the humanities. I started medical school when I was 16.
One of the challenges of this career that I enjoy is (and why): Connecting with every patient at a personal level, to make them feel that I care, that I understand their pain, in the very few minutes that we’re allowed to spend together.
My personal health goal is: To find the time and the motivation to exercise regularly
What is the best thing you’ve done for your health or the best health advice you’ve received? Giving myself permission to rest and recharge
What are you most proud of? My children
What are a few of your personal achievements? Learning that, when it comes to patients, it’s never about me.
Credentials
- MD
- PhD
Board-certified specialties
- Cancer (medical oncology)
Personal interests
- Books
- Cinema
- Music
Years of experience
- 24
Additional languages spoken
- French
- Italian
- Portugese
- Spanish
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Major health plans we participate in
- Allina Health | Aetna
- Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota
- HealthPartners
- Medica
- PreferredOne
- SelectCare/LaborCare
- UCare
- UnitedHealthcare
Other health plans we participate in
- Medicaid/Medicare
- Aetna
- America's PPO
- First Health/Coventry
- CIGNA
- Humana
- Hennepin Health (formerly Metropolitan Health Plan)
- PrimeWest
- South Country Health Alliance
- United Behavioral Health
- Wisconsin Physician Services (WPS)