MarioFPerezMD

Pulmonology • Farmington, CT

Asthma & COPD, Critical Care Medicine, Pleural Disease

Assistant Professor, Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine. University of Connecticut School of Medicine.

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Office
263 Farmington Ave
Farmington, CT 06030
Phone+1 860-679-8300

Fax+1 860-679-8344
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Education & Training

Yale-New Haven Medical CenterFellowship, Pulmonary Disease and Critical Care Medicine, 2007 - 2010
University of ConnecticutResidency, Internal Medicine, 2000 - 2003
National University of ColombiaClass of 1995

Certifications & Licensure

CT State Medical License 2003 - 2024
MA State Medical License 2011 - 2014
American Board of Internal Medicine Internal Medicine
American Board of Internal Medicine Critical Care Medicine
American Board of Internal Medicine Pulmonary Disease

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

Transcriptomic responses in the blood and sputum of cigarette smokers compared to e-cigarette vapers.
Mario F Perez, Marina Yurieva, Spandana Poddutoori, Eric M Mortensen, Laura E Crotty Alexander, Adam Williams> ;Respiratory Research. 2023 May 18
E-cigarettes and Respiratory Disorder: The Broader Context.
Thomas A Wills, Kelvin Choi, Mario F Perez> ;Nicotine & Tobacco Research. 2023 May 22
Necrotizing Pancreatitis: To Anticoagulate or Not to Anticoagulate?
Simon P Abi-Saleh, Ethan A Miller, Anil Magge, Mario Perez> ;Cureus. 2022 Mar 1
19 citations
An Overview of Health Disparities in Asthma.
Mario F. Perez, Maria Teresa Coutinho> ;The Yale Journal of Biology and Medicine. 2021 Sep 30
1 citations
E-Cigarette Use in Young Adult Never Cigarette Smokers with Disabilities: Results from the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System Survey
Nkiruka C. Atuegwu, Mark D. Litt, Suchitra Krishnan-Sarin, Reinhard Laubenbacher, Mario F. Perez, Eric M. Mortensen> ;International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2021 May 20
4 citations
The inflammatory biomarker YKL-40 is elevated in the serum, but not the sputum, of E-cigarette users.
Mario F. Perez, Nkiruka C. Atuegwu, Eric M. Mortensen, Cheryl Oncken> ;Experimental Lung Research. 2021 Feb 7
4 citations
Biomarkers of Toxicant Exposure and Inflammation Among Women of Reproductive Age Who Use Electronic or Conventional Cigarettes
Mario F. Perez, Erin L. Mead, Nkiruka C. Atuegwu, Eric M. Mortensen, Maciej L. Goniewicz, Cheryl Oncken> ;Journal of Women's Health. 2021 Feb 2
6 citations
Factors Associated with E-Cigarette Use in U.S. Young Adult Never Smokers of Conventional Cigarettes: A Machine Learning Approach
Nkiruka C. Atuegwu, Cheryl Oncken, Reinhard Laubenbacher, Mario F. Perez, Eric M. Mortensen> ;International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2020 Oct 5
17 citations
Development of the Asthma Impairment and Risk Questionnaire (AIRQ): A Composite Control Measure
Kevin R. Murphy, Bradley E. Chipps, David A. Beuther, Robert A. Wise, William McCann, Ileen Gilbert, James M. Eudicone, H. Gandhi, Gale Harding, Karin S. Coyne, Robert...> ;The Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology. in Practice. 2020 Jul 1
Reply: E-Cigarette, or Vaping, Product Use-associated Lung Injury: A Response to Perez and Crotty Alexander.
Mario F. Perez, Laura E. Crotty Alexander> ;Annals of the American Thoracic Society. 2020 Jul 1
15 citations
Why Is Vaping Going Up in Flames
Mario F. Perez, Laura E. Crotty Alexander> ;Annals of the American Thoracic Society. 2020 May 1
5 citations
Stethoscope hygiene: Using cultures and real-time feedback with bioluminescence-based adenosine triphosphate technology to change behavior.
Jürgen L Holleck, Sheldon Campbell, Hedib Alrawili, Cynthia Frank, Naseema Merchant, Benjamin A. Rodwin, Mario F. Perez, Shaili Gupta, Daniel G. Federman, John J. Chan...> ;American Journal of Infection Control. 2020 Apr 1
16 citations
E-cigarette use is associated with a self-reported diagnosis of prediabetes in never cigarette smokers: Results from the behavioral risk factor surveillance system survey
Nkiruka C. Atuegwu, Mario F. Perez, Cheryl Oncken, Erin L. Mead, Narinder Maheshwari, Eric M. Mortensen> ;Drug and Alcohol Dependence. 2019 Dec 1
12 citations
Identifying, tracking, and treating lung injury associated with e-cigarettes or vaping.
Laura E. Crotty Alexander, Mario F. Perez> ;Lancet. 2019 Nov 8
16 citations
Association between Electronic Cigarette Use and Asthma in Never-Smokers
Mario F. Perez, Nkiruka C. Atuegwu, Cheryl Oncken, Erin L. Mead, Eric M. Mortensen> ;Annals of the American Thoracic Society. 2019 Nov 1
32 citations
Adult e-cigarettes use associated with a self-reported diagnosis of COPD.
Mario F. Perez, Nkiruka C. Atuegwu, Erin L. Mead, Cheryl Oncken, Eric M. Mortensen> ;International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2019 Oct 16
9 citations
Association of atypical antipsychotics and mortality for patients hospitalised with pneumonia.
Zachary Boivin, Mario F. Perez, Nkiruka C. Atuegwu, Mark L. Metersky, Carlos A. Alvarez, Antonio Anzueto, Eric M. Mortensen> ;ERJ Open Research. 2019 Oct 1
3 citations
E-cigarette Use Is Associated with Non-prescribed Medication Use in Adults: Results from the PATH Survey.
Kathryn Bentivegna, Nkiruka C. Atuegwu, Cheryl Oncken, Erin L. Mead, Mario F. Perez, Eric M. Mortensen> ;Journal of General Internal Medicine. 2019 Oct 1
33 citations
Association between Regular Electronic Nicotine Product Use and Self-Reported Periodontal Disease Status: Population Assessment of Tobacco and Health Survey
Nkiruka C. Atuegwu, Mario F. Perez, Cheryl Oncken, Sejal Thacker, Erin L. Mead, Eric M. Mortensen> ;International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2019 Apr 9
5 citations
Impact of Cirrhosis on Pneumonia-Related Outcomes in Hospitalized Older Veterans.
Zachary Boivin, Mario F. Perez, Nkiruka C. Atuegwu, Antonio Anzueto, Eric M. Mortensen> ;The American Journal of the Medical Sciences. 2019 Apr 1
Rebuttal From Dr Perez et al
Mario F. Perez, Lori A. Bastian, Cheryl Oncken> ;Chest. 2017 Sep 1
1 citations
COUNTERPOINT: Are Advanced Practice Professionals More Likely to Achieve Better Tobacco Cessation Results than Physicians? No
Mario F. Perez, Lori A. Bastian, Cheryl Oncken> ;Chest. 2017 Sep 1
How to translate the new hospital-acquired and ventilator-associated pneumonia guideline to the bedside.
Mario F. Perez, Mark L. Metersky, Andre C. Kalil> ;Current Opinion in Critical Care. 2017 Oct 1
Number of Consults and Response Times to ED: Effects on Patient Flow and Outcomes.
Mario F. Perez, Jürgen L Holleck, Michael Sfondrini, Edward Nemergut, Craig G. Gunderson, Daniel G. Federman> ;Connecticut Medicine. 2017 Feb 1
14 citations
Noninvasive Analysis of the Sputum Transcriptome Discriminates Clinical Phenotypes of Asthma.
Xiting Yan, Jen-Hwa Chu, Jose L. Gomez, Maria Koenigs, Carole Holm, Xiaoxuan He, Mario F. Perez, Hongyu Zhao, Shrikant Mane, Fernando D. Martinez, Carole Ober, Dan L. ...> ;Annals of the American Thoracic Society. 2016 Mar 30
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Press Mentions

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Other Languages

Spanish

Hospital Affiliations

Veterans Affairs Connecticut Healthcare SystemWest Haven, Connecticut
UConn, John Dempsey HospitalFarmington, Connecticut