RafaelLPerezMD

Pulmonology • Philadelphia, PA

Critical Care Medicine, Interstitial Lung Diseases, Pleural Disease, Pulmonary Rehabilitation

Professor of Medicine, University Louisville School of Medicine

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Office
834 Walnut St
Ste 650
Philadelphia, PA 19107
Phone+1 215-955-5161

Fax+1 215-923-6003
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Education & Training

Emory University School of MedicineFellowship, Pulmonary Disease and Critical Care Medicine, 1985 - 1989
Wright State UniversityResidency, Internal Medicine, 1982 - 1985
University of Tennessee Health Science Center College of MedicineClass of 1982

Certifications & Licensure

PA State Medical License 2018 - 2024
KY State Medical License 2010 - 2019
GA State Medical License 1985 - 2011
American Board of Internal Medicine Internal Medicine

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

Regional Top Doctor Castle Connolly, 2014

Clinical Trials

Study to Assess the Efficacy and Safety of Simtuzumab (GS-6624) in Adults With Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis (IPF) Start of enrollment: 2013 Jan 31
Terminated
Phase 2
Evaluate the Safety and Efficacy of FG-3019 (Pamrevlumab) in Participants With Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis (IPF) Start of enrollment: 2013 Jul 30
Completed
Phase 2

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

1 citations
"I can't breathe with my mask on".
Saqib Baig, Rafael Perez> ;The American Journal of the Medical Sciences. 2022 Jun 1
On Race and the Environment in the COVID-19 Pandemic.
Rafael L. Perez, Ross Summer> ;The American Journal of the Medical Sciences. 2020 Jul 13
15 citations
Conducting Clinical Research in the Era of Covid-19.
Tamra Perez, Rafael L. Perez, Jesse Roman> ;The American Journal of the Medical Sciences. 2020 Jun 10
The Coronavirus Pandemic - At the Beginning of the Learning Curve.
Rafael L. Perez, Jesse Roman> ;The American Journal of the Medical Sciences. 2020 Jun 3
7 citations
Sex-Based Differences in Interstitial Lung Disease
Pooja Pandit, Rafael L. Perez, Jesse Roman> ;The American Journal of the Medical Sciences. 2020 Apr 25
143 citations
Pamrevlumab, an anti-connective tissue growth factor therapy, for idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (PRAISE): a phase 2, randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial.
Luca Richeldi, Evans R. Fernández Pérez, Ulrich Costabel, Carlo Albera, David J. Lederer, Kevin R. Flaherty, Neil Ettinger, Rafael Perez, Mary Beth Scholand, Jonathan ...> ;The Lancet. Respiratory Medicine. 2020 Jan 1
1 citations
Granulomatous Inflammation and the Lymphatic System-Perhaps a New Target for Intervention in Tuberculosis and Sarcoidosis.
Jesse Roman, Rafael L. Perez> ;Bioessays. 2019 Nov 1
1 citations
A 54-Year-Old Man With Anasarca, Dyspnea, and Recurrent Bilateral Pleural Effusions
Pradnya D. Patil, Yvette M. Cua, Carol Farver, Rafael Perez, Atul C. Mehta, Tanmay S. Panchabhai> ;Chest. 2017 Aug 1
17 citations
Scleroderma-related interstitial lung disease.
Sally Suliman, Abdalhamid Al Harash, William Neil Roberts, Rafael L. Perez, Jesse Roman> ;Respiratory Medicine Case Reports. 2017 Jan 1
8 citations
Pulmonary Necrobiotic Nodules in Crohn's Disease: A Rare Extra-intestinal Manifestation
Karim El-Kersh, Mostafa Fraig, Rodrigo Cavallazzi, Mohamed Saad, Rafael Perez> ;Respiratory Care. 2014 Dec 1
3 citations
Mounier-Kuhn syndrome. Imaging and bronchoscopic findings.
Karim El-Kersh, Muhammad Yasin, Rodrigo Cavallazzi, Rafael Perez> ;American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. 2014 Jul 1
2 citations
Castleman’s disease and primary effusion lymphoma in a HIV-positive patient:
Michael Scott, Bashar Chihada Alhariri, Hanan Farghaly, Rafael Perez, Forest W Arnold> ;International Journal of STD & AIDS. 2014 May 1
6 citations
A 63-Year-Old Man With a Chronic Cough and an Endobronchial Lesion
Karim El-Kersh, Rafael Perez, Umair Gauhar> ;Chest. 2014 Apr 1
30 citations
Pulmonary Hypertension Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis: A Dastardly Duo
J. Shaun Smith, Rafael Perez, Daniel Gorbett, Julianne Mueller, Curt J. Daniels> ;The American Journal of the Medical Sciences. 2013 Sep 1
12 citations
Pulmonary IgG4+ Rosai-Dorfman disease
Karim El-Kersh, Rafael Perez, Juan Guardiola> ;BMJ Case Reports. 2013 Apr 10
4 citations
Smoking-related interstitial fibrosis (SRIF) and pulmonary hypertension.
Karim El-Kersh, Rafael Perez, J. Shaun Smith, Mostafa Fraig> ;BMJ Case Reports. 2013 Mar 11
1 citations
Dyspnoea and the ovaries: a rare presentation of Krukenberg tumour
Wasiq Faraz Rawasia, Udit Chaddha, Karim El-Kersh, Rafael Perez> ;BMJ Case Reports. 2013 Feb 1
A Case of Progressive Lung Fibrosis
Daniel Fioret, Jesse Roman, Rafael L. Perez, Tamra Perez> ;The American Journal of the Medical Sciences. 2011 Jun 1
12 citations
Management of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis.
Daniel Fioret, Jesse Roman, Rafael L. Perez> ;The American Journal of the Medical Sciences. 2011 Jun 1
7 citations
Bronchoalveolar lavage fluid D dimer levels are higher and more prevalent in black patients with pulmonary sarcoidosis.
Rafael L. Perez, Anthony P. Kimani, Talmadge E. King, Samuel M. Aguayo, Jesse Roman> ;Respiration; International Review of Thoracic Diseases. 2007 May 1
4 citations
Interstitial lung disease: causes, treatment, and prevention.
Rafael L. Perez> ;Ethnicity & Disease. 2005 Jan 1
34 citations
Pulmonary granulomatous inflammation: From sarcoidosis to tuberculosis.
Rafael L. Perez, Carlos A. Rivera-Marrero, Jesse Roman> ;Seminars in Respiratory Infections. 2003 Mar 1
10 citations
COPD in VA hospitals.
Jesse Roman, Rafael L. Perez> ;Clinical Cornerstone. 2003 Jan 1
70 citations
Cytokine message and protein expression during lung granuloma formation and resolution induced by the mycobacterial cord factor trehalose-6,6'-dimycolate.
Rafael L. Perez, Jesse Roman, Susanne Roser, Candice Little, Margaret Olsen, Jessica Indrigo, Robert L. Hunter, Jeffrey K. Actor> ;Journal of Interferon & Cytokine Research. 2000 Sep 1
160 citations
The Effects of Chronic Alcohol Abuse on Pulmonary Glutathione Homeostasis
Marc Moss, David M. Guidot, Monique Wong-Lambertina, Terri Ten Hoor, Rafael L. Perez, Lou Ann S. Brown> ;American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. 2000 Feb 1
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Hospital Affiliations

Thomas Jefferson University HospitalPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania