Victor Perez

Dr. Perez is an established clinician-scientist investigator in the field of ocular immunology and ocular surface diseases. His research focuses on ocular immunology and transplantation. As Director of the Ocular Surface Program, he evaluates and treats patients with ocular inflammatory diseases and conditions of the anterior segment. Prior to joining Duke, he led the Ocular Surface Center at Bascom Palmer Eye Institute and held an appointment as a professor in the Department of Microbiology and Immunology. Dr. Perez received his medical degree from the University of Puerto Rico School of Medicine in San Juan Puerto Rico. After completing residency at the Massachusetts Eye & Ear Infirmary, Harvard Medical School, he went on to complete fellowships at Harvard Medical School hospitals, including in Immunology Research at Brigham and Women's Hospital, Ocular Immunology Research at Schepens Eye Research Institute, Corneal, and External Diseases at the Massachusetts Eye & Ear Infirmary, and in Ocular Immunology and Uveitis at Massachusetts Eye & Ear Infirmary.