Norma A. Perez

Norma A. Perez, MD, DrPH, is a medical educator and psychiatrist working at The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston in Galveston, Texas. She has been practicing since 1995 and specializes in education, heath disparities, research, psychiatry, physical medicine, Hispanic health, and rehabilitation. Dr. Perez is HSHPS Vice President Director, Hispanic Center of Excellence Executive Director, and Frontera de Salud Assistant Professor of Internal Medicine-Geriatrics and Preventive Medicine and Community Health at the University of Texas Medical Branch School of Medicine. Norma A. Perez, MD, DrPH, is an advocate of higher education for promising Hispanic students and supporter and mentor in the Hispanic communities of Texas. Dr. Perez is a Houston native, earned her MD from the Universidad de Monterrey, Monterrey, Mexico, and completed her residency training in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation at the Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico, Mexico City, Mexico. She was a practicing physiatrist in Mexico before returning to Houston where she completed her doctorate in Public Health in International and Family Health at the University of Texas â?? Houston, Health Science Center School of Public Health. Since her tenure at UTMB, Dr. Perez has served on several committees including UTMB's Diversity Council and the School of Medicine's Admissions Committee. In July 2010, she was a guest on the popular Fox News program Hola Houston, addressing the need for Hispanic physicians because of the two percent year growth of Hispanics in the State of Texas. Dr. Perez's goal is to inspire and guide those students with an interest in medicine or other postgraduate education. She is a professional member of the National Hispanic Medical Association, the American Public Health Association, and the Hispanic Center of Excellence at The University of Texas Medical Branch.