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ForwardElizabeth Perazza, MD
Elizabeth Perazza Valentín
POSITION TITLE: Assistant Chief of Surgery, Veterans Administration Caribbean Healthcare System
I am a urologist specialized in minimally invasive procedures for patients with enlarged prostate, and lower urinary tract pathology. I have a broad background and experience in clinical duties as general urologist. After my Urology residency, I focused my interest in the areas of GU such as enlarged prostate, erectile dysfunction, lower urinary tract pathology and evaluation, prostate cancer early detection and clinically localized bladder carcinoma, among other general urology conditions
As a surgeon to participate in clinical investigation implies developing challenging set of skills that imply discipline, tenacity and attention to detail that are very much practiced within the OR theater. Patience , resiliency and be able to work in a team are among other skills that if you want to excel as a surgeon and as clinical researcher need to be within your core competencies.
2023 Principal Investigator: The impact of multiparametric MRI in Veterans of the Caribbean Health Care System for the early detection of clinically significant prostate cancer in biopsy naïve patients
2022 Panelist Urology Times Round Table : Bladder Cancer (Feb), Prostate Cancer (May) ; Advanced Prostate Cancer (June)
2021 Faculty in Virtual workshop Engaging in Disparities in Prostate Cancer Treatment American Urology Association.
2018-Present Novel ProstAtak immunotherapy for intermediate and high risk
localized prostate cancer patients in combination
with radiation therapy : Principal Investigator
VA Caribbean Healthcare System
2008-2011 Multicentric Study of Tadalafil Usage in men
with Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia (BPH) : Principal Investigator
VA Caribbean Healthcare System
POSITION TITLE: Assistant Chief of Surgery, Veterans Administration Caribbean Healthcare System
| University of PR, Medical Science Campus University District Hospital American Board of Urology American College of Surgeons | Medical Doctor (MD) Urology Board Certified Urology Fellow American College of Surgeons | 06/1993 06/1999 02/2022 10/2002 | Medical Doctor Urology Board Certification in Urology Fellow American College of Surgeons |
As a surgeon to participate in clinical investigation implies developing challenging set of skills that imply discipline, tenacity and attention to detail that are very much practiced within the OR theater. Patience , resiliency and be able to work in a team are among other skills that if you want to excel as a surgeon and as clinical researcher need to be within your core competencies.
- Contributions to Science
2023 N. Mistry , Elizabeth Perazza, et al Engaging disparities in prostate cancer: Piloting an interactive, virtual workshop to educate providers on shared decision-making for underserved populations Urologic Oncology: Seminars and Original Investigations,2023ISSN 1078- 1439,https://doi.org/10.1016/j.urolonc.2023.06.021.(https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1078143923002338
2023 Principal Investigator: The impact of multiparametric MRI in Veterans of the Caribbean Health Care System for the early detection of clinically significant prostate cancer in biopsy naïve patients
2022 Panelist Urology Times Round Table : Bladder Cancer (Feb), Prostate Cancer (May) ; Advanced Prostate Cancer (June)
2021 Faculty in Virtual workshop Engaging in Disparities in Prostate Cancer Treatment American Urology Association.
2018-Present Novel ProstAtak immunotherapy for intermediate and high risk
localized prostate cancer patients in combination
with radiation therapy : Principal Investigator
VA Caribbean Healthcare System
2008-2011 Multicentric Study of Tadalafil Usage in men
with Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia (BPH) : Principal Investigator
VA Caribbean Healthcare System
Financial relationships
There are no financial relationships to disclose.