Angelica Perez-Gutierrez, MD
Angelica Perez-Gutierrez, MD
Assistant Professor of Surgery
Specialties
- Transplant
Locations
- Chicago - Hyde Park
- Specialties & Areas of Expertise
- Locations & Patient Information
- Education & Research
- Accepted Insurance
- External Professional Relationships
Specialties
Areas of Expertise
- Kidney Transplant
- Liver Transplant
- Pancreatic Islet Transplant
- Transplant Surgery
Languages Spoken
- English
- Spanish
Medical Education
- University of Veracruz
Internship
- National Institute of Medical Science and Nutrition
Residency
- National Institute of Medical Science and Nutrition Salvador Zubiran
Fellowship
- University of Chicago Medicine
Memberships & Medical Societies
- American Society of Transplant Surgeons
News & Research
Insurance
- Aetna Better Health *see insurance page
- Aetna HMO (specialists only)
- Aetna Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO
- Aetna POS
- Aetna PPO
- BCBS Blue Precision HMO (specialists only)
- BCBS HMO (HMOI) (specialists only)
- BCBS Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO
- BCBS PPO
- Cigna HMO
- Cigna POS
- Cigna PPO
- CountyCare *see insurance page
- Humana Medicare Advantage Choice PPO
- Humana Medicare Advantage Gold Choice PFFS
- Humana Medicare Advantage Gold Plus HMO
- Medicare
- Multiplan PPO
- PHCS PPO
- United Choice Plus POS/PPO
- United Choice HMO (specialists only)
- United Options (PPO)
- United Select (HMO & EPO) (specialists only)
- United W500 Emergent Wrap
- University of Chicago Health Plan (UCHP)
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Introducing Angelica Perez-Gutierrez, MD
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My name is Angelica Perez-Gutierrez,
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and I'm one of the transplant surgeons
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at University of Chicago.
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I'm an assistant professor in the Department of Surgery,
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and I'm the Associate Director of the Kidney Transplant
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Program.
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I like University of Chicago because its commitment
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to serve a very diverse population.
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We are in the south side of Chicago,
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so I like the patient population we serve.
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And I also like that we tackle very difficult cases with a lot
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of innovation and compassion.
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The way I like to approach patient care
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is to be very individualized.
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So I like to really take the time with the patients
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to know their challenges, not only taking
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their medical history, but know what
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are the barriers to transplant.
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My objective is not just to check a box,
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but to design a personalized plan
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about how to overcome all the barriers
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for that particular patient and get them
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to a successful transplant.
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I love transplant surgery because it
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allows you to have a great impact in people's lives.
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It's a surgery that requires high surgical ability, something
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that you are doing with your hands.
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But at the same time, you can change dramatically
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the quality of life of a patient or save the patient's life.
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I am originally from Mexico, and when
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I came to University of Chicago, I
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realized that there are a lot of patients that speak Spanish
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and they don't have enough information,
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or they don't have the same information
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that the English-speaking patients have.
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So it was my goal to be able to provide similar opportunities,
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because I think education and information is
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a very important pillar of the transplant process,
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and it's a very difficult process just
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to understand in top of all the language barriers they have.
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