Dr. Pérez-Colón brings direct specialty care to Puerto Rico and shares why this a better alternative to the current healthcare system.

What is direct specialty care, and why is this model changing healthcare? My guest is Dr. Pérez-Colón, who is on the cutting edge of this work in Puerto Rico. She is the first physician to bring this specialty care to the island. Dr. Sheila Pérez-Colón was born and raised in San Juan, Puerto Rico. She obtained her bachelor's degree in Biology at the University of Puerto Rico, Rio Piedras campus. Her medical education started at the Autonomous University of Guadalajara, Mexico, and she finished with the fifth pathway program at New York Medical College in Valhalla, New York. She completed a 3-year pediatric residency program in the Children’s Hospital at Maimonides Medical Center in Brooklyn, NY.   She then completed an additional sub-specialty training with a 3-years pediatric endocrinology fellowship at a combined program between Maimonides Medical Center and SUNY Downstate Medical Center in Brooklyn, NY.  SUNY Downstate Medical Center then recruited her and Kings County Hospital in NY to become part of their faculty. After years of frustration with the traditional healthcare system (rushed visits, poor accessibility, surprise bills, and long waiting time, which all compromise patient care) and with the realization that nothing is better than being home and helping your people, Elite Endocrine MD was born. https://eliteendocrinemd.com/about IG: Elite.Endocrine.MD_drperez