Cesar Augusto Perez Batista, MD
- Position
- Board Member
- Office address
- 6400 Sanger Rd | Suite A2000 | Orlando, FL 32827
- Cesar.PerezBatista@flcancer.com
- Phone
- 689.216.8500
- Website
- Visit Website
Dr. Perez Batista currently serves as the Director of the Drug Development Unit at Sarah Cannon Research Institute at Florida Cancer Specialists in Lake Nona, Florida. A globally recognized cancer expert, he leads the development of novel therapies for all solid tumors, with a specialized focus on head and neck cancer. He is the Executive Chair of the Head and Neck Cancer Research Group for the Sarah Cannon Research Institute Network and has held prestigious roles such as Chair of the Head and Neck Educational Committee for the ASCO Annual Meeting, alongside other influential committee appointments. Dr. Perez is also an Affiliate Associate Professor at the University of Central Florida (UCF).
Previously, Dr. Perez Batista was a faculty member at the University of Miami, where he co-led Phase 1 oncology clinical research and the Head and Neck Group, and at the University of Louisville, where he earned the Best Faculty Teacher Award in 2015 and 2017. Dr. Perez earned his medical degree from the University of Panama School of Medicine, completed his internal medicine residency at the Cleveland Clinic in Florida, and pursued his oncology-hematology fellowship at the University of Miami, where he was honored with the Peter A. Cassileth, MD Award as an outstanding fellow and served as Chief Fellow. He is board certified in medical oncology, hematology, and internal medicine.
