Adriana Pero, MD, MSc
RESIDENT
Surgery
School of Medicine
Adriana Pero grew up in a small town outside of Philadelphia. She was recruited to play Division I field hockey at Lafayette College where she majored in Neuroscience. After graduating in 2019, she worked for a year as an Associate Researcher in the lab of Dr. Dongming Cai at the Bronx VA investigating molecular and cellular processes of Alzheimer’s disease.
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Upon starting medical school at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in 2020, Adriana pursued her commitment to research and health equity. She became involved with neuroscience research with Dr. Kristen Brennand investigating alternative splicing of NRXN1 in neuropsychiatric diseases. Throughout medical school, she consistently volunteered with the East Harlem Health Outreach Program (EHHOP), the student run free clinic at Mount Sinai, and held several leadership positions including Community Outreach Chair and Chief Liver Clinic Teaching Senior. During her third year, she discovered her passion for general surgery and decided to pursue a Master of Science in Clinical Research (MSCR) and worked with Dr. Myron Schwartz in the Liver Surgery department investigating the changing causes of hepatocellular carcinoma.
After graduating medical school in 2025, Adriana started surgical residency at UCSF. She continues to be involved with research and facilitates discussions with program leadership as a class representative. In her free time, she enjoys running, finding hikes in the area, and exploring a new city.
Awards
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- Distinction in Community Service & Global Health, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, 2025
- Distinction in Research, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, 2025
- Gold Humanism Honor Society, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, 2023
- Dr. & Mrs. David Schwimmer '35 Prize in Honor of Theodore A. Distler, Lafayette College, 2019
- Phi Beta Kappa Honor Society, Lafayette College, 2019
- Psi Chi Honor Society, Lafayette College, 2017
Education & Training
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- MS Clinical Research Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai 05/2025
- MD Medicine Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai 05/2025
- BS Neuroscience Lafayette College 05/2019
Websites
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- Adriana Pero LinkedIn (linkedin.com)
- Adriana Pero Research Gate (researchgate.net)
Publications (12)
Top publication keywords:
Cell Adhesion Molecules, NeuronalSerotonin 5-HT1 Receptor AgonistsSequence DeletionCoronavirus InfectionsSumatriptanColposcopyMigraine DisordersContraindicationsStudentsPneumonia, ViralTryptaminesCentral Nervous System DiseasesLearningNeural Cell Adhesion MoleculesImmune System Diseases
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Male-to-female ratios in the risk of hepatocellular carcinoma: A nationwide study of Danish patients with viral or non-viral cirrhosis.
Journal of hepatology 2025 Bjørn AB, Jensen MD, Pero A, Villadsen GE, Jepsen P -
Phenotypic complexities of rare heterozygous neurexin-1 deletions.
Nature 2025 Fernando MB, Fan Y, Zhang Y, Tokolyi A, Murphy AN, Kammourh S, Deans PJM, Ghorbani S, Onatzevitch R, Pero A, Padilla C, Williams SE, Flaherty EK, Prytkova IA, Cao L, Knowles DA, Fang G, Slesinger PA, … -
Phenotypic complexities of rare heterozygous neurexin-1 deletions.
bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology 2024 Fernando MB, Fan Y, Zhang Y, Tokolyi A, Murphy AN, Kammourh S, Michael Deans PJ, Ghorbani S, Onatzevitch R, Pero A, Padilla C, Williams S, Flaherty EK, Prytkova IA, Cao L, Knowles DA, Fang G, … -
Hepatic Resection for Hepatocellular Carcinoma.
Clinics in liver disease 2024 Tabrizian P, Pero A, Schwartz M -
A systematic review of telehealth and remote monitoring in vascular surgery
JVS-Vascular Insights 2024 Bai H, Pero A, Kibrik P, Chang A, Lee E, Ting W
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Time Differences From Abnormal Cervical Cancer Screening to Colposcopy Between Insurance Statuses.
Journal of lower genital tract disease 2024 Khurana S, Smolar I, Warren L, Velasquez J, Kaplowitz E, Rios J, Pero A, Roberts H, Mitchell M, Oner C, Abraham C -
Synaptojanin 1 Modulates Functional Recovery After Incomplete Spinal Cord Injury in Male Apolipoprotein E Epsilon 4 Mice.
Neurotrauma reports 2023 Toro CA, Hansen J, Siddiq MM, Johnson K, Cao J, Pero A, Iyengar R, Cai D, Cardozo CP -
Is It Reasonable to Expect Students and Trainees to Internalize Equity as a Core Professional Value When Teaching and Learning Occurs in Segregated Settings?
AMA journal of ethics 2023 Pero A, Xu EL -
Triptan medication use among patients with migraine with contraindications in the US.
Headache 2022 Pero A, Pace A, Dhamoon MS -
COVID-19: A Perspective from Clinical Neurology and Neuroscience.
The Neuroscientist : a review journal bringing neurobiology, neurology and psychiatry 2020 Pero A, Ng S, Cai D -
MicroRNA-195 rescues ApoE4-induced cognitive deficits and lysosomal defects in Alzheimer's disease pathogenesis.
Molecular psychiatry 2020 Cao J, Huang M, Guo L, Zhu L, Hou J, Zhang L, Pero A, Ng S, El Gaamouch F, Elder G, Sano M, Goate A, Tcw J, Haroutunian V, Zhang B, Cai D -
Women in neuroscience: Where are we in 2019?
Journal of neuroscience research 2020 Machlovi S, Pero A, Ng S, Zhong M, Cai D