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Danielle Perret, MD

Professor
University of California, Irvine

Dani Perret (Danielle Perret Karimi, MD) is the Associate Chief Medical Information Officer, Ambulatory; and Professor, Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation at The University of California, Irvine. She is board-certified in PM&R and Pain Medicine and has been on faculty at UC Irvine since 2008 - practicing Pain Medicine and having appointments in PM&R as well as Neurosurgery and Anesthesiology & Perioperative Care. Her previous leadership roles include: Residency Director/Associate Director, PM&R; Fellowship Director, Pain Medicine (Anesthesiology)- the latter for approximately ten years; Assistant Dean, GME (2012-14) and Associate Dean, GME and DIO (2014-16). She has a current leadership role in Clinical Informatics where she manages ambulatory workflows, quality programs, provider support/outreach and governance. She is one of the AAP representatives to the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) Council of Faculty and Academic Societies (CFAS). Dani has been active on the AAP Board of Trustees, where she has contributed to the Public Policy and Governance Committees; her service has also included the National PM&R Workforce Study Task Force; Tri-Society GME Initiative; and Women's Leadership Task Force. She enjoys advocacy work, especially related to the role of Physiatry in pain management (and in solutions to the opioid epidemic), healthcare disparities, and the specialty workforce. Dani is an Associate Editor for the American Journal of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation. She grew up in the Garden State, attended Rutgers undergrad, completed medical school at Rutgers/Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, residency training at the Mount Sinai School of Medicine/MSSM in Manhattan, and fellowship training in Pain Medicine at UC Irvine. She lives in sunny southern California with her husband and two boys.

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