Dr. Antonia Perez
Doctor of Nursing Practice, board-certified Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner, Certified Family Nurse Practitioner
Her Story
World-Class Training. A Deliberate Path to Coos Bay.
There are clinicians who end up in rural practice because it was the only option. Dr. Antonia Perez is not one of them. She holds a Doctor of Nursing Practice from the University of Texas at Austin (the highest degree in nursing practice) and is board-certified as a Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner (Johns Hopkins, Baltimore, MD) and Certified Family Nurse Practitioner (Catholic University, Washington, DC). She could work anywhere.
She chose Coos Bay.
Growing up in a Latino family with deep roots in Texas and an understanding of what it means to navigate healthcare systems that weren't designed for you, Dr. Perez made it her mission to provide the highest level of psychiatric care to communities that historically have the least access to it: survivors of sexual violence, uninsured Latino families, people in rural areas where the nearest psychiatrist is a two-hour drive, and women whose mental health needs are often dismissed or undertreated.
Her training spans three exceptional institutions — the University of Texas at Austin, Johns Hopkins, and The Catholic University of America — giving her a uniquely broad clinical foundation that integrates psychiatric expertise with family medicine perspective. She sees the whole person, not just the presenting symptom.
"I want my patients to leave each appointment feeling heard, respected, and more equipped to navigate their lives — regardless of what their insurance card says, what language they speak, or what part of the state they live in."