Board-certified in preventive medicine and public health, Monica Perlman, MD, MPH, founded San Diego's Perlman Clinic in 2005 and practices internal medicine at 6386 Alvarado Court, Suite 101, in Grantville. She earned her medical degree at UC Irvine School of Medicine, completed an internship at Scripps Clinic and Research Foundation, finished her residency at UC San Diego Medical Center, and holds a Master of Public Health with an emphasis in occupational medicine from San Diego State University. The Alvarado Court office sits in the 92120 ZIP on the medical corridor between Alvarado Hospital and Kaiser Permanente Zion, and patients filling prescriptions from the practice can walk to Alvarado Community Pharmacy on Alvarado Canyon Road in Grantville. Perlman holds lifetime board certification from the American Board of Preventive Medicine (1997) and serves as a voluntary assistant professor in the Department of Medicine at UCSD. Her clinical research has included studies on therapies for lung disease, hypertension, and diabetes, as well as care management model efficacy. Before founding the clinic, she served as Director of Primary Care and head of Occupational Medicine and Employee Health at Scripps Clinic. She is fluent in Spanish and treats patients who travel from Mexico for care. The practice is a member of the UC San Diego Health Physician Network and she serves on the XiMED Medical Group Board of Directors. Patients requiring dermatological evaluation for skin lesions identified during preventive exams are referred to specialists such as Dermatology & Laser Center of San Diego on the Grantville medical corridor near Mission Gorge Road. Her NPI registration under Monica Perlman MD Inc. (NPI 1306189774) classifies the practice as a primary care group.