Marissa Perino

Board-Certified Patient Advocate
Marissa

Marissa Perino

Board-Certified Patient Advocate
Advocate Location
San Diego , CA 92138
Specialty
Medical Guidance
Other Services
Wellness & Lifestyle
TeleAdvocacy Available
Offers FREE Initial Consultation
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How I Can Help
I help patients with life-changing diagnoses to navigate quality of life and care options. I advocate with optimism in mind through expert strategies and a deep knowledge of healthcare. As an applied social scientist, I prioritize objectivity to support your decision-making and communication in the most realistic, compassionate way possible.

Healthcare Communication | Support | Care Advocacy
Important Information About Me
  • I offer a FREE Initial Consultation
  • I offer TeleAdvocacy Service
  • I am insured
  • My geographical area of practice is San Diego Metro Region, California, and National Virtual Consultation. Practice boundaries exclude the Midwest.
Why I Became A Professional Health Care Advocate
Over my twelve years of supporting clients before, during, and after childbirth as a doula, I observed a multitude of clinical and humanistic failures and successes in hospitals and birth centers. I became a passionate advocate for comprehensive pain and symptom management for the whole person in all medical specialties. Rather than relying on my observations in these areas alone, however, I pursued formal training in the social analysis of medicine through my master's and doctoral research. My work as an applied sociologist advocating for patients is possible because of the half-decade of full-time, formal Ph.D. training I completed at one of the top research universities in the world.
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Formal Education
Masters of Science in Nursing, Saint Louis University, Trudy Busch Valentine School of Nursing, anticipated degree conferral on May 17, 2025
Clinical Nurse Leader, Certification in-progress, St. Louis University, anticipated completion May, 2025
University of California-San Diego, Ph.D. ABD Research: Medicine, Sociology of Religion, Economic Sociology
University of California-San Diego, M.A. Sociology
University of California-San Diego, B.A. Sociology of Science and Medicine, with Honors and High Distinction
Additional Skills
In-Progress: pre-licensure Master's Degree in Nursing with extensive clinical and didactic education in medical-surgical nursing across the lifecourse, community health, applied advocacy skills, clinical communication, and healthcare leadership. Graduation anticipated May, 2025.
Professional Affiliations
Doctoral training emphases at UCSD - Physician Work, Medical Decision-Making, Healthcare Economics
Board-Certified Patient Advocate, 2018-Present
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