Dr. Jose Ignacio Perea is a proudly Board Certified Endodontist, Diplomate of the American Board of Endodontics, a certification that less than 25% of endodontists in the U.S. have due to rigorous testing through exams and tough clinical cases. He received his endodontics specialist training at University of Southern California, which is regarded worldwide as one of the leading schools in dentistry. He currently serves as a Clinical Assistant Professor at the postgraduate program at USC. Artists come in many forms but for Dr. Perea it was the precise brilliance of his hands and their ability to master small, intricate motions that helped nickname him “The Picasso of Endodontics” by other well-known endodontists. American born and Colombian raised, Dr. Perea graduated in 1993 from the prestigious Javeriana College of Dentistry in Bogota – Colombia where he also completed his first endodontic residency, but never could he have imagined this would be just the beginning of his formal education. For ten years after graduation, he operated a successful private practice as well as taught endodontics as part of his alma mater’s postgraduate program.