Javier Perez, MD, FACS

Orlando Eye Specialists

Dr. Pérez is a Board Certified and Fellowship Trained Ophthalmologist, who has performed thousands of ophthalmic surgeries. The focus of his practice is the medical and surgical management of glaucoma and cataracts.

Dr. Pérez was born in Ponce, Puerto Rico and is the second oldest of César and Millie’s four children.  After years of travel and training, he established his private and professional life in Orlando, Fl.  He is happily married to Dr. Lindsey  Koss, Ob-Gyn in Winter Park, FL.   In his free time, Dr. Perez enjoys spending time with his twin boys, running, jogging, scuba diving and skiing.

Javier A. Pérez, M.D., FACS proudly served in the U.S. Navy from 2004 to 2011 as a member of the Navy Medical Corps.  During this time, his Transitional Medical Internship was completed at the National Naval Medical Center in Bethesda, Maryland.  Following internship, he began rigorous training at the Naval Undersea Medicine Institute in Groton, Connecticut and concluded instruction at the Naval Diving and Salvage Training Center in Panama City, Florida.

Once accomplishing this, he was stationed at the Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard in Hawaii where he worked as an Undersea and Diving Medical Officer.  During his tour of duty, he provided medical support to the Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard, the Submarine Pacific Fleet and U.S. Navy Dive School at Ford Island, Hawaii.

After finishing his active duty commitment, he served three additional years in the Navy Reserves at the Jacksonville Naval Air Station in Florida.  Dr. Perez was honorably discharged from the Navy with the rank of Lieutenant Commander.