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Washington, D.C., August 26, 2021 – The Medical Society of the District of Columbia (MSDC) and Perla are collaborating to enhance access to trusted advisors with experience in the healthcare industry. MSDC is the largest medical organization in the District of Columbia representing metropolitan Washington physicians. MSDC’s mission is to make the District of Columbia the best place to practice medicine, which includes offering innovative, customized resources to help busy physicians.

MSDC President Dr. E.W Emanuel said, “MSDC is proud to partner with Perla, a local, physician founded, healthcare-centric B2B matching platform that allows our members to directly connect to advisors and consultants with experience, knowledge, and expertise in the healthcare industry.” 

Perla is the first digital matching platform designed to directly match healthcare professionals and businesses with trusted advisors and consultants with expertise in the healthcare industry. The platform allows free access to healthcare professionals to select for the type of advisor and services they are looking for, compare advisor rates, experiences, read user reviews and contact the desired advisor. 
 
Given the high levels of complexities in healthcare business operations, it is important for healthcare professionals and businesses to have ready access to advisors with specialized knowledge and experience in the healthcare industry. For example, with respect to physician employment agreements, the American Medical Association suggests that “[a]n experienced health care attorney in the state in which you plan to work can help you identify and resolve problematic contract provisions before they become an issue. Your state medical society may be able to provide a recommendation for a trusted attorney in your area.”
 
Through the Perla platform MSDC members can connect with trusted advisors in four different consulting practice areas: 
(a) healthcare attorneys; 
(b) banking and financing advisors; 
(c) practice management consultants; and, 
(d) accountants.  

To ensure high levels of quality for services that are provided by Perla advisors, Perla conducts a review of all advisor’s expertise in healthcare (at least five years), credentials and references before allowing the advisor to list his/her services on the platform. Accordingly, Perla is slowly, carefully, but steadily growing its advisor network to address user consulting needs and is currently focused on growing its advisor network in the greater Washington metropolitan area. 

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Media Contact:
Pia Duryea  
Medical Society of the District of Columbia  
duryea@msdc.org     
(202) 355-9414  


About the Medical Society of the District of Columbia 
With over 3,000 members, the Medical Society of the District of Columbia (MSDC) is the largest medical organization representing metropolitan Washington physicians in the District of Columbia. The Medical Society, founded in 1817, is the leading voice of medicine and public health advocate on issues impacting the diverse population of our nation’s capital. MSDC is dedicated to ensuring the well-being of physicians and their patients in metropolitan Washington. For more information, visit msdc.org.
 
About Perla
Established in 2019 and launched in June of 2021, Perla is the first healthcare focused B2B matching platform that allows healthcare professionals and businesses to directly connect to advisors and consultants with experience, knowledge, and expertise in the healthcare industry. Perla aims to enhance access, quality, and transparency in selecting and engaging professional advisors. Currently, Perla is accessible to 6,500 physician members of local healthcare societies in the greater DC metropolitan area. To learn more, click HERE or visit Perla website at www.goperla.com.