The Cardiac Center at Joe DiMaggio Children's Hospital
Physician Biography
Dr. Perryman is an internationally acclaimed surgeon with
a long history of leadership in the Florida medical community.
Previous administrative positions include Chief of Cardiothoracic Surgery and Director of Pediatric Heart Surgery at the University of Miami/Jackson Memorial Hospital, Chief of Cardiovascular Surgery at Shands Hospital in Jacksonville and Chief of Cardiac Surgery at Veterans Administration Hospital in Miami, Florida. Currently, he is a Professor of Surgery at the University of the West Indies.
Dr. Perryman has published and lectured throughout his career, with teaching appointments at Duke University, the University of Miami/Jackson Memorial Hospital and University of Florida College of Medicine. Research interests include the use of vascular clip devices in congenital heart surgery and the impact of profound hypothermia and circulatory arrest on regional cerebral temperature.
He has been active in professional and philanthropic organizations such as the Jamaican Children’s Heart Fund, a non-profit organization devoted to providing Jamaican children with cardiac surgery. He is frequently cited in “America’s Top Doctors.”
Contact Information
1150 North 35 Avenue
Suite 575
Hollywood, FL 33021
Phone: (954) 985-6939
Fax: (954) 965-6405
Recent Articles
1. Perryman RA, Bayne E. Miller RH: Bull-worker syncope. Congenital subclavian steal syndrome. Pediatric Cardiology 12:105-106, 1991
2. Perryman RA: Autogenous atrial tunnel for total cavo-pulmonary connection in infants and small children. Ann Thor Surg 51:508-510, 1991
3. Welch L. Zabaleta, Fojaco R, Perryman RA: Aneurysm of right ventricular outflow track. A complication of aorto-pulmonary shunt. Pediatric Cardiology, September 1991
4. Bolooki H, Horowitz MD, Interian A Jr., Thurer RJ, Palatianos GM, De Marchena EJ, Perryman RA, Myerburg RJ: Long-term surgical results in sudden death syndrome associated with cardiac dysfunction after myocardial infarction. Annals of Surgery 216:333-341, September 1992
5. Horowitz MD, Zager W. Blisker M, Perryman RA, Lowery MH: Cortriatriatum in adults. American Heart Journal 126:472-474, 1993
6. Jacobs J, Holland J, Herskowitz K, Konstantakis A. Ferrer P, Perryman RA: Surgery for cardiac rhabdomyomas in infants and children. Ann Thor Surg 58:1552-5, 1994
7. Curless RG, Katz DA, Perryman RA, Ferrer PL, Gelblum J, Weiner WJ: Choreathetosis after surgery for congenital heart disease. J Peds 124:737-739, May 1994
8. Jaquiss RD, Perryman RA: Rapid safe central venous access in children and adults undergoing open cardiac operation. Ann Thor Surg 63(3): 862-3, March 1997
9. Dewanjee MK, Wu SM, Kapadvanjwala M, De D, Dewanjee S, Gonzalez L, Novak S, Hsu LC, Perryman RA, Duncan RC, Serafini AN, Sfakianakis GN, Horton AF: Emboli from an extraluminal blood flow hollow fiber oxygenator with and without an arterial filter during cardiopulmonary bypass in a pig model. ASAIO Journal 42(6): 1010-8, November – December 1996
10. Dewanjee MK, Wu SM, De D, Nadkarni R, Gonzalez L, Dewanjee S, Novak S, Perryman RA, Serafini AN, Sfakianakis GN, Duncan RC, Dietrich WD, Ganz WI, Hsu LC: Reduction of neutrophil margination by L-Arginine during hypothermic cardiopulmonary bypass in a pig model. ASAIO Journal 42(5): M661-6, September – October 1996
11. Perryman RA and Jaquiss RD: Atrially based pericardial tunnel for central pulmonary artery construction. Ann Thor Surg 64:228-30, 1997
12. Wang N, Kuluz J, Barron M and Perryman RA: Cardiopulmonary bypass in a patient with Moyamoya disease. Anesth Analg 84(5): 1160-3 May 1997
13. Giles JM, Burkett G, Perryman RA, and Ferrer PL. Fetal tissue typing in anticipation of neonatal heart transplantation. Obstet Gynecol 91(5 pt2): 823-5 May 1998
14. Perryman RA and Jaquiss RD; Tetralogy of Fallot. Mastery of Cardiothoracic Surgery. Lippincott-Raven 1998
15. Kohli V; Young ML; Perryman RA; and Wolff GS: Paired ventricular pacing: an alternative therapy for postoperative junctional ectopic tachycardia in congenital heart disease. Pacing Clin Electrophysiol – 01-MAY-1999; 22(5): 706-10
16. Laudito A and Perryman RA: Extended Ross procedure for aortic valve stenosis and ascending arch hypoplasia. Ann Thor Surg. 67(2): 560-1, February 1999
