“I am honored to have been asked by my peers to serve in this role,” said Dr. Perlyn. “Some of the most extraordinary advancements in plastic surgery have come from our city, and today Miami is home to one of the largest collectives of board-certified plastic surgeons in the country. I look forward to representing such a prestigious group of physicians and helping to ensure that Miami’s legacy as one of the premiere cities for plastic surgery, be it aesthetic or reconstructive, remains true,” he said.
Dr. Perlyn is a pediatric plastic surgeon on the medical staff at Nicklaus Children’s Hospital. His practice is dedicated to caring for children and young adults with congenital or acquired anomalies and injuries. His particular interests are in craniofacial surgery, vascular anomalies, and pigmented lesions of the skin. After receiving his undergraduate degree in English literature from Northwestern University, Dr. Perlyn attended medical school at the University of Miami where he graduated with honors. He then completed his general surgery and plastic surgery training at Washington University/Barnes Hospital in Saint Louis, one of the country’s oldest and most established plastic surgery training programs.
During his residency, Dr. Perlyn was the recipient of an American College of Surgeons Fellowship, allowing him to spend three years at the University of Oxford in England completing a doctorate degree in craniofacial molecular biology. While at Oxford, Dr. Perlyn studied why children are born with particular facial birth defects, and as a result of his efforts, he received several national and international awards. He has published numerous scientific papers and articles and lectured in several countries. Following the completion of his plastic surgery training, Dr. Perlyn went on to complete a fellowship craniofacial and pediatric plastic surgery.
About Nicklaus Children’s Hospital
Founded in 1950 by Variety Clubs International, Nicklaus Children’s Hospital® – part of Miami Children’s Health System–is South Florida’s only licensed specialty hospital exclusively for children, with more than 650 attending physicians and over 130 pediatric sub-specialists. The 289-bed hospital is renowned for excellence in all aspects of pediatric medicine with several specialty programs ranked among the best in the nation in 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013 and 2014-15 by U.S. News & World Report. The hospital is also home to the largest pediatric teaching program in the southeastern United States and has been designated an American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) Magnet facility, the nursing profession’s most prestigious institutional honor. For more information, visit www.nicklauschildrens.org.