Tjorvi Perry, MD, MMSc
Associate Professor, Department of Anesthesiology
Contact Info
Associate Professor, Department of Anesthesiology
Chief, Cardiothoracic Anesthesiology, Department of Anesthesiology
Director, Cardiothoracic Anesthesiology Fellowship Program, Department of Anesthesiology
Medical School, University of Iceland
Residency, Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine, Harvard Medical School
Fellowship, Cardiac Anesthesiology, Harvard Medical School
MMSc, Harvard Medical School
Summary
Dr. Perry completed his residency in Anesthesiology and fellowship in Cardiothoracic Anesthesiology at the Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston and Harvard Medical School in 2007, and completed a Master’s Degree in Translation and Clinical Research at Harvard Medical School in 2009. In 2011, he joined the Minneapolis Heart Institute in Minnesota, and returned to academic medicine in 2018 as the Academic Chief of Cardiothoracic Anesthesia and the Adult Cardiothoracic Fellowship Program Director in the Department of Anesthesiology at the University of Minnesota. Dr. Perry’s overarching professional objective has been to improve clinical, operational and financial outcomes by identifying and optimizing variability in clinical care delivery and operational efficiency in and around the cardiac operating room. As an Associate Professor of Anesthesiology at University of Minnesota, he is committed to growing a cardiovascular research program and clinical fellowship program that will serve as a foundation for meeting the Institution for Healthcare Improvement’s Triple Aim of the most up-to-date and cost-effective care for the patients in our community.
Expertise
Cardiac Anesthesiology
Awards & Recognition
Mpls St Paul Magazine, Top Doctor: 2016, 2017, 2018, 2020, 2021 Faculty of the Year: 2018-19, 2019-2020 Award in Excellent: 2009 Annual Thoracic Surgery Director's Association Resident Research Award: 2002 Winner, Annual MIT Business Proposal Competition for Progressive Tissue Engineering Solutions: 2001
Research
Publications
E. Brown, K. Harder, I. Apostolidou, J. Wahr, D. Shook, R.S. Farivar, T.E. Perry*, M. Konia*. Identifying Variability in Mental Models Within and Between Disciplines Caring For the Cardiac Surgical Patient. Anesthesia and Analgesia. 2017, July 125;1
A.L. Wilkey, J.A. Askew, R.S. Farivar, T.E. Perry. Hypercoagulability During Resternotomy for Prosthetic Valve Endocarditis. Anesthesiology, 2017 May;126(5):978
J.D. Muehlschlegel, D.C. Christodoulou, D. McKean, J. Gorham, E. Mazaika, M. Heydarpour, G. Lee, S.R. DePalma, T.E. Perry, A.F. Fox, S. Shernan, C.E. Seidman, S.F. Aranki, J.G. Seidman, S.C. Body. Using Next-Generation RNA Sequencing to Examine Ischemic Changes induced by Cold Blood Cardioplegia on the Human Left Ventricular Myocardium Transcriptome. Anesthesiology. 2015, Jan 9
A.A. Fox, E.R. Marcantonio, C.D. Collard, M. Thoma, S.K. Shernan, T.E. Perry, S.K. Shernan, J.D. Muehlschlegel, S.C. Body. Increased peak postoperative B-type natriuretic peptide predicts decreased longer-term physical function after primary coronary artery bypass graft surgery. Anesthesiology. 2011
J.D. Muehlschlegel, K.Y. Liu, T.E. Perry, A.A. Fox, C.D. Collard, S.K. Shernan, S.C. Body. Chromosome 9p21 variants predict mortality after coronary artery bypass graft surgery. Circulation. 2010 Sep 14;122(11 Suppl):S60-5. PMID: 20837927
J.D. Muehlschlegel, T.E. Perry, K.Y. Liu, A.A. Fox, C.D. Collard, S.K. Shernan, S.C. Body. Heart-Type Fatty Acid Binding Protein Is an Independent Predictor of Death and Ventricular Dysfunction After Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Surgery. Anesthesia and Analgesia 2010 May 10. PMID: 20457766
T.E. Perry, J.D. Muehlschlegel, K.Y Liu, A.A. Fox, C.D. Collard, S.K. Shernan, S.C. Body. Plasma Neutrophil Gelatinase-Associated Lipocalin and Acute Postoperative Kidney Injury in Adult Cardiac Surgical Patients. Anesthesia and Analgesia 2010 Apr 30. PMID: 20435938