Background
Perry, Seymour Monroe was born on May 26, 1921 in New York City. Son of Max and Manya (Rosenthal) Perry.
Perry, Seymour Monroe was born on May 26, 1921 in New York City. Son of Max and Manya (Rosenthal) Perry.
Bachelor with honors, University of California at Los Angeles, 1943;Doctor of Medicine with honors, University of Southern California, 1947.
Intern, Los Angeles County Hospital, 1946-1948;resident, Los Angeles County Hospital, 1948-1951;member of staff outpatient department, Los Angeles County Hospital, 1951;examining physician, Los Angeles Public Schools, 1951-1952;senior assistant surgeon, Phoenix Indian General Hospital, United States Public Health Service, 1952;charge internal medicine, United States Public Health Service Outpatient Clinic, Washington, 1952-1954;fellow hematology, University of California at Los Angeles, 1954-1955;assistant research physician atomic energy project, University of California at Los Angeles, 1955-1957;assistant professor medicine, head, Hematology Training Program, Medical Center, 1957-1960;instructor medicine, College Medical Evangelists, 1951-1957;attending specialist internal medicine, Wadsworth Veterans Administration Hospital., Los Angeles, 1958-1961;senior investigator, medicine branch, National Cancer Institute, 1961-1965;chief medicine branch, National Cancer Institute, 1965-1968;member clinical cancer training committee, National Cancer Institute, 1966-1969;chief human tumor cell biology branch, National Cancer Institute, 1968-1971;associate science director clinical trials, National Cancer Institute, 1966-1971;associate science director program planning, division cancer treatment, National Cancer Institute, 1971-1973;deputy director, National Cancer Institute, 1973-1974;acting director, National Cancer Institute, 1974;special assistant to director, National Institutes of Health, 1974-1978;associate director, National Institutes of Health, 1978-1980;acting deputy assistant secretary health (technical), National Institutes of Health, 1978-1979;acting director, National Center Health Care Technology, OASH, 1978-1980;director, National Center Health Care Technology, OASH, 1980-1982;deputy director Institute for Health Policy Analysis, Georgetown University Medical Center, Washington, 1983-1989;professor medicine, professor community and family medicine, Georgetown University Medical Center, Washington, 1983-1993; Adjunct Professor, Georgetown University Medical Center, Washington, since 1993;interim department chairman, Georgetown University Medical Center, Washington, 1989-1990;chairman, Georgetown University Medical Center, Washington, 1990-1993;director Institute for Health Care Research and Policy, Georgetown University Medical Center, Washington. Member of advisory commission on research and on the therapy of cancer American Cancer Society,1966-1970, advising committee chemotherapy and hematology, 1975-1977, chairman epidemiology, diagnosis and therapy committee, 1971, grantee, 1959-1960. Medical director United States Public Health Service, 1961-1980.
Assistant surgical general, 1980-1982. Member radiation committee National Institutes of Health,1963-1970, co-chairman, 1971-1973. President National Blood Club, 1971.
Chairman Interagy. Committee on New Therapies for Pain and Discomfort, 1978-1980. Member of advisory panel on medical technical and costs of medicare program Congress of the United States,1982-1984. Chairman criteria working group (bioseparation) National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 1984.
Consultant National Center Health Superior vena cava syndrome Research and Health Care Technology, Department of Health and Human Services, 1985-1990, National Library. of Medicine, 1985-1989, Agency for Health Care Policy and Research, Department of Health and Human Services, since 1990, Hospital Association New York State, 1990-1991, National Institutes of Health, since 1990. Member procedures review committee and professional advisory panel Blue Cross/Blue Shield National Capitol Area, 1987-1993. Advisor World Health Organization Programme on Technology Development, Assessment and Transfer.
Member science committee Catalan office of Technology Assessment, Barcelona, Spain, 1994-1996.
President National Blood Club, 1971. Advisory committee on research and on the therapy of cancer American Cancer Society, 1966—1970, advisory committee chemotherapy and hematology, 1975—1977, chairman epidemiology, diagnosis and therapy com, 1971. Master: American College of Physicians (advisory committee to governor Maryland on college affairs 1969-1976, governor for United States Public Health Service and Department of Health and Human Services 1980-1982, subcommittee on clinical efficacy assessment 1982-1985, chairman health public policy committee District of Columbia metropolitan area 1987—2000, governor's council Distric chapter 1992—2000).
Member: American Public Health Association, International Society Technology Assessment in Health Care (president 1985-1987, board directors 1989-1995, coordinator special interest group on developing countries 1996-1998), Association Academy Health Centers, Association Health Services Research (health services research advisory committee 1990-1993), Patient Outcome Research Team, Institute Medicine of National Academy of Sciences (committee on evaluation medical technologies in clinical use 1981-1984, evaluation panel council health care technical 1987-1990, chairman review committee on Institute Medicine Report on Hip Fracture 1990, review committee on renal disease 1990, review committee on artificial heart 1991), National Institutes of Health Alumni Association (board directors 1993-1999), Cosmos Club.
Married Judith Kaplan, March 18, 1951. Children: Grant Matthew, Anne Lisa, David Bennett.