Jonathan Perkins, D.O.
Biography
Jonathan A. Perkins, D.O., is a professor of pediatric otolaryngology-head and neck surgery at the University of Washington and is chief of the Vascular Anomalies program at Seattle Children's Hospital. Perkins earned his D.O. at the University of Osteopathic Medicine and Health Sciences, did his residency training in otolaryngology at Madigan Army Medical Center in Fort Lewis, WA, and a pediatrics fellowship at Seattle Children's Hospital and the University of Washington.
While practicing all aspects of pediatric otolaryngology, his primary research interests are communication disorders and vascular anomalies of the head and neck. He serves as head of the Vascular Anomalies multidisciplinary service which is now the largest such service in the western United States. He also participates in the Craniofacial Center with a focus on palate repair. He practices at both the Bellevue and Sand Point campuses.
Overview
Undergraduate Education: Biola College, La Mirada, Cal., and University of Washington
Medical School: University of Osteopathic Medicine and Health Sciences, Des Moines, Iowa
Internship: Madigan Army Medical Center, Tacoma, Wash.
Residency: Surgery - General, Madigan Army Medical Center - Credentialing Office, Tacoma, Wash.
Fellowship: Pediatric Otolaryngology/Head and Neck Surgery Seattle Children's Hospital, Seattle, Wash.
Board Certification: Otolaryngology
Memberships: American Academy of Otolaryngology- Head and Neck Surgery, American Academy of Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
Awards and honors
2015, 2009: Trachy Faculty Research Award, UW Otolaryngology-HNS
2015: Robert Ruben Award for Scientific Achievement, SENTAC
2013: Charles Ferguson Award
2012: Washington Top Doctors
2009: Elsevier Publishing/Am Acad of Oto/HNS Foundation Travel Award
2007-present: Best Doctors of America
Certificate of Honor, American Academy Oto/HNS
Academic interests
CLINICAL INTERESTS
Head and neck surgery, cleft palate treatment, velopharyngeal insufficiency, vascular birthmark treatment (lymphatic malformation, hemangioma, arteriovenous malformation), vascular/lymphatic endothelium research
RESEARCH FOCUS
Translational research and vascular anomalies
Recent Publications
Bonilla-Velez J, Whitlock KB, Ganti S, Theeuwen HA, Manning SC, Bly RA, Dahl JP, Perkins JA. Active Observation as an Alternative to Invasive Treatments for Pediatric Head and Neck Lymphatic Malformations., Laryngoscope 2020 Oct
Lam AS, Kirkham EM, Dahl JP, Kinter SL, Perkins JA, Sie KCY. Speech Outcomes After Sphincter Pharyngoplasty for Velopharyngeal Insufficiency., Laryngoscope 2020 Oct
Czechowicz JA, Benjamin T, Bly RA, Ganti SN, Balkin DM, Perkins JA, Frieden IJ, Rosbe KW. Airway Hemangiomas in PHACE Syndrome: A Multicenter Experience., Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg 2020 Oct194599820966622
Lam AS, Liu CC, Deutsch GH, Rivera J, Perkins JA, Holmes G, Jabs EW, Cunningham ML, Dahl JP. Genotype-Phenotype Correlation of Tracheal Cartilaginous Sleeves and Fgfr2 Mutations in Mice., Laryngoscope 2021 04; 131(4):E1349-E1356