John Robert Perfect MD

John R. Perfect, MD, is Professor of Medicine at Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, Associate Professor of Microbiology, Duke University Medical Center, a faculty member of the Duke University Interdisciplinary Program in Genetics, and Director of the Duke University Mycology Research Unit. Dr. Perfect is a diplomat of the American Board of Internal Medicine and American Board of Infectious Diseases.

After receiving an undergraduate degree in biology from Wittenberg University, Dr. Perfect went on to receive a medical degree from the Medical College of Ohio at Toledo. He then completed an internship at the Riverside Methodist Hospital in Columbus, Ohio; a residency in internal medicine at the University of Michigan Medical Center in Ann Arbor; and a fellowship in infectious diseases at Duke University Medical Center.

A past-Fellow and member of the American Society for Microbiology and the Infectious Diseases Society of America, Dr. Perfect is also a member of the American Federation of Clinical Research, International Society for Human and Animal Mycology, and Immunocompromised Host Society. He is on the editorial boards of Infectious Diseases in Clinical Practice, Infection and Immunity, and Expert Reviews of Antifungal Therapy, and is Associate Editor of Antifungal Drug Resistance Update. Dr. Perfect has served on numerous committees and advisory boards. He is also the author of more than 300 articles and more than 250 abstracts, editorials, and letters.

Dr. Perfect’s research interests focus on the understanding of fungal pathogenesis through the study of Cryptococcus neoformans as well as clinical studies on the epidemiology, diagnosis, and management of invasive mycoses.