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Jacquelin Perry dies
Jacquelin Perry, MD, DSc (Hon), died on Monday in her home in Downey, Calif., at the age of 94 years.
After receiving her bachelor’s degree in physical education at the University of California, Los Angeles, Perry joined the Army and trained to be a physical therapist, receiving a certificate from Walter Reed Army General Hospital in Washington, D.C. As the first woman orthopedic surgeon to graduate from the University of California, San Francisco, Perry was one of the first 10 women to be certified by the American Board of Orthopedic Surgery. She joined the medical staff at Rancho Los Amigos in 1955 where she was the Chief of the Pathokinesiology Service for 30 years. In 1996, the Jacquelin Perry Neuro-Trauma Institute and Rehabilitation Center at Rancho Los Amigos was dedicated in her honor.
Founder of the Scoliosis Research Society, Perry was a board member of numerous professional societies and a co-author of more than 400 peer-reviewed papers and 38 book chapters. Her credentials include board certification in orthopedic surgery, membership of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, American Orthopaedic Association, American Institute for Medical Biological Engineering, Western Orthopaedic Association, California Medical Association, Los Angeles County Medical Association, American Physical Therapy Association, Scoliosis Research Society, LeRoy Abbott Society, American Academy for Cerebral Palsy and Development Medicine, American Academy of Orthotists and Prosthetists, Ruth Jackson Society and Gait and Clinical Movement Analysis Society.