Hailing from Northern New Jersey, Dr. Perna is an attending physician and assistant professor in the Orthopedics department of the prestigious Mount Sinai Medical Center. The goal of AIM Health Spine and Regenerative Medicine Institute of NY & NJ is to bring big city specialized medicine to your own backyard in New Jersey without the hassle and burden of bridge and tunnel traffic.
Bio:
Dr. Perna received his undergraduate education at Johns Hopkins University. While there, he was a decorated athlete. As a two-time captain of the Johns Hopkins football team he garnered All American Honors in both his junior and senior years. A two sport athlete, he also competed in Olympic weightlifting under the tutelage of famous NFL strength and conditioning coach, Bill Starr. He has continued to compete in Olympic weightlifting under the coaching of NJ Hall of Fame athlete, Robert Giordano. Doctor Perna has won the Garden State Games, The New Jersey State Championship, and he competed in the USA Weightlifting National Championships. In 2015 Dr. Perna was inducted into the Johns Hopkins University Athletic Hall of Fame.
The passion for athletics, injury recovery, and human performance lead Dr. Perna into his current profession. Doctor Perna graduated from The St. George’s University Medical School. He then performed an Intern year of training in general surgery at SUNY Stony Brook Medical Center. Dr. Perna received his residency training at SUNY Downstate Medical Center of Brooklyn and his Fellowship training in Sport’s Medicine and Interventional Spine Pain Management at The Beth Israel Medical center in Manhattan. He is double Board Certified in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, and Sport’s Medicine. In 2017 Dr. Perna was elected by his peers as up and coming star in New York Times SUPERDOCTORS edition.
Patient Promise
“Our belief at AIM Health is that pain is not just a feeling. Pain generates from a specific origin in the body. Pain is not something that should be simply masked with a medication. Our goal is the diagnosis and non surgical treatment of that pain generator resulting in ultimately helping the body to heal. The resolution of pain should also be followed with the restoration of function, whether that be the pain free activities of daily living or return to a sports specific exercise. We coordinate treatment on all levels from working with the best physical therapists in the community, performing in office pain management procedures, and in office regenerative medicine procedures. Our goal is to help the body maximize its own healing potential. We recognize the current opiate epidemic, and while the acute management of pain may require pain medication, our ultimate goal is the resolution of pain without opiate medication.”