Dr. Mary Pernicone

Mary M. Pernicone, M.D., born in Florida, graduated from Jacksonville University in Florida in 1982, received her medical doctorate from the University of South Florida College of Medicine in Tampa in 1986, and then completed her general surgery training at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota, in 1992. Following completion of residency training, she and her husband moved to Orlando, Florida, where they both joined busy practices, she in surgery, and he in pathology.

Dr. Pernicone became certified in General surgery by the American College of Surgeons in 1994. In 1995, she opened a multispecialty, comprehensive breast care center, where she worked several years as a breast specialist.

In late 2000, Dr. Pernicone placed her active surgical career on hold so that she could care for her husband and homeschool their four children.

However, she keeps her Florida medical license active and current, maintains Advanced Cardiac Life Support and Basic Life Support certifications, attends medical and surgical conferences several times each year, and studies to stay current in the dynamic field of medicine.

Dr. Pernicone has a long-standing, keen interest in emergency medicine, and she attends an emergency medicine course at Emory in Atlanta every couple of years.

Dr. Pernicone has been a member of TACDA since the mid-1990's, and is very preparedness-minded. She looks forward to serving on the Board of TACDA and contributing her insights into the medical aspects of civil preparedness and defense.

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