Uma C. Perni
Expertise in
6
conditions

Dr. Uma C. Perni

Neonatology
Johns Hopkins Medicine
Johns Hopkins All Children's - Bayfront Bayboro Building
Saint Petersburg, FL 
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Expertise in
6
conditions
Johns Hopkins Medicine
Johns Hopkins All Children's - Bayfront Bayboro Building
Saint Petersburg, FL 
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Dr. Perni is a maternal-fetal medicine specialist in the Johns Hopkins All Children’s Maternal, Fetal & Neonatal Institute. Her clinical interests include prenatal diagnosis, maternal medical complications and hypertensive disorders of pregnancy. She joined the hospital staff in 2024. She sees patients at Orlando Health Bayfront Hospital Center for Women and Families, HCA Florida Hospital Brandon and MCR Health in Bradenton. She was previously vice director and section chief of obstetrics in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at Hillcrest Hospital, assistant professor of OB/GYN and reproductive biology at Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine of Case Western Reserve University, and assistant program director of the Maternal-Fetal Medicine Fellowship at Cleveland Clinic Women’s Health Institute. Dr. Perni earned her medical degree from Jefferson Medical College in Philadelphia. She completed her residency in obstetrics and gynecology at MCP/Hahnemann University Hospitals (now Drexel University) in Philadelphia. She completed the Empire Clinical Research Investigator Program at Weill-Cornell/New York Hospital in Queens, New York, followed by a maternal-fetal medicine fellowship at University of Michigan Health Systems in Ann Arbor. She then completed the T32 Research Training Program at University of Michigan Health Systems. She also earned her Master of Public Health in epidemiology from the University of Michigan.

Dr. Perni is highly rated in 6 conditions, according to our data. Her top areas of expertise are Gestational Diabetes, Premature Infant, Placenta Previa, and Polyhydramnios.

Her clinical research consists of co-authoring 20 peer reviewed articles and participating in 1 clinical trial. MediFind looks at clinical research from the past 15 years.

Graduate Institution
University Of Michigan Medical School, Epidemiology, MPH, 2011
Residency
Hahnemann University Hospital, Obstetrics & Gynecology, 2000
Specialties
Neonatology
Licenses
Obstetrics & Gynecology in OH
Board Certifications
American Board Of Obstetrics And Gynecology
Fellowships
University of Michigan Medical School, Maternal-Fetal Medicine, 2011
Languages Spoken
English
Gender
Female

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Locations

Johns Hopkins All Children's - Bayfront Bayboro Building
Suite 340, Saint Petersburg, FL 33701
Call: 727-767-7903
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ACH OUTSIDE SERVICES
501 6th Avenue South, St Petersburg, FL 33701
JH All Children's Maternal Fetal Medicine Fort Myers
16261 Bass Road, Suite 100, Fort Myers, FL 33908

Clinical Research

Clinical research consists of overseeing clinical studies of patients undergoing new treatments and therapies, and publishing articles in peer reviewed medical journals. Providers who actively participate in clinical research are generally at the forefront of the fields and aware of the most up-to-date advances in treatments for their patients.


1 Clinical Trials

A Pragmatic Multicenter Randomized Clinical Trial (RCT) of Antihypertensive Therapy for Mild Chronic Hypertension During Pregnancy: Chronic Hypertension and Pregnancy (CHAP) Project
A Pragmatic Multicenter Randomized Clinical Trial (RCT) of Antihypertensive Therapy for Mild Chronic Hypertension During Pregnancy: Chronic Hypertension and Pregnancy (CHAP) Project
Enrollment Status: Completed
Publish Date: May 17, 2023
Intervention Type: Drug, Other
Study Drug: Anti-Hypertensive Therapy
Study Phase: Phase 4

20 Total Publications

Imaging the Uterus in Placenta Accreta Spectrum Disorder.
Imaging the Uterus in Placenta Accreta Spectrum Disorder.
Journal: American journal of perinatology
Published: June 19, 2023
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