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Perry Bechtle Jr., DO, Anesthesiology, Jacksonville, FL, Mayo Clinic Hospital in Florida

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Anesthesiology • Jacksonville, FL

Neuroanesthesiology, Undersea and Hyperbaric Medicine

Chair, Division of Neurosurgical Anesthesiology

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Summary

  • Perry Bechtle, DO is an aerobatic pilot, community leader, surgical innovator and anesthesiologist at Mayo Clinic in Florida where he has been the Division Chair of Neurosurgical Anesthesiology since 1998. He is Board Certified in both Anesthesiology and Neuro-Critical Care Medicine and has clinical appointments to 3 departments at Mayo Clinic including the Department of Neurosurgery, The Department of Critical Care Medicine and the Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine. He serves as a Healthcare IT and neurosurgery systems innovator, patient safety and quality leader, and is a Fellow of the Mayo Clinic Quality Academy.
    Dr Bechtle has appeared in several documentaries, his keynotes and workshops connect the audience with a straight-forward and immediately actionable leadership framework that draws not only from his life in the neurosurgical operating rooms at Mayo Clinic, but also from his rich experience in other extreme-consequence industries that include being the flight surgeon for the US Navy Blue Angels, work at NASA Johnson Space Center, Safety Coordinator for the East Coast Space Shuttle alternate landing site, and Space Shuttle launch and recovery physician at Kennedy Space Center.
    In addition to consulting for numerous technology companies including Medtronic, Boston Scientific, Hero Medical and Healcerion, recent innovation work has focused on safe implementation of high technology in extreme-consequence surgery, efficient workflow re-design, worker safety, and remote presence robotics in high-consequence procedures and stroke.
    With a background in the aerospace industry, industrial safety, aviation safety, maritime safety and a career that still includes daily clinical work at Mayo Clinic, Dr Perry Bechtle brings a heartfelt and practical perspective to the organizational goal of achieving individual habitual excellence, true teamwork, vertical communication and safety in the science of healthcare delivery.

Education & Training

  • Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science (Rochester)
    Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science (Rochester)Residency, Anesthesiology, 1996 - 1998
  • Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University/TJUH
    Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University/TJUHResidency, Anesthesiology, 1995 - 1996
  • Navy Medicine Operational Training Center Aerospace Medicine
    Navy Medicine Operational Training Center Aerospace MedicineResidency, Preventive Medicine, 1990 - 1991
  • HCA Healthcare/USF Morsani College of Medicine GME: Largo Medical Center
    HCA Healthcare/USF Morsani College of Medicine GME: Largo Medical CenterInternship, Transitional Year, 1989 - 1990
  • Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine
    Philadelphia College of Osteopathic MedicineClass of 1989

Certifications & Licensure

  • FL State Medical License
    FL State License 1990 - 2026
  • PA State Medical License
    PA State License 1996 - 1996
  • American Board of Anesthesiology Anesthesiology
  • Federal Aviation AdministrationAviation Medical Examiner
  • United Council for Neurological SubspecialtiesNeurocritical Care

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

  • Fellow Mayo Clinic Quality Academy

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

Hospital Affiliations

Dr. Perry Bechtle, Dr. Perry Bechtle, DO, Dr. P Bechtle, Dr. Perry Stevens Bechtle