Dr. Paul Perch is a recognized thoracic and cardiac surgeon in Los Angeles, California. He received the medical diploma from Pennsylvania State University, College of Medicine in 1994. Dr. Perch completed his medical education with a residency in general surgery at Virginia Commonwealth University Health System, another residency in general surgery at the University of Connecticut, a residency in internal medicine at Penn State University and a fellowship in thoracic surgery at UCLA Medical Center. He is certified by the American Board in thoracic and cardiac surgery and his subspecialties are: general cardiac and aortic surgery. This doctor works at Kaiser Permanente Los Angeles Medical Center in LA, California. In 2002, he published the article “Symptomatic Bochdalek hernia in an octogenarian ” in collaboration with other doctors.