Mark Perdue

Bio

Perdue's medical career began in the United States Navy where he served as a hospital corpsman while being deployed in the Persian Gulf. After returning to Oklahoma, Perdue attended the University of Tulsa (Magna cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa) and later trained at the University of Oklahoma (Oklahoma City) physician associate program where he earned a master's degree in health science. As a national health scholar for the Indian health service, Perdue spent his first three years providing care at the Northeastern tribal health system in Miami, Oklahoma. Later Perdue worked in emergency medicine for over 10 years and earned the certificate of added qualification(CAQ) in emergency medicine with the inaugural cohort in 2010. Perdue was subsequently invited to serve as an examination item writer for the NCCPA. While working in emergency medicine, Perdue served as a clinical preceptor and adjunct instructor at the University of Oklahoma (Tulsa) PA program. Later he joined OU Tulsa as fulltime faculty and served in the role of director of didactic education. At OU Tulsa, Perdue was awarded the Crimson Apple for teaching excellence and the Dewayne Andrews teaching award. Perdue assumed the role of program director at Northeastern State University physician assistant program in 2021. In 2024 he completed a Ph.D. in biomedical education (anatomy) at the University of Oklahoma. His research interests include clinical reasoning education, cadaver anatomy and point-of-care ultrasound in PA education. In addition to publishing in academic journals, Perdue also published a chapter in an Elsevier book, Clinical Reasoning for Physician Assistants: A Workbook for Certification Review and Practice Readiness 1st Edition.