Bruce D. Perry is an American psychiatrist specializing in children's mental health and neurosciences. He was born on May 6, 1955, in Bismarck, North Dakota. From 1993 to 2001, Perry served as the Thomas S. Trammell Research Professor of Psychiatry at Baylor College of Medicine and as chief of psychiatry at Texas Children's Hospital. He currently holds the position of senior fellow at the Child Trauma Academy in Houston, Texas, and serves as an adjunct professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences at the Feinberg School of Medicine in Chicago. Perry has established himself as both a clinician and researcher in his field. He is the author of several books on topics related to child trauma and mental health.