John Peter Pirris

Triple Bypass Cardio Surgery. Dr Pirris and the staff at UF Health are excellent. Pre surgery, surgery, and post surgery were excellent. I appreciate Dr Pirris's direct and knowledgeable style. He is excellent surgeon and his staff were great. I had complicating factors of low EF. The ICU nursing staff are dedicated and well trained. Ashley Graham, his primary coordinator, was an excellent communicator and took the time to answer any questions and concerns.

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I had the very unpleasant experience with this arrogant man who has a God complex that overwhelmes him! Had a heart attack after mostly healing had some poping and clicking going on in my sternum so he did a chest revision and stacked up a bunch of hardware in my chest.Went back to him because the poping and clicking didn’t stop. He put one hand on my chest and one on my back and said there’s no poping and clicking going on in here and referred me to have Pectus flap surgery. Wife being a great nurse said second opinion ended up removing the infected hardware that had snapped my sternum off and was diagnosed with osteomyelitis a four more surgeries and no telling how many more. Being that he hides behind UF Health and the sovereign immunity (look up the words) even if I die from this I can’t do anything to him or the hospital for they all have sovereign immunity so be careful about going to UF Health or seeing Dr John P Pirris the chief thoracic surgeon that teaches our next surgeons??

I had the very unpleasant experience with this arrogant man who has a God complex that overwhelmes him! Had a heart attack after mostly healing had some poping and clicking going on in my sternum so he did a chest revision and stacked up a bunch of hardware in my chest.Went back to him because the poping and clicking didn’t stop. He put one hand on my chest and one on my back and said there’s no poping and clicking going on in here and referred me to have Pectus flap surgery. Wife being a great nurse said second opinion ended up removing the infected hardware that had snapped my sternum off and was diagnosed with osteomyelitis a four more surgeries and no telling how many more. Being that he hides behind UF Health and the sovereign immunity (look up the words) even if I die from this I can’t do anything to him or the hospital for they all have sovereign immunity so be careful about going to UF Health or seeing Dr John P Pirris the chief thoracic surgeon that is teaching our up and coming surgeons that pay a-lot of money to be taught how to be a great surgeon. And some of you say that you can’t find that kind of review about this surgeon and any other doctor employees that work there that is because when ever any doctor malpractices at UF Health the SIP program that is run by a board of governors of some kind puts their name in place of the doctors and then the doctors never get a mark on their licenses because the doctor is never named and if you don’t believe me do your research UF Health and their doctors can actually kill you or your children and there’s nothing you can do about it!!! Dr Pirris has at least one medical malpractice case that was settled out of court and some other mark from the BOH and supposedly 3 strikes against a doctors license and they loose it.See-so when the surgeon means more to the hospital then the patient that’s when SIP takes over and put their name in place of the doctor to protect him from being sued and SIP has made it where you have no choice but to deal with them and has stopped a patient that the surgeon whom made the medical malpractice mistakes to be able to get counsel because of the rules of that sovereign immunity not one attorney will take my case and I have proof of a case that is truly unbelievable.

No one else gave me a chance but thank goodness he was brave enough to operate on me and give me my life back! Great surgeon with amazing results and brave enough to tackle most challenging patients.

Dear Dr. Pirris, I am not sure if you remember me, but you saved my life 11 years ago and I will never ever forget you☺!!! During a routine heart Cath at Baptist downtown where I was employed at the time, the attending cardiologist (whose name I shall not mention) disected my right coronary artery. Bad situation, but thank God you were there!!! Your intelligence, innovation and persistence (believe you guys shocked me back about a dozen times) prior to open heart allowed me to be here today. I just recently had an annual physical and everything, especially my cardiac numbers are great. Of course, I help this along by walking 2-3 miles about 4 times a week and watching my diet......there's alot less of me these days.????. Ultimately, I can never thank you enough, but if you ever have a rough day or question for a second (which I doubt) that you are where you are supposed to be, and doing exactly what you are supposed to do, then think of me. I am and will always be grateful to you. You saved my life and allowed me to know and enjoy my grandchildren. When I was recovering in that hospital bed, all I could think about was taking a trip to Italy, which I am finally embarking on later this year. Thank you for making my trip and my life possible. I will think of you while visiting the beauty of the Amalfi coast. God bless you, Dr. Pirris, and God speed. You will always be a hero to me. Sincerely, Rebecca W.

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I recently learned that I had a small nodule in my right upper lung lobe. Naturally, I was frantically trying to get all info I could about which Dr/Hospital to use. A family friend who is a Medical Dr sent word to me to do whatever I could to get in with Dr. John Pirris at UF Jacksonville hospital. I was able to get Dr. Pirris to take my case. I am so glad we chose this hospital and Dr Pirris. Everyone was very professional and gave me top notch care. Thank you so much, Dr Pirris!

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He inspires confidence. Very straightforward with facts. Will answer all your questions and doesn't make you feel rushed. Actively listens to his patient whichni have found to be a rare trait in surgeons. Had excellent results.

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Dr. Pirris talked me into having open heart surgery to repair a leak in my heart valve. I had already scheduled a less invasive procedure to have the repair done. After he had done the 'repair', my valve still has a leak which will need to be repaired again this time by someone else. The new repair will require the use of an artificial valve because his procedure damaged the tissue.

Professional, caring as well as an excellent surgeon. Even though I was diagnosed with Stage 4 lung cancer he explained the prognosis but never gave up on me...after many hours in surgery eleven plus years later I'm still here. My wife and I can't say enough good words about Dr. Pirris.

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