Faculty Profiles
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Aaron S. Fink, MD
– Professor of Surgery, Division of General and GI Surgery, Department of Surgery, Emory University School of Medicine
Telephone: 404.728.7621
E-mail: afink01@emory.edu
Certification: National Board of Medical Examiners, American Board of Surgery
Year Joined Emory as a Faculty Member: 1993
Dr. Fink was chief of the surgical service at the Atlanta VA Medical Center from 1993-2003, is actively involved in studies involving assessment of surgical outcome, and has made sentinel contributions to the development of the National Surgical Quality Improvement Program. From 2006-2008, Dr. Fink was co-principal investigator of the most major investigation ever conducted up to that time on the surgical informed consent process, the results of which were published in the June 2010 issue of the Journal of the American College of Surgeons and the July issue of Annals of Surgery.
Affiliations
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Inpatient: Atlanta VA Medical Center, Emory University Hospital
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Outpatient: Atlanta VA, The Emory Clinic
Medical School
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Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, Class of 1974
General Surgery Residency
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Department of Surgery, University of Michigan Affiliated Hospitals, Ann Arbor, MI, 1974-80
Fellowship/Advanced Training
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Postdoctoral Research Fellow Center for Ulcer Research and Education (CURE), Los Angeles, CA, 1980-81
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Clinical Fellow (for ERCP training with Dr. Ronald Passi), Department of Surgery, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada, 1983
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Clinical Fellow (for ERCP/Endoscopic Sphincterotomy Training with Dr. Peter Cotton), The Middlesex Hospital, London, England, 1984-85
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Clinical Manager's Institute, Veterans Administration, San Francisco, CA, Cleveland, OH, and Washington, DC, 1996
Honors and Awards
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Best Doctors in Atlanta, 1997-98, General Surgeons, Atlanta Magazine
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Best Doctors in America: Southeast Region, 1997-98, General Surgeons, Woodward/White Inc.
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Best Doctors in Atlanta, 1996-97, General Surgeons, Atlanta Magazine
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Best Doctors in America: Southeast Region, 1996-97, General Surgeons, Woodward/White Inc.
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Physicians Recognition Award, American Medical Association, 1983-86
Current Editorial Boards
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Pancreas
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International Journal of Pancreatology
Current Organizational Memberships
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American College of Surgeons, Fellow
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American Medical Association
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Veterans Administration National Surgical Quality Improvement Program (VA NSQIP)
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VA NSQIP/CICSP Surgical Quality Data Use Committee
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American Pancreatic Association
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Association for Academic Surgery
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Central Surgical Association
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Collegium Internationale Chirurgiae Digestivae
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Association of VA Surgeons
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Society of American Gastrointestinal Endoscopic Surgeons (SAGES)
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Society for Surgery of the Alimentary Tract
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Society of University Surgeons
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VISN 7 Acute Care Council
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Veterans Health Administration
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American Gastroenterological Association
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International Association of Pancreatology
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International Hepato-Biliary Pancreatic Association
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Southern Surgical Association
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Atlanta Surgical Association (Charter Council)
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Georgia Surgical Association
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Southeastern Surgical Congress
Clinical Interests
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Endoscopic, laparoscopic, and open techniques
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Disorders of the upper gastrointestinal tract, including the stomach, biliary tree, pancreas, and small bowel
Research Interests
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The regulatory control of pancreatic exocrine secretion, particularly bicarbonate
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Studies assessing surgical outcomes and the informed consent process within an electronic medical platform
