Faculty Profiles
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Alan Pickens, MD
– Assistant Professor of Surgery, Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, Emory University School of Medicine
– Director of Minimally Invasive Thoracic Surgery, Emory Healthcare
– Director of Thoracic Oncology, Emory University Hospital Midtown
– Assistant Director, Lung Transplant Surgery, Emory University Hospital
Telephone: 404.686.2515
E-mail: apicke3@emory.edu
Certification: American Board of Surgery, American Board of Plastic Surgery
Year Joined Emory as a Faculty Member: 2008
Affiliations
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Emory University Hospital
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Emory University Hospital Midtown
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The Emory Clinic
Medical School
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University of Alabama School of Medicine, Birmingham, AL, Class of 1995
Postgraduate Training
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General Surgery Residency, University of Alabama Hospitals (UAB), Birmingham, AL, 1995-2002
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Thoracic Surgery Residency, University of Michigan Hospitals (U of M), Ann Arbor, MI, 2002-2004
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Minimally Invasive Thoracic Surgery Residency, Cedars-Sinai Hospital, Los Angeles, CA, 2004
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General Thoracic Surgery Fellowship, University of Michigan Hospitals, Ann Arbor, MI, 2005
Honors and Awards
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Recipient, Clinical Innovation Fund for Minimally Invasive Pulmonary Resections, University of Michigan, 2005
Current Organizational Memberships
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American College of Chest Physicians
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American College of Surgeons
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American Medical Association
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European Association for Cardiothoracic Surgery
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Society of Thoracic Surgeons
Clinical Interests
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Lung cancer
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Lung transplantation
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Esophageal cancer
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Minimally invasive thoracic surgery
Research Interests
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Clinical and translational lung cancer research
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Minimally invasive surgical technology
