Faculty Profile
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Albert Losken, MD
– William G. Hamm, MD Chair in Plastic Surgery
– Program Director, Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Department of Surgery, Emory University School of Medicine
– Chief, Plastic Surgery Services, Children's Healthcare of Atlanta at Egleston
Telephone: 404.686.1230
E-mail: alosken@emory.edu
Certification: American Board of Plastic Surgery
Year Joined Emory as a Faculty Member: 2002
Dr. Losken was an early advocate and practitioner of breast oncoplastic surgery, a method for breast cancer surgery in which surgical oncologists and plastic surgeons work together to remove the lesion and preserve and reconstruct breast tissue, and has contributed much to the development and refinement of body contouring after weight loss surgery. Dr. Losken is a respected and sought after speaker at national meetings; has published the books Acellular Dermal Matrices in Breast Surgery and Partial Breast Reconstruction: Techniques in Oncoplastic Surgery; is associate editor of the breast surgery section of Annals of Plastic Surgery and on the editorial board of Plastic Surgery International; and has been named one of Atlanta’s Top Doctors by Atlanta magazine and is listed in the U.S. News Top Doctors online database, compiled by U.S. News and World Report and Castle Connolly Medical Ltd.
Affiliations
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Emory University Hospital Midtown
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Emory University Hospital
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Emory Aesthetic Surgery Center at Paces
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Children's Healthcare of Atlanta at Egleston
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Atlanta VA Medical Center
Education
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MD, Harvard Medical School, Class of 1996
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General Surgery and Plastic Surgery Residencies, Emory, 1996-2002
Honors and Awards
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Atlanta's Top Doctors, Atlanta Magazine, 2010, 2011
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Teacher of the Year, Division of Plastic Surgery, Emory, 2002, 2008
Editorships and Editorial Boards
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Annals of Plastic Surgery
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Editor in Chief, PSVideoJournal.com
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Plastic Surgery International Journal
Current Organizational Memberships
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American College of Surgeons, Fellow
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Georgia Surgical Society
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Southeastern Surgical Congress
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American Society of Plastic Surgeons
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Southeastern Society of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeons
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Association of Academic Chairmen of Plastic Surgery
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Georgia Plastic Surgical Society
Clinical Interests
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General and reconstructive plastic surgery with an emphasis on breast and head and neck reconstruction
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Pediatric plastic surgery
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Trauma
Research Interests
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Reconstructive and cosmetic breast surgery
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Body contouring following weight loss
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Identification of more effective educational tools for plastic surgery, such as online modules, interactive text and video formats
