Faculty Profile
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Alexandra L. B. Webb, MD
– Assistant Professor of Surgery, Division of General and GI Surgery, Department of Surgery, Emory University School of Medicine
– Chief, General Surgery Section, Atlanta VA Medical Center
– Director, Surgical Intensive Care Unit, Atlanta VA Medical Center
Telephone: 404.321.6111
E-mail: alexandra.webb@va.gov
Certification: American Board of Surgery
Year Joined Emory as a Faculty Member: 2003
Dr. Webb, chief of general surgery at the Atlanta VA Medical Center, specializes in colorectal, endocrine, and laparoscopic surgery. In the January 2010 edition of The New England Journal of Medicine, a study coauthored by Dr. Webb reported that cleansing a patient's skin prior to surgery with a chlorhexidine alcohol — instead of the more commonly used povidone iodine — had proven to be a more effective and powerful barrier to reducing or preventing infections.
Affiliations
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Atlanta VA Medical Center
Medical School
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University of Texas Southwestern Medical School, Dallas, TX, Class of 1998
General Surgery Residency
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Emory University Affiliated Hospitals, 1998-2003
Honors and Awards
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Alpha Omega Alpha, 1998
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UT Southwestern Medical Foundation Scholarship, 1994-1998
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Garden State Distinguished Scholar, 1994-1998
Current Organizational Memberships
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Association of Veterans Administration Surgeons
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Atlanta Surgical Association
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Fellow, American College of Surgeons
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Society of American Gastrointestinal Endoscopic Surgeons
Clinical Specialties
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Colorectal, endocrine, and laparoscopic surgery
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Ventral hernia repair
Research Interests
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Surgical quality improvement and surgical resident education
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The impact and influence of electronic medical records on resident education and patient care, especially as a tool to simultaneously improve patient care and resident education
