Faculty Profile
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Edward Lin, DO
– Associate Professor of Surgery, Division of General and GI Surgery, Department of Surgery, Emory University School of Medicine
– Director, Emory Endosurgery Unit for Minimally Invasive Surgery
– Director, Gastroesophageal Treatment Center and Esophageal Physiology Lab, The Emory Clinic
– Surgical Director, Emory Bariatric Center
Telephone: 404.712.2196
E-mail: elin2@emory.edu
Certification: American Board of Surgery, National Board of Nutrition Support
Year Joined Emory as a Faculty Member: 2003
Dr. Lin was the first surgeon in the U.S. to perform endoscopic plication for gastroesophageal reflux at Emory University Hospital Midtown in June 2004. He is an officially designated Lap Band proctor, allowing him to certify surgeons in the minimally invasive procedure; directed the development of a single incision, laparoscopic technique for resection of colon cancer; and worked with Dr. Juan Sarmiento to develop unique techniques for laparoscopic-assisted formal liver resections, such as the performance of laparoscopic hepatectomy though incisions that are much smaller than those of a standard open procedure.
Affiliations
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Emory University Hospital
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Emory University Hospital Midtown
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Atlanta VA Medical Center
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Grady Memorial Hospital
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The Emory Clinic
Medical School
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Des Moines University-College of Osteopathic Medicine and Surgery, Des Moines, IA, 1989-1993
Postgraduate Training
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Long Island Jewish Medical Center, New York, NY, 1993-1995
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The New York Hospital Medical Center of Queens, 1995-96, 1999-2001
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Fellow, Laboratory of Nutrition and Surgical Metabolism, The New York Hospital-Cornell University Medical College, New York, NY, 1996-1997
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Fellow, Division of Surgical Sciences, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, New Brunswick, NJ, 1997-1999
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Laparoscopic and GI Surgery Fellow, Division of General and GI Surgery, Emory University Hospital, Atlanta, GA, 2001-2003
Honors and Awards
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Society of American Gastrointestinal and Endoscopic Surgeons Grant, 2002
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Jameson L. Chassin Golden Apple Award for Excellence in Teaching, New York Hospital, Queens, 2000, 2001
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Surgical Infection Society Research Grant, 1998
Editorial Boards
- Bariatric Times
Organizational Memberships
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American College of Surgeons, Fellow
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Society of American Gastrointestinal Endoscopic Surgeons: Flexible Endoscopy Committee, Resident Education Committee, Publications Committee
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American Society of Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition
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Society of Critical Care Medicine
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American Society of Colon and Rectal Surgeons
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Society for the Surgery of the Alimentary Tract
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Association for Academic Surgery
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American Society of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy
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American Gastroenterological Association
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Southeastern Surgical Congress
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American Society of Bariatric and Metabolic Surgeons
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Society of Laparoendoscopic Surgeons
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American College of Gastroenterology
Clinical Interests
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Colon cancer
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Colonoscopy
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Endoscopy Esophageal cancer
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Endoscopic GERD treatment (first surgeon in U.S. to perform endoscopic plication for GERD, Emory University Hospital Midtown, 6/23/04)
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Stomach cancer
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Liver and pancreas surgery
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Laparoscopic surgery
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Bariatric surgery
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Hemorrhoid surgery
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Hernia surgery
Research Focus
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Inflammatory response syndrome and metabolic alterations related to gastrointestinal surgery, the goal being to identify biomarkers (cytokines and gut hormones) through standard molecular biology methodology as well as genomics analysis in patients undergoing surgery.
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Endoscopic therapy and interventions of the gastrointestinal tract.
