Faculty Profiles
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Kenneth L. Franco, MD
– Associate Professor of Surgery, Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, Emory University School of Medicine
– Chief, Cardiothoracic Surgery, Grady Memorial Hospital
Telephone: 404.616.7257
E-mail: kfranco@emory.edu
Certification: American Board of Surgery, American Board of Thoracic Surgery
Year Joined Emory as a Faculty Member: 2007
Affiliations
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Emory University Hospital Midtown
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Emory University Hospital
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Grady Memorial Hospital
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Atlanta VA Medical Center
Medical School
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Georgetown University School of Medicine, Class of 1979
Postgraduate Training
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Intern in Surgery, Johns Hopkins Hospital, 1979-1980
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Resident in Surgery, Johns Hopkins Hospital, 1980-1981
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Cardiac Surgical Research Fellowship, Brigham and Women's Hospital-Harvard Medical School, 1981-1982
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Resident in Surgery, Georgetown University Hospital, 1982-1984
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Chief Resident in Surgery, Georgetown University Hospital, 1984-1985
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Fellow in Cardiothoracic Surgery, Georgetown University Hospital, 1985-1986
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Resident in Cardiothoracic Surgery, Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center, 1986-1987
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Chief Resident in Cardiothoracic Surgery, Chief Resident in Cardiopulmonary Transplantation, Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center, 1987-1988
Honors and Awards
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America's Top Surgeons, Consumer's Research Council of America, 2002-2003, 2007-2008, 2009, 2010, 2011
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Biltmore Who's Who Among Executives and Professionals, 2009
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Who's Who in American Education, 6th edition, 2006-2007, 7th edition, 2007-2008
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Cambridge Who's Who for Executives, Professionals and Entrepreneurs, 2008
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Who's Who in Science and Engineering, 8th edition, 2005-2006, 9th edition, 2006-2007, 10th edition, 2007-2008
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Who's Who in America, 60th edition, 2006, 61st edition, 2007, 62nd edition, 2008
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Who's Who in the World, 24th edition, 2007
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Who's Who in Medicine and Healthcare, 1st edition, 2001-2002, 5th edition, 2005-2006, 6th edition, 2006-2007
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Who's Who in Emerging Leaders in America, 4th edition, 2005
Current Organizational Memberships
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American College of Surgeons, Fellow
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American College of Chest Physicians
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American Heart Association Council on Circulation
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American Society of Artificial Internal Organs
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American Society of Transplant Surgeons
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American Thoracic Society
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Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society
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Heart Failure Society of America, Inc.
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Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers
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International Association of Cardiac Biological Implants
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International Society of Artificial Organs
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International Society of Heart and Lung Transplantation
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International Society for Minimally Invasive Cardiac Surgery
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International Society of Rotary Blood Pumps
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International Xenotransplantation Association
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Johns Hopkins Medical/Surgical Association
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Robert B. Wallace Surgical Society
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Society of Thoracic Surgeons
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The Transplantation Society
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Yale Surgical Society
Clinical Interests
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CABG on bypass and beating heart
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Aortic and mitral valve surgery
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Endovascular stent grafts
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Surgery for atrial fibrillation
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Heart and lung failure surgery (mechanical devices and LVRS)
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Thoracic oncology (lung and esophageal cancer)
Research Interests
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Mechanical devices for respiratory and cardiac support, stem cells, and xenotransplantation
