Faculty Profiles
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Robert A. Guyton, MD
– Distinguished Charles Ross Hatcher, Jr., Professor of Surgery and Chief, Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, Emory University School of Medicine
– Director, Thoracic Surgery Residency Program, Emory
– Chief of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Emory University Hospital
Telephone: 404.778.3836
E-mail: rguyton@emory.edu
Certification: American Board of Surgery, American Board of Thoracic Surgery
Year Joined Emory as a Faculty Member: 1980
Regarded as one of the finest heart surgeons in the country, Dr. Guyton has held various high-level offices in numerous surgical societies, including a 2003-2004 term as president of the Society of Thoracic Surgeons; has been directly involved in the refinement and development of various cardiothoracic surgical methods; and has published extensively. He designed and created a pediatric heart patch that grew along with the heart in 1984, negating the need for additional surgery; was one of the first two surgeons in Georgia — the other being Dr. Omar Lattouf — to apply the Abiomed biventricular assist system to support the failing heart of a patient suffering from post-cardiotomy shock in 1989; and was one of the Local Surgical Co-PIs since 2007 of a multi-center trial of percutaneous and transcatheter aortic valve replacement that contributed to FDA approval of the SAPIEN transfemoral transcatheter heart valve in 2011.
Affiliations
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Emory University Hospital Midtown
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Emory University Hospital
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Children's Healthcare of Atlanta at Egleston
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Grady Memorial Hospital
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Atlanta VA Medical Center
Medical School
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Harvard Medical School, Class of 1971
Postgraduate Training
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Internship, General Surgery and Cardiothoracic Surgery Residencies, Clinical Fellowship in Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, 1971-1978
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Chief Resident in Cardiac Surgery, Boston Children's Hospital, 1978-1979
Honors and Awards
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Atlanta's Top Doctors, Atlanta Magazine, 2010
Current Organizational Memberships
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Fellow, American College of Surgeons
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American Association for Thoracic Surgery
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American College of Cardiology
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American Surgical Association
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Society of Thoracic Surgeons: Council on Health Policy and Relationships; Chair, Workforce on Communication
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Southern Thoracic Surgical Association
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Thoracic Surgery Directors Association
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Thoracic Surgery Foundation for Research and Education: Board of Directors
Editorial Boards
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Clinical Cardiology
Clinical and Research Interests
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Off pump coronary artery bypass
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Bypass surgery
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Cardiac revascularization
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Mitral valve prolapse
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Myocardial infarction
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Valve repair/replacement
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Adult congenital heart surgery
