Dr. Kenneth Franco, Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Dept. of Surgery, Emory SOM

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Kenneth L. Franco, MD

Academic Appointment

Associate Professor of Surgery, Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, Emory University School of Medicine

Telephone

404.616.7257

Affiliations

	Emory University Hospital Midtown
	Emory University Hospital
	Grady Memorial Hospital
	Atlanta VA Medical Center

Board Certification

	American Board of Surgery
	American Board of Thoracic Surgery

Medical School

Georgetown University School of Medicine, Class of 1979

Postgraduate Training

	Intern in Surgery, Johns Hopkins Hospital, 1979-1980

	Resident in Surgery, Johns Hopkins Hospital, 1980-1981

	Cardiac Surgical Research Fellowship, Brigham and Women's Hospital–Harvard Medical School, 1981-1982

	Resident in Surgery, Georgetown University Hospital, 1982-1984

	Chief Resident in Surgery, Georgetown University Hospital, 1984-1985

	Fellow in Cardiothoracic Surgery, Georgetown University Hospital, 1985-1986

	Resident in Cardiothoracic Surgery, Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center, 1986-1987

	Chief Resident in Cardiothoracic Surgery, Chief Resident in Cardiopulmonary Transplantation, Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center, 1987-1988

Current Editorial Boards

Associate Editor, Journal of Cardiac Surgery

Honors and Awards

	America's Top Surgeons (CRC of America), 2002-2003

	Who's Who in American Education, 6th edition, 2004-2005, 7th edition, 2006-2007

	Who's Who in Emerging Leaders in America, 4th edition, 1993-1994

	Who's Who in Medicine and Healthcare, 1st edition, 1997-1998, 5th edition, 2004-2005, 6th edition, 2006-2007

	Who's Who in Science and Engineering, 8th edition, 2005-2006, 9th edition, 2006-2007

	Who's Who in America, 60th edition, 2006, 61st edition, 2007

	Who's Who in the World, 24th edition, 2007

Current Organizational Memberships

	American College of Surgeons, Fellow

	American College of Chest Physicians

	American Heart Association Council on Circulation

	American Society of Artificial Internal Organs

	American Society of Transplant Surgeons

	American Thoracic Society

	Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society

	Heart Failure Society of America, Inc.

	Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers

	International Association of Cardiac Biological Implants

	International Society of Artificial Organs

	International Society of Heart and Lung Transplantation

	International Society for Minimally Invasive Cardiac Surgery

	International Society of Rotary Blood Pumps

	International Xenotransplantation Association

	Johns Hopkins Medical/Surgical Association

	Robert B. Wallace Surgical Society

	Society of Thoracic Surgeons

	The Transplantation Society

	Yale Surgical Society

Clinical Interests

	CABG on bypass and beating heart

	Aortic and mitral valve surgery

	Endovascular stent grafts

	Surgery for atrial fibrillation

	Heart and lung failure surgery (mechanical devices and LVRS)

	Thoracic oncology (lung and esophageal cancer)

Research Interests

	Heart and lung xenotransplantation

	Mechanical left ventricular assist devices

	Mechanical devices for acute and chronic respiratory failure

	New devices or techniques for myocardial revascularization

	Tissue sealants to control bleeding

	Endoscopic CABG

	Transmyocardial laser revascularization

	Hematopoietic stem cell therapy for the treatment of CAD

	Stem cells for the treatment of CHF

	Techniques to culture and expand stem cells

	New device to predict when coronary bypass grafts will fail and a myocardial infarction or stroke will transpire

	Percutaneous heart valve replacement/repair

Year Joined Emory as a Faculty Member

2007